expanding their audience while restoring faith in vicious yet brainy Thrash Metal
“IX” marked definitely a 180-degrees turn from the past
but not for this less skilled Frederick Dope
the Thrash Metal scene was in full force
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SLAYER - Haunting The Chapel LP (WHITE) death metal expanding their audience while restoringFormed in 1981, SLAYER assaulted the world with a new hybrid of metal and punk heavier, faster, and darker than the rest and set a new standard, defining not only a genre, but an attitude. Throughout SLAYER's history, the band never faltered in unleashing their extreme and focused aural assault, and repudiating temptations, SLAYER always chose to remain crushing and brutal, steadfastly refusing to cater to the mainstream. Building on the success of