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Slayer - World Painted Blood



7.6 | 1043 votes |
Release date: 28 October 2009
Style: Thrash metal

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01. World Painted Blood
02. Unit 731
03. Snuff
04. Beauty Through Order
05. Hate Worldwide
06. Public Display Of Dismemberment
07. Human Strain
08. Americon
09. Psychopathy Red
10. Playing With Dolls
11. Not Of This God

Featured in "Getting Into: Slayer"

Staff review by
BitterCOld
Rating:
7.7
The local indy record store ran a pic of Slayer on the cover of their most recent promo zine, along with a partial exchange from an (imaginary?) interview which went as follows:

Q: What's the title of the new Slayer album?
A: World Painted Blood.
Q: What's it sound like?
A: What on Earth do you think?

It's pretty much exactly what you think. 10 or so songs clocking in around 40 minutes (11 tracks, 39 minutes and change this go around), some slower paced tracks, one or two creepy psychotic murderer tracks and a couple short but sweet barn burners played at 900 miles an hour (that's 1,448 kph to our metric friends) and lots of, uh, spirited and chaotic solos that make GIT grads cringe.

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published 11.11.2009 | Comments (73)

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24.03.2011 - 01:18
John Shock

Written by Disposable Hero on 22.07.2010 at 07:21

PIECE OF SHIT.Metallicas Death Magnetic destroys the new slayer album


You don't know what you're saying man, go listen to better songs please!...and tell me something latter! bye
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24.03.2011 - 01:21
John Shock

Written by vezzy on 10.09.2010 at 21:40

Written by Vikcen on 10.09.2010 at 21:39

"Hate Worldwide" is a masterpiece .


In your dreams.


Best performance metal song from the album!
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20.04.2011 - 11:32
Rating: 7
wormdrink414

Written by Disposable Hero on 27.07.2010 at 02:23

nooo it sucks really bad tom cant even sing

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28.08.2011 - 04:01
Rating: 7
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Another great album..!!!!
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19.04.2012 - 02:25
Rating: 7
musicalkaratekid

Although its predecessor marked a return-to-form of the band's signature sound, i prefer the progression and structure of 'World painted Blood'. Thing is, when slayer play the shorter songs here, they sound as if they came straight out of 1986. But on the longer songs (i.e, longer than four minutes), there is more tension and build-up at the songs' respective intros, making the songwriting seem more complex than usual. Nonetheless, it can get very bland indeed, as on the extremely generic 'Americon' and just-as-pointless 'Human strain', not to mention the unnecessary midpoint of 'Playing with dolls' (just being picky here), but this album just goes to show that slayer aren't afraid of a little variation in their music. Sure, they've shown progression on earlier records, but not as obviously as on 'World painted Blood'.
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29.10.2012 - 14:01
Rating: 3
bblitz

I am Slayer fan but this album is not good,I mean what the hell happened here?
Where are guitars?Sound is terrible! Rick Rubin helped them back in the day with
classis albums production but this?! This is not Slayer.I am very disappointed-
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29.10.2012 - 22:16
Rating: 8
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
Written by bblitz on 29.10.2012 at 14:01

I am Slayer fan but this album is not good,I mean what the hell happened here?
Where are guitars?Sound is terrible! Rick Rubin helped them back in the day with
classis albums production but this?! This is not Slayer.I am very disappointed-


Sounds alright to me. What's the big deal here?
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29.10.2012 - 23:22
Lit.
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Written by bblitz on 29.10.2012 at 14:01

I am Slayer fan but this album is not good,I mean what the hell happened here?
Where are guitars?Sound is terrible! Rick Rubin helped them back in the day with
classis albums production but this?! This is not Slayer.I am very disappointed-

I'd say the problem is actually the fact that this is Slayer. If it weren't Slayer, then it'd probably be a good album.
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04.11.2012 - 19:24
megadeath13
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Not really what i expected. Slayer are getting old and this albums shows you that.
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21.02.2013 - 21:23
Rating: 8
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
Love the f&ckin' crazy-sounding Hanneman solo leading into the bridge section of the title track as Tom repeats "like a disease, spreading death, erasing your existence" and Dave pounds out a cool rhythm. Great song and a good album.
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05.04.2013 - 22:26
Metropolis_Dream
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Very very mediocre Slayer album. Rather dissapointed with this one. A few tracks are outstanding but the rest is unnessecary. Megadeths "Endgame" just destroys it.
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28.04.2013 - 22:51
Rating: 10
Himedal

Actually I'm not sure if I'm sentimental about Slayer or not but really like this album too. One of their best. The lyrics are fantastic. World Painted blood and Hate worldwide are among the best thrash songs both lyrically and technically. If you don't like this album then you don't like retro thrash masterpieces and you're not a metalhead. sorry but that's true.
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28.04.2013 - 23:00
Rating: 10
Himedal

Written by Disposable Hero on 22.07.2010 at 07:21

PIECE OF SHIT.Metallicas Death Magnetic destroys the new slayer album

Actually I think you better keep your opinion in your own mind. How can you even dare compare Slayer to Metallica????
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29.04.2013 - 02:25
Lit.
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Written by Himedal on 28.04.2013 at 22:51

If you don't like this album then you don't like retro thrash masterpieces and you're not a metalhead. sorry but that's true.

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29.04.2013 - 06:30
Rating: 7
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Written by Guest on 29.04.2013 at 02:25

Written by Himedal on 28.04.2013 at 22:51

If you don't like this album then you don't like retro thrash masterpieces and you're not a metalhead. sorry but that's true.




Hey, don't laugh. By his horizon, you not a metalhead.

point taken, Hime.
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29.04.2013 - 10:58
Rating: 10
Himedal

Written by Guest on 29.04.2013 at 02:25

Written by Himedal on 28.04.2013 at 22:51

If you don't like this album then you don't like retro thrash masterpieces and you're not a metalhead. sorry but that's true.



LOL. And I think you're one of those fans who are in love with hardcore and rock and you consider yourself a metalhead. very funny. LOL
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29.04.2013 - 17:34
Lit.
Account deleted
Written by Himedal on 29.04.2013 at 10:58

LOL. And I think you're one of those fans who are in love with hardcore and rock and you consider yourself a metalhead. very funny. LOL

I find it hilarious also that you're insulting hardcore considering how much they influenced thrash, the "metalhead's trve genre."
...And what's wrong with rock? Blasphemous as it may be, there's more to music than thrash metal. There's sure as some hardcore and rock better than anything Slayer ever did, that's for damn sure.
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30.04.2013 - 01:10
Lord_Regnier

Written by Himedal on 28.04.2013 at 22:51

If you don't like this album then you don't like retro thrash masterpieces and you're not a metalhead. sorry but that's true.


Since when does appreciation of an entire genre can be reduced to what you think of one album?

I'm a big Thrash fan and I love early Slayer but I think this album sucks.
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19.06.2013 - 19:47
NorthernDickhead

Drumsound is like in death Magnetic
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07.11.2013 - 13:44
Rating: 7
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Written by NorthernDickhead on 19.06.2013 at 19:47

Drumsound is like in death Magnetic

Not really. It is much better IMO.

Some songs are surprisingly good like Beauty Through Order, Hate Worldwide, Public Display Of Dismemberment, Human Strain. But overall this album is a bit weaker than it's predecessor. Beauty Through Order is maybe one of their best songs ever written, however Christ Illusion is more consistent.
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08.11.2013 - 15:05
NorthernDickhead

Written by Hex_Omega on 07.11.2013 at 13:44

Written by NorthernDickhead on 19.06.2013 at 19:47

Drumsound is like in death Magnetic

Not really. It is much better IMO.

Some songs are surprisingly good like Beauty Through Order, Hate Worldwide, Public Display Of Dismemberment, Human Strain. But overall this album is a bit weaker than it's predecessor. Beauty Through Order is maybe one of their best songs ever written, however Christ Illusion is more consistent.

You say that on this album they have one of their best song...... Ya,your opinion is your opinion
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08.11.2013 - 15:50
Rating: 7
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Written by NorthernDickhead on 08.11.2013 at 15:05

Written by Hex_Omega on 07.11.2013 at 13:44

Written by NorthernDickhead on 19.06.2013 at 19:47

Drumsound is like in death Magnetic

Not really. It is much better IMO.

Some songs are surprisingly good like Beauty Through Order, Hate Worldwide, Public Display Of Dismemberment, Human Strain. But overall this album is a bit weaker than it's predecessor. Beauty Through Order is maybe one of their best songs ever written, however Christ Illusion is more consistent.

You say that on this album they have one of their best song...... Ya,your opinion is your opinion

Beauty Through Order remainds me of Seasons In The Abyss album.
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17.02.2014 - 02:41
Rating: 2
pkillerjp

Haha, wow this is rated wayyyyy too high! Completely worthless addition to their discography. Not a good riff to be found and the worst lyrics of all time.
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17.02.2014 - 03:54
Rating: 8
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
Written by pkillerjp on 17.02.2014 at 02:41

Haha, wow this is rated wayyyyy too high! Completely worthless addition to their discography. Not a good riff to be found and the worst lyrics of all time.


What the...?
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26.09.2022 - 11:14
Rating: 8
JoHn Doe

Written by Denismetal93 on 26.09.2022 at 11:10

World Painted Blood' is a throwback to the classic Slayer sound and is very much a traditional thrash album - as a result it comes over less noisy, abrasive and antagonistic compared to the two preceding albums.

It's at this point you do start to wonder why the band really need to produce more original material, but then the results here aren't awful by any means, just 'by the numbers' for this band.


Doesn't "by the numbers" mean average? (Tell me if i am wrong, English is not my first language). Average means a rating of 6. Even if you say "not good", means a rating of 5.
A rating of 2 means "pure shit". I don't think this album deserves that though.
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26.09.2022 - 11:50
Rating: 8
JoHn Doe

Written by Denismetal93 on 26.09.2022 at 11:30


1. You're right, maybe it's a 4/5 album, the 2 is just to try to lower the average of the album of which 7.7 is not at all credible, too high.

2. Slayer's long-awaited "comeback" album is precisely what one might expect from the band who just recently released the dregs that were Diabolus in Musica and God Hates Us All. Now, if these two weren’t horrid enough in their complete lack of depth or authenticity, we are subjected to Christ Illusion, a culmination of essentially all of the band’s pop-art work over the last 10 years or so. For those like myself, who would gladly kneel before the throne and grovel in homage to the might and brilliance of what Slayer had managed to achieve in the mid to late 80’s (Reign In Blood primarily), it’s not difficult to assess their current state of shameless commercialism.


With more than 1000 ratings, your rating of 2 does not do any damage. So you might as well rate them properly (for lack of a better word).

World Painted Blood is the only good, listenable later day Slayer album.
I think Diablus in Musica and God Hates Us All are the band's weakest efforts, unlistenable to me (to put it gently). Christ Illusion was an improvement on that, it was not by much, I will not get back to that album any time soon.
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26.09.2022 - 13:01
Rating: 5
Redel

Written by Denismetal93 on 26.09.2022 at 11:30

the 2 is just to try to lower the average of the album of which 7.7 is not at all credible, too high.

Dont let staff catch you on this. This smells like violating our rules and policies on voting.
"When voting for an album, remember your vote must be fair and not influenced by what other voters have done before you."
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27.09.2022 - 01:34
A Real Mönkey

Only good album since Undisputed Attitude, I says.
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04.03.2023 - 08:22
Rating: 10
Wolf Cola

Best album since Seasons in the Abyss
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28.11.2023 - 12:56
Rating: 8
miekka18

This album worked well 13 years ago for me and still does. I just need to remember to spin it more often from now on
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