AbbathTheGrim said:
You are just a guy with an opinion. You come here like people everywhere else like to do and go and try to put your opinion out while claiming it somehow defines a band, as if your opinion would be an irrefutable messurement for the quality of things. Your opinion is just one in a sea of perspectives. You take opions out and only facts remain, and the fact is that Slayer is one of the most influential Metal bands in Heavy Metal history. I doesn't matter how generic you believe them to be, it doesn't matter how bad you think their chaotic solos are, because there is a fact, and that fact is that bands cite them as influence and inspirations and it doesn't matter how overrated you think they are, the fact is that Slayer has helped shape Metal as it is now. You want to know what has Slayer influenced? Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slayer#Legacy Not just in Metal, Slayer has been an influence outside of it: http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2013/5/Slayers-lasting-electronic-and-hip-hop-influence You came here and praised Iced Earth, didn't you:
Well, look at what Jon Schaffer, founding member and current member of Iced Earth said about the Iced Earth sound: "We're a metal band. That's what we are. We have every dynamic from Pink Floyd to Slayer and everything in between." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy72-nSh0s4 So yeah, you can keep on hating on Slayer all you want, you are entitled to your opinion, but your opinion won't make a single dent on the importance of Slayer in Metal. |
Nothing he said has anything to do with being influenced or anything slayer innovated, he said they have sound like them and others LOL.
If slayer never existed all those bands would be here and metal would be the same today...they are a walking metal cliche, and everything that people sterotype metal to be. Bands liek Maiden, Metallica, megadeth did a lot more for metal in 1 album then slayer has in an entire career.
