I’m no fan, but Slayer is far from awful. They were incredibly influential in their genre and are a huge force in the metal world.
Amuse us. Who in the metal genre would you consider to be a “good” band?
And for that, shit shall be thrown into the quarry.
A quote from Hanneman included in his NYTimes obit:
I love it.
There is no expectation that people refrain from criticizing the recently deceased in an RIP thread, and that includes being allowed to state that you don’t care for the person’s body of work.
That said, a general discussion of why metal sucks, or whatever Hookit’s point was, would best be served by starting a new thread rather than hijacking a thread that is specifically about one person’s oeuvre.
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Thank you. Sorry - I did ask nicely! 
Ah, the 90s. That magical time when MTV played music, and metal albums could actually go gold.
This is why I step on spiders. Every one I see. No exceptions.
Cool.
The Westboro Baptist Church is thinking about protesting Jeff’s funeral. I don’t think they’ve met many Slayer fans…
Service guarantees citizenship!
I would buy a ticket to see that. They’ve already made some responses.
Cause of death actually alcohol related cirrhosis and not spider bite.
Still Metal as.
I sort of left off of Slayer after Seasons in the Abyss. I was sort of sick of the entire Satan and evil schtick, although I still listened/listen primarily to thrash.
A couple years ago, however, I was browsing CDs and saw that their latest was only a year or so old, World Painted Blood, so I bought it, and was very happy with it. Same Slayer, all these years later!
Anyway, I bought the Haunting the Chapel cassette at Zellers when I was 14 or 15, then Master of Puppets came out, followed by Reign in Blood, and I was off Motley Crue forever.
Reign in Blood was a life-changer for me, along with Master of Puppets, and really spoke to an ear for very technical, yet extremely aggressive music. It remains beautiful to me, despite its ugliness.
As far as Jeff Hanneman’s role in this goes, I loved the distinct voice his soloing had. Kerry King’s narratives were a little more refined, logical, while Hanneman had this weird Jackson Pollock frenzied art and frenetic wildness to his solo playing.
RIP
Hmmm, pretty good if you are a fan of hammer-ons, cause its all he had. Wind up that gain and press the strings.
Problem for me with Slayer is that the constant wall of sound does not equal loud, or dynamic - it becomes monotonous pretty quickly.
This should be what his funeral is like. 
The guy who wrote this story was a Christian talk-radio host who had quite a controversial radio program in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Ahh, the good ol’ Dave Murray vs. Adrian Smith argument.
But Jack Black said you can’t kill the metal! 