Following their reputation and their professionalism the kings of raw thrash metal return with another monumental release.

“World Painted Blood” opens the album, with mid tempo “Seasons-like” character. Tom barely breathes, as he spits the words of fury, Dave bombs the drum kit with his familiar brutality, as for the killer guitar duet of Kerry and Jeff, they already seem unstoppable.

“Unit 731” is a classical moshpit anthem and just before it ends, Slayer go on with “Snuff” in a river of unleashed aggression, probably the best track from this record, keeping your mind to their past releases, but mostly on the South/Seasons era.

“Beauty Through Order” follows in a quite slow tempo, until you get one minute before its end, where a thrash chaos blows your mind shamelessly.

“Hate Worldwide” that comes next is another unstoppable Slayer classical that goes really nice with “Public Display Of Dismemberment” and as you listen so far, you might just want to re-adjust your thoughts about bands from the past, that are not loyal even to themselves. These songs give the answer to all out there, why Slayer are a big chapter in thrash metal history, if not the only one from the “big four” that is so close to their roots.

“Human Strain” and “Americon” are attached to the style of their previous release “Christ Illusion” both having a lot to say lyrically, as most songs of Slayer do, when they refer to politics.

“Psychopathy Red” was the first single that came out of from this release. I should say there’s a big resemblance with “Sex, Murder, Art” from “Divine Intervention ”. Full speed tempos and Tom’s screams warn you that none is joking. Perfect!

“Playing With Dolls” is probably the only filler song in this strong album.

Reminding me the song “Jihad” from “Christ Illusion” this tune just doesn’t fit to the anger and the mood of the album.

After only 35 minutes and ten songs Slayer draw the curtain with “Not Of This God”. Another live Slayer classical perfect for album closer and surely promising for the future of these monsters…

I was happy when “Christ Illusion” was out back in 2006. “World Painted Blood” though, shows that Slayer will go on their own great path and as every king does, they’ll always claim their throne with every release, that no doubt belongs to them and will belong to them, for years to come.

Observe and headbang ‘till you bleed! This is pure SLAYER!

Playing With dolls is the creation of Mark Brooks, Slayer fan and director of Metalocalypse, featuring metal’s greatest animated combo DethKlok. Combining elements of both animation and still−photography, the film runs like a 12 episode video−graphic novel.

“It’s not live action and it’s not animated,” Brooks says. “It’s a weird hybrid of the two, and I haven’t seen a lot of things done this way.”

The short takes its themes from World Painted Blood, in particular the track from which the film takes its name. The story follows a merciless man with a heart cold from tragedy on a precise and poetic personal journey of gruesome murders.

“It’s a little weirder than your regular blood ’n’ guts type thing,” Brooks says, “which I think is a reflection of Slayer’s music.”

Click here to check out the trailer for “Playing With Dolls”

Source: www.revolvermag.com

SLAYER’s “World Painted Blood”, the band’s highly-anticipated new album set for a November 3 release (American Recordings), will initially ship with four special collector’s edition CD covers. Each of the four covers will display one-fourth of a provocative continental map illustrated with human skulls and bones; when placed together, the four images form a complete and grisly map of the world. (See images below.)

All four of the initial CD packages will include a special blood-red, see-through top panel with the map displayed beneath it.

The “World Painted Blood Deluxe Edition” will have its own special layout of the map cover art and will be in a double-digipak housed in a blood-red, see-through plastic sleeve. The “Deluxe Edition” will include the “World Painted Blood” CD, the “Playing With Dolls” DVD, a 20-minute animated graphic novel featuring music from the album (including part of a new non-album song), and an expanded booklet.

“World Painted Blood” track listing:

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

“As we’re so excited about ‘World Painted Blood’,” said the band’s drummer, Dave Lombardo, “we wanted to do something special for the packaging, and have been working with some really cool ideas. They’ve taken time to get just right, and with our headlining the Mayhem tour for most of the summer, it’s just taken that much longer to get all these great ideas exactly the way we want them.”

There will be three different editions of “World Painted Blood” — a limited-edition CD with multiple CD covers, a deluxe edition CD/DVD, and a high-quality, 180-gram vinyl edition; specifics for all editions will be detailed shortly.

“We hope our fans will like everything about ‘World Painted Blood’ as much as we do,” Lombardo continued. “Recording this new album has been one of the greatest experiences we’ve had as a band. We were together during the writing process more than we had been for past albums, we worked more collectively, everyone’s suggestions and ideas were heard and considered, and that camaraderie is definitely heard in the new album.”

“World Painted Blood” was recorded in Los Angeles over two time periods, during October 2008 and then between late January and March 2009. The CD was produced by Greg Fidelman, who’s spent time in the studio with METALLICA, THE GOSSIP, THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY, SLIPKNOT and others, and executive-produced by longtime SLAYER colleague Rick Rubin, who suggested Fidelman for the project.

SLAYER — Tom Araya, guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, and Lombardo — recently co-headlined the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival with MARILYN MANSON, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, among others.

Source: www.blabbermouth.net