r/okbuddymetal

yes i made this for instagram so its in a shitpost format

Songs in order of appearance:

Impalement - Stabbed

Dripping - Catastrophic Celestial Amputee (plays 4 times)

Gutfed - Systematic C-nt Craving Frenzy (plays 3 times)

Insidious Decrepancy - Maniacal Contempt Spawned From Agonized Depravity (guy shaking head clip)

Pustulated - Mellictophallus (tung tung tung sahur bike ride clip)

Putrid Pile - Merciless Homicide (guy standing up and screaming)

It’s just absolutely fucking brilliant. I love how Slayer is able to portray atrocities yet take us in the minds of the people who commit them. It makes the reader or listener ask lots of moral questions- and it’s what truly great writing does.

We all know Slayer is a “satanic” band and have lots of lyrics about Hell, death, Satan and hating Jesus Christ and God- but in my opinion- when Slayer puts you in the mind of people who are awful is when they are truly terrifying.

Take Angel of Death, a song about Josef Mengele, the Holocaust, and Nazi experimentation

Take 213, a song that takes us in the mind of Jefferey Dahmer and his thought process about hunting and killing people and the feelings he has while doing it.

And then we have Jihad. It’s the scariest Slayer song in my opinion. And the prayer at the end of the song is just perfect- “when you reach ground zero, you will have killed the enemy. The great Satan…Satan…..Satan.”

I remember hearing it for the first time and feeling genuinely spooked during the Lombardo double bass- marching part with Araya saying the prayer in the background. The atmosphere is perfect- the execution is top notch. The lyrics put us in the mind of the terrorists who committed the atrocities on 9/11.

It’s the perfect Slayer song and I haven’t seen a lot of other bands tackle topics like this. Yeah Cannibal Corpse lyrics are extreme but idk it just doesn’t feel as scary or nearly as spooky as Slayer is.

or zero idk