Slayer. I love this dark shizzle!

[Fallout]

I like everything from classical to good popular music, dance music and metal. I have a thing for really dark evil music though, and as such I like a bit of Slayer, but I only recently saw this video of a live performance of Raining Blood. Bloody awesome. Properly dark!!! Probably my favourite live performance I've seen online, so I thought I'd share it.

If anyone has any other really dark music vids (preferably live performances, please share). For the record, I am no satanist. I often polish my halo after getting out of the shower.

[Jayneflakes]

I love Slayer, they are the first Death band I got into and yet I have never managed to see them live. I understand that guitarist Jeff Hannerman was injured when he got bitten by spider a while back, so is currently out of action, but they are still working hard.

Now I have to be honest, I work for a friends internet radio station and became known for being a bit of a black and death metal fiend, but I still have a lot of love in my heart for other forms of dark and twisted music. So have a look at some of these delights.

See how you get on with that lot and let me know if I have inspired you to new levels of extremity.

[dizzyblonde]

The best Slayer song ever has these lyrics

Close your eyes
And forget your name
Step outside yourself
And let your thoughts drain
As you go insane... go insane


I remember when it released, and its as awesome now as it was then!

DOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!

[andrewsmith]

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[Fallout]

hehe. Your tastes are definitely more eclectic than mine, but there's some interesting stuff in there. What I love about that Slayer tune is it was written in the year I was born. It's 30 years old, and it still sounds current today.

Anyway, your vid links ... You can always rely on Jules Holland to play the bizarre on his show. Also, I've heard that Dissection track before, and it's a goodun. Quite a dark tune, but not a dark performance. The other trash/death tunes are pretty good and they are all properly dark, but what they lack is the catch bits I like. My fave type of dark tune is the type which somehow manages to mix a catchy riff with a really dark atmosphere. Most death metal type stuff is a bit too heavy for me and lacks the hook.

I was trying to think of a good metal example, but I ended up falling back on this drum'n'bass tune. It's dark and sinister, and pretty much noise, but has just enough hooks from the various melodic elements to reel me in. I love this tune more than I love beer.

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Fallout

My fave type of dark tune is the type which somehow manages to mix a catchy riff with a really dark atmosphere. Most death metal type stuff is a bit too heavy for me and lacks the hook.

So.......do you like old Anathema, Paradise Lost, or My Dying Bride?

[Fallout]

@Dizzy I've heard of all of those bands, and have definitely heard their tunes, but don't own any, nor know any by name. Any recommendations for me to wrap my ears around?

[dizzyblonde]

Oooo where do I begin!

Paradise Lost......Gothic is a start, thats well old
My Dying Bride....The Angel and the Dark River, I think was their first EP( have a rare copy on CD)
Anathema.....Crestfallen/Pentecost III EP

I'm going back a bit lol. Back to the days of Peaceville Records, and when they were churning out some damn cool music.


edit..MDB album can be found in full on youtube.....be prepared to feel total glooooooooom hahaha bunch o mizerable sods
I presume the others can be found there too!

[carelesschucca]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0

I dunno if this fits in but i do love the dark side to Aphex Twin videos... Don't think Richard James does live but I'd be there to see it if he did.

Why can I never get youtube stuff to link??? Bar me being a chimp

[dizzyblonde]

I think he has done Live Chucca. I stopped listening to him after he did that freeeeaky weird video of 'Come to Daddy'.

Not sure if he was self obsessed, but he did like starring everything with his own warped face

ps....yer link is totally blank