Show No Mercy has a lot of things going for it--the songs are well written, well rehearsed, and considering the previous Slayer material it's clear that the band had a strong ethos of quality over quantity and what kind of songs needed to be written. It's situated perfectly between the plethora of heavy metal and hard rock influences to pull from and right on the cusp of the extreme metal blowout that Slayer would have a massive hand in bringing up. In addition, it's got enough speed to that even though it's retroactive we may finally use the descriptor "speed metal" to describe the metal contained within. For the occultic, Satanic freaks--it's finally the heavy metal album that actually FEELS like Satan worship this side of Venom. You thought Link Wray and Little Richard were selling Satan to children, Mr. Preacher?...it's time to face the Slayer.
One hallmark of a famed heavy metal album--and one as powerful as Show No Mercy--is that when brought up in crowds, and asked what the favorite song is, there's a plethora of answers. Some people prefer the gang-shouted ritual worship of "Evil Has No Boundaries," others prefer the mid-paced breakdown of "Die by the Sword," some prefer the catchy night stalker vibe of "Tormentor," and even some love the mid-paced, fist-pumping "Crionics," I settled on 100%--and probably the only album I'll ever call 100%--because I looked at every track and new that in some way each one held its purpose, each one deserved its place on the album, and even ones like "The Final Command" that seem out of place for the first twenty all of a sudden stamp out the tempo and riffs in a way still not yet demonstrated by the album. By the time the album is over--Slayer has never last place, showing something new on every track.
Show No Mercy is pure power, a resident of its time, and a template for apprentices that wish to worship at the altar of metal. The best part of it--there's so much meat to take, it's fair enough to say that some of the potential of Show No Mercy is still untapped to this day. It can't be imitated, because it was already made so.
Track List :
1. Evil has No Boundaries2. The Antichrist
3. Die by the Sword
4. Fight till Death
5. Metal Storm / Face the Slayer
6. Black Magic
7. Tormentor
8. The Final Command
9. Crionics
10. Show No Mercy
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