Two HUGE Anniversaries

It's rare that a day shares two massive anniversaries, but today, Electric Wizard's Dopethrone turns 20 and Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss turns 30. When an album that Daniel and I owned on release turns 30, it really makes me feel old!

It's also the day that I finally found out what happens when an anniversary release has three genres. It didn't completely break the site, so that's good!  

Also on this day:

A classic power metal album from my earlier epic metal taste! D*mn, this album is almost the same age as me. And seeing how many albums are having their anniversaries today, a total of 16, including those other two special albums, we can consider October 9 a special day for metal!

It's rare that a day shares two massive anniversaries, but today, Electric Wizard's Dopethrone turns 20 and Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss turns 30. When an album that Daniel and I owned on release turns 30, it really makes me feel old!

I actually bought "Seasons In The Abyss" on pre-order from The Metal Factory in Parramatta which was run by Mortal Sin front man Mat Maurer. I used to buy from Mat quite regularly because he'd ship the imports to me before other record stores even got any stock on their shelves. Slayer were my favourite band at the time & I absolutely flipped out on first listen. Over time I've come to regard the album as the last truly classic studio record from Slayer's peak period although I don't think it quite matches the two albums that preceded it which both sit in my top three for thrash overall.