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Forever Reigning (Compilation) - A Tribute To Slayer - Reviewed At Bathory Zine ! Check it out here at this link: https://www.bathoryzine.com/2022/05/forever-reigning-slayer-tribute.html

Today’s review is of the new tribute album to legendary American Thrash Metal band Slayer, “Forever Reigning”.

This release offers 12 covers performed by 8 different bands, and it mainly praises their 5 first albums. Some of these covers try and be as faithful as possible to the original songs, while others reimagine them completely and take them to their territory, in this case mainly Death Metal or Groove Metal.

While the instrumentation is generally good, most covers don’t have the same feeling in the vocal performance, and certain solos lack the same essence. Nonetheless, there are some pretty solid covers here that will please the fans of Slayer or of any of the featured bands. My personal highlights are Disinter’s cover of “Show No Mercy” and Overt Enemy’s cover of “At Dawn They Sleep”.

I recommend this album to fans of Slayer or any Extreme Metal in general. My rating is of 8/10.

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Release Date: 4/29/22

FFO: Slayer, Pantera, Lamb Of God

Forever Reigning – A Tribute To Slayer is the debut release from Satyrn Studios’ bringing together talented underground bands to honour the thrash metal titans. Featuring twelve of SLAYER’s best tracks covered by an array of up-and-coming metal acts, the new record is a celebration of heavy metal.

Executive Producer of Satyrn Studios Jay Reiter comments:

“As a fan this is a really big deal for me. It’s been fun and challenging to both learn the songs I did, but also put my own twist onto the songs [while] keeping it true to the original source material. As a business owner, this is my first major album drop. I’m learning a lot about the music industry, as well as the recording industry. I’m really excited to see where this album takes me!”

The metal giants helped to define the genre with their brutal assault on the heavy music world. Over their long-spanning career, they have been highly influential to musicians, bands and metal fans all around the globe. Forever Reigning demonstrates an intense passion for heavy music, with each track fusing the sheer power of SLAYER’s sound with the distinctive style of each guest band. From the iconic dark, haunting mood of “South of Heaven” with an enhanced demonic edge from SKROG, to EULOGY IN BLOOD’s brutal reimagining of “Bloodline”, to SKULL FUCKERS INCORPORATED’s ruthless rendition of “Raining Blood”, each cover packs a heavy punch.

Forever Reigning – A Tribute To Slayer is a dynamic collaboration drawing artists together through their adoration of SLAYER’s work. It’s a hard-hitting record, embodying the crushing sound that went onto inspire generations, a dynamic tribute to SLAYER’s continuing legacy. - Kick Ass Forever !

TRACKLIST

‘South Of Heaven’ – Skrog
‘Show No Mercy’ – Disinter
‘Expendable Youth’ – Distal Descent
‘Dead Skin Mask’ – Skull Fuckers Incorporated
‘Bloodline’ – Eulogy On Blood
‘Delusions Of Savior’ – Distal Descent
‘Mandatory Suicide’ – Distal Descent
‘Disorder’ – SloKill
‘At Dawn They Sleep’ – Overt Enemy
‘Spill The Blood’ – Bloat Toad
‘Divine Intervention’ – Skrog
‘Raining Blood’ – Skull Fuckers Incorporated

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Check out this message from Gary Holt (Exodus / Slayer)!

Check out these singles on Spotify!

Also available on iTunes!

More info at these links:

https://satyrnstudios.com/

https://www.facebook.com/satyrnstudios

https://overtenemy.bandcamp.com/album/forever-reigning-tribute-to-slayer