10 Hard Rock Albums Artists Want You To Forget About

10. Diabolus in Musica - Slayer

In the grand scheme of thrash metal, Slayer's work was all killer no filler. While some of the more accessible acts like Metallica may have carved out their own niche for themselves, Slayer proved that you didn't have to compromise to be successful, with their masterpiece Reign in Blood still being one of the heaviest records to come from the metal world. Then, on a dime, things started to slowly shift.

Amid the sea of nu metal artists sprouting up in the late '90s, Slayer's Diabolus In Musica feels very off when looking back on the rest of their work. While Slayer had dabbled in slower stuff in the past like Seasons in the Abyss, the kind of syncopated riffs on here feel like they're much more in tune with the sounds of bands like Korn. For any Slayer fan, this almost reads like a cardinal sin, given that so much about them has been about not compromising for any type of trend going on.

Over time though, it seems like Kerry King has backpeddled on this record a little bit, comparing it to their version of what Judas Priest tried to do on their '80s album Turbo. Of all the bands to come from the Big 4 though, fans were right to be annoyed to see the no-BS metalheads start to get fashionable.