RIP Jeff Hanneman: His 5 Greatest Slayer Songs

By Christopher Jennings /

3. Seasons In The Abyss

http://youtu.be/rvuO2EvCTAE Taken from the album Seasons In The Abyss (1990) A true Slayer epic, Seasons in the Abyss perfectly encapsulates Slayer's combination of mid-tempo groove, as heard on South of Heaven, with the unhinged brutality of Reign in Blood, a thrilling amalgam of all that makes Slayer supreme. Unrelentingly heavy and heady with atmosphere, Hanneman penned a song which alternately sends shivers down the spine before shattering it into shards of bone and sinew with the sheer force of its main riff. Another song which closes a great album in style and one that you can never tire of listening to.