There had been abuse in my family, but it was mostly musical in nature. I don't want any of this lovers lament crap I want something peppy, something up temple, I want something snappy. In the 80s, in the 80s,

Slayer helped reinvent the sound of metal.

Now three decades later, they're still as intense and controversial as ever.

I'm Greg Cott of the Chicago Tribune and I'm Jim De Regattis of Vocalo.org

today we'll sit down with members of death metal demon Slayer and review the new albums by Richard Thompson and

Weiser. That's all coming up on Sound Opinions.

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And time now for some music news. from the loose on this night. And all they know all it was a terrible sight.

A winchake!

A winchaker! Now we are taken under the island of domination.

Talk about the battle for domination, Greg. We are going to see an epic fight coming

soon between Google and Apple as those two digital giants vie to be the number one seller of music over the internet.

iTunes is already there.

70% of all digital music sales in the US go through the iTunes Music Store, been that way for seven years. They've been

the dominant force in selling digital music. Google doesn't want to leave any piece of the

digital universe untouched, it wants a piece of everything.

Its Android operating system for mobile platforms has been the fastest growing in part because

it's an open source system. They would like to compete with

the iPad the iPhone so that you can go on to a Google platform, find some music

you like, and with one click download it.

Apparently Google's people behind the scenes over the last couple of months

have been talking to the major labels to set something up that would be a strong competitor

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