Reign in Blood is a
speed metal album by
thrash metal band
Slayer, released in
1986 (see
1986 in music) through
American Recordings,
Reign in Blood is lyrically extremely graphically violent, and the music is fast, loud and
punk rock-influenced. The album's influence has been most pronounced on the American
death metal scene which developed in the late
1980s and early
1990s, though it is also a seminal album of the speed metal genre.
Produced by
Rick Rubin[?],
Reign in Blood largely abandoned the band's previous habit of extending
prog-influenced stylings for quick beats and a runtime of under half an hour.
Reign in Blood peaked at #94 on Billboard's (North America) Billboard 200 albums chart. It was named as the "No. 1 Thrash Metal Album of All Time" by Kerrang! magazine
Tracks
- "Angel of Death"
- "Piece by Piece"
- "Necrophobic"
- "Altar Of Sacrifice"
- "Jesus Saves"
- "Criminally Insane"
- "Reborn"
- "Epidemic"
- "Postmortem"
- "Raining Blood" (covered by Tori Amos on 2001's Strange Little Girls)
The Re-Issue added "Aggressive Perfector" and "Criminally Insane (Remix)"
Personnel
- Slayer - Producer
- Tom Araya - Bass, Vocals
- Jeff Hanneman - Guitar
- Kerry King - Guitar
- Dave Lombardo - Drums
- Rick Rubin - Producer
- Andy Wallace - Engineer
- Howie Weinberg - Mastering
- Steve Byram - Design
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