Reign in Blood
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Reign in Blood | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 7, 1986[1] | |||
Recorded | 1986, Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Thrash metal | |||
Length | 28:56 34:44 (Remaster) | |||
Label | Def Jam | |||
Producer | Rick Rubin, Slayer | |||
Slayer chronology | ||||
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Reign in Blood is the third album and major label debut by the American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on October 7, 1986, Reign in Blood was very well received by both critics and fans, and was responsible for bringing Slayer to the attention of a mainstream metal audience. Kerrang! magazine said the record was "the heaviest album of all time," and a breakthrough in thrash metal and speed metal. Alongside Metallica's Master of Puppets, Reign in Blood is considered one of the most influential thrash metal albums of all time.
Track listing[change | change source]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Angel of Death" | Jeff Hanneman | Hanneman | 4:51 |
2. | "Piece by Piece" | Kerry King | King | 2:03 |
3. | "Necrophobic" | Hanneman, King | Hanneman, King | 1:40 |
4. | "Altar of Sacrifice" | King | Hanneman | 2:50 |
5. | "Jesus Saves" | King | Hanneman, King | 2:54 |
6. | "Criminally Insane" | Hanneman, King | Hanneman, King | 2:23 |
7. | "Reborn" | King | Hanneman | 2:12 |
8. | "Epidemic" | King | Hanneman, King | 2:23 |
9. | "Postmortem" | Hanneman | Hanneman | 3:27 |
10. | "Raining Blood" | Hanneman, King | Hanneman | 4:17 |
1998 re-issue bonus tracks | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length | |||||
11. | "Aggressive Perfector[]" | Hanneman, King | Hanneman, King | 2:30 | |||||
12. | "Criminally Insane" (Remix)" | Hanneman, King | Hanneman, King | 3:18 |
- ^ "Aggressive Perfector" was shorter and had clearer production than the previous version featured on the reissue of the EP Haunting the Chapel. The reissue also fixed a problem with some CD pressings which incorrectly set the beginning of "Raining Blood" into the blank pause in "Postmortem".[2]
Sources[change | change source]
- ↑ Touring Blood, Decibel Magazine, April 2008, Page 57
- ↑ "Slayer (US) — Reign in Blood". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 5 January 2007.