Slayer - Reign In Blood

9.1 | 2400 votes |

Release date:	7 October 1986
Style:	Thrash metal
Owners:	3157 have it 98 want it 6 trade it

01. Angel Of Death
02. Piece By Piece
03. Necrophobic
04. Altar Of Sacrifice
05. Jesus Saves
06. Criminally Insane
07. Reborn
08. Epidemic
09. Postmortem
10. Raining Blood
11. Aggressive Perfector [1998 re-release bonus]
12. Criminally Insane [remix version] [1998 re-release bonus]

Top 20 albums of 1986: 2
Top 200 albums of all time: 19

Reviews (3)

Lyrics (11)

Line-up
Tomás Enrique "Tom" Araya - vocals, bass
Kerry Ray King - guitars
Jeffrey John "Jeff" Hanneman - guitars
David "Dave" Lombardo - drums

Additional info
Produced by Rick Rubin and Slayer.
Engineered by Andy Wallace.
Mixed at New Fresh, N.Y.C.
Mastered by Howie Weinberg.

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Rating:
10

The greatest metal record of all time. This topic is often debated upon in the Metal Kingdom and to most there is no definite answer. A worthy contender for this title is Slayer's 1986 masterpiece, Reign In Blood. Few albums withstand the test of time as well and even fewer have had such a huge impact on the metal world as this one.

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Rating:
9.2

Where does one begin reviewing an album with as much hype and influence as this? An album branded as revolutionary and with such a fanatical following. It is always going to be a difficult task, so I ask that for a moment we forget the hype surrounding this album and we look at the musical value it holds.

Reign in Blood was in many ways a brave new world for Slayer. It had a completely different sound to anything before it; they abandoned all the pretentiousness of the long, drawn out, complex song structures they had experimented with on Haunting the Chapel and Hell Awaits. In this, it was far more accessible, yet they didn't sacrifice any of their integrity or alienate any of their core fan base. Their intention was quite clear, that this was to be the fastest, heaviest, angriest music ever to be unleashed on human ears.

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Rating:
4.5

For more than a decade, Slayer has proudly fused thrash and speed metal into loud, offering doomish dirges, voraciously boisterous and blasphemous songs groaning over lyrics that depict madness, suicide and murder in excess, a style which should definetly suit a ten-year-old metalhead. On October 7, 1986, Slayer released what was to become their masterpiece, "Reign In Blood". An album discribed by Kerrang! Magazine as "the heaviest album of all time" and peaked at number 22 on Metal Storm's "top 100 albums of all time" survey, a position that only "the crème de la crème" bands could get. Believe me, reviewing a very popular album from a very popular band isn't easy at all, but sometimes justice must be done.

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LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 3753 From: Canada	28.06.2015 - 15:27 Rating: 6 LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 3753 From: Canada Written by deadone on 28.06.2015 at 04:38 I suspect as always it's down to personal taste. Indeed it seems our tastes are inverted - I prefer 1980s thrash and hardcore (and this ablum channels shitloads of hardcore) more than you and you prefer melodic death metal more than I do! Actually - thinking about it - I believe that memorability is partially dependent on taste in some fashion. Ultimately, if you're not receptive to what you're being exposed to, it won't stick...unless it's something utterly bizarre ---- Most Talented Vocalists In Metal Tasty Stuff Not Currently Featured On MS So I Heard You Like Opeth... Loading...
Jurgen33 Posts: 10 From: Poland	11.07.2015 - 00:07 Rating: 8 Jurgen33 Posts: 10 From: Poland Some tracks are good, especially two biggest classics but this album so overrated. "7" is max. Loading...
metalhead23 Posts: 1 From: Australia	11.02.2016 - 09:15 Rating: 10 metalhead23 Posts: 1 From: Australia What can I say about reign in blood that I haven't already said before. It is one of the best slayer, no scratch that, it is one of the best trash metal bands ever made. Full stop. They made death metal what is today because of this album. Bless you slayer, without you, death metal would not be what it is today. Loading...
Metalheart35 Account deleted	29.07.2016 - 11:26 Metalheart35 Account deleted A masterpiece. I remember, when i listened it the first time. A real metalstorm came over me. Brutal & technical at the best. Still today one of the heaviest records ever made. Pure fucking classic. Loading...
Mattybu Posts: 2589 From: Canada	11.08.2016 - 05:33 Rating: 10 Mattybu Posts: 2589 From: Canada This is the best album, nothing else in metal can compare to it. There literally isn't one 5 second segment of this album that isn't sheer perfection and master-class on how to make music. Really just perfection. Loading...
Tyrannical Hero Super Normal Posts: 3415	11.08.2016 - 06:38 Tyrannical Hero Super Normal Posts: 3415 Written by Mattybu on 11.08.2016 at 05:33 nothing else in metal can compare to it. Hell Awaits says nonononononononononono. ---- Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme. Loading...
Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 52975 From: Norway	14.12.2016 - 00:55 Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 52975 From: Norway Did it and I never het possession of this band, just typical 80's TM band, just saying ---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing Loading...
Maasai Mara Posts: 159 From: Kenya	03.01.2019 - 09:04 Rating: 9 Maasai Mara Posts: 159 From: Kenya The tragedy of being so good so early in your career. This is like the guys who peak in high school or the child actor Macaulay Culkin. This is Slayer at their best, everything else after Reign in Blood is just not good enough. This album made and destroyed Slayer at the same time. Angel of death is an all time classic and the slowed intro to Jesus saves right before the speed assault is orgasmic. ---- You are not metal enough until you visit Kenya. The cradle of mankind, where man learnt first to work with stones and first enjoyed the sounds produced by banging stones which later influenced metal in all its sounds and genres. Loading...
Starvynth i c deaf people Posts: 1550 From: Germany	16.01.2019 - 13:03 Rating: 7 Starvynth i c deaf people Posts: 1550 From: Germany Written by Guest on 16.01.2019 at 03:47 JESUS LOVES ME. Dude, mind your language and relax. Here's some christian glam metal to calm you down. ---- signatures = SPAM Loading...
Daniell _爱情_ Posts: 5849 From: Poland	16.01.2019 - 15:13 Rating: 10 Daniell _爱情_ Posts: 5849 From: Poland Written by Guest on 16.01.2019 at 03:47 ... http://imgur.com/a/pObuXNG Loading...
Angelic Man Account deleted	16.01.2019 - 22:57 Angelic Man Account deleted Written by Daniell on 16.01.2019 at 15:13 Written by Guest on 16.01.2019 at 03:47 ... https://imgur.com/a/pObuXNG I am sorry if I seem butthurt, but this is horrible music. It should be banned. Either that, or Slayer should sing love songs and change their horrible name. Loading...
Angelic Man Account deleted	16.01.2019 - 23:00 Angelic Man Account deleted Written by Starvynth on 16.01.2019 at 13:03 Written by Guest on 16.01.2019 at 03:47 JESUS LOVES ME. Dude, mind your language and relax. Here's some christian glam metal to calm you down. Christian glam metal is good. And yes. Jesus loves you. Jesus loves the members of Slayer. He just hates what they are doing. I don't even hate you guys. I don't think we should hate people. Loading...
Daniell _爱情_ Posts: 5849 From: Poland	16.01.2019 - 23:46 Rating: 10 Daniell _爱情_ Posts: 5849 From: Poland Written by Guest on 16.01.2019 at 22:57 I am sorry if I seem butthurt, but this is horrible music. It should be banned. Either that, or Slayer should sing love songs and change their horrible name. Or you could stop being a moron. You can NEVER blame a band for other people's deeds. Just as you can't blame knife manufacturers for murderers who stab their victims. Loading...
Angelic Man Account deleted	17.01.2019 - 00:21 Angelic Man Account deleted Written by Daniell on 16.01.2019 at 23:46 Written by Guest on 16.01.2019 at 22:57 I am sorry if I seem butthurt, but this is horrible music. It should be banned. Either that, or Slayer should sing love songs and change their horrible name. Or you could stop being a moron. You can NEVER blame a band for other people's deeds. Just as you can't blame knife manufacturers for murderers who stab their victims. The knife manufacturers are to blame for the murders. What if somebody buys one of the knives with an intent to kill people? I am even afraid of stores that sell knives. Those stores should be closed down. Those stores symbolize "Kill Em All". Loading...
Daniell _爱情_ Posts: 5849 From: Poland	17.01.2019 - 09:57 Rating: 10 Daniell _爱情_ Posts: 5849 From: Poland Written by Guest on 17.01.2019 at 00:21 Written by Daniell on 16.01.2019 at 23:46 Written by Guest on 16.01.2019 at 22:57 I am sorry if I seem butthurt, but this is horrible music. It should be banned. Either that, or Slayer should sing love songs and change their horrible name. Or you could stop being a moron. You can NEVER blame a band for other people's deeds. Just as you can't blame knife manufacturers for murderers who stab their victims. The knife manufacturers are to blame for the murders. What if somebody buys one of the knives with an intent to kill people? I am even afraid of stores that sell knives. Those stores should be closed down. Those stores symbolize "Kill Em All". You're either a troll, or an idiot. Either way, this is the last time I'm talking to you. Loading...
Angelic Man Account deleted	21.01.2019 - 04:00 Angelic Man Account deleted Written by Daniell on 17.01.2019 at 09:57 Written by Guest on 17.01.2019 at 00:21 Written by Daniell on 16.01.2019 at 23:46 Written by Guest on 16.01.2019 at 22:57 I am sorry if I seem butthurt, but this is horrible music. It should be banned. Either that, or Slayer should sing love songs and change their horrible name. Or you could stop being a moron. You can NEVER blame a band for other people's deeds. Just as you can't blame knife manufacturers for murderers who stab their victims. The knife manufacturers are to blame for the murders. What if somebody buys one of the knives with an intent to kill people? I am even afraid of stores that sell knives. Those stores should be closed down. Those stores symbolize "Kill Em All". You're either a troll, or an idiot. Either way, this is the last time I'm talking to you. Suit yourself. Go ahead and listen to this gateway to hell. Go ahead and go insane. Go ahead and worship the devil. I hope you get help from Jesus before you take an innocent life. Loading...
drangbird Posts: 12	04.09.2019 - 02:59 Rating: 10 drangbird Posts: 12 For me "Reign in Blood" is essentially a perfect, short and sweet, thrash record. Loading...
TSRodriguez Posts: 56 From: Chile	24.06.2020 - 04:17 Rating: 9 TSRodriguez Posts: 56 From: Chile Absolutely worth the hype Loading...
doez Hallucigenia Posts: 229 From: France	26.09.2020 - 12:29 Rating: 5 doez Hallucigenia Posts: 229 From: France I don't really get the popularity of this album, to me there aren't enough good tracks in here, and the solos are enough of a joke to completely ruin the album, very overrated and way less good than seasons or show no mercy Loading...

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