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Reign in Blood

by Slayer

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Album review

This 28-minute slab of noise ranks among the most aggressive, brutal, and bone-crushingly intense major label releases ever. After opening with the highly controversial blur-of-volume "Angel of Death," which tells of the grisly exploits of sadistic Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele, the album confronts Satanic rituals ("Altar of Sacrifice"), serial killing "Piece by Piece," and the apocalypse ("Raining Blood"), before ending abruptly with the sounds of falling rain (assumedly blood). But the band doesn't thrive on shock value alone. Reign in Blood is packed with stop-on-a-dime tempo shifts, complex guitar riffs and daunting rhythms that verify that Slayer are skilled musicians as well as twisted human beings. --Jon Wiederhorn


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About the artist

Slayer was formed in 1981 in Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California. The Band was formed by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King when they met at a tryout for a local band. Tom Araya soon joined on bass and vocals, and drummer Dave Lombardo joined last later in 1982. They played in a style reminiscent of early Exodus, influenced heavily by ...

Track list

  1. Angel of Death - Slayer, Hanneman, Jeff
  2. Piece by Piece - Slayer, King, Kerry
  3. Necrophobic - Slayer, Hanneman, Jeff
  4. Altar of Sacrifice - Slayer, King, Kerry
  5. Jesus Saves - Slayer, King, Kerry
  6. Criminally Insane - Slayer, Hanneman, Jeff
  7. Reborn - Slayer, King, Kerry
  8. Epidemic - Slayer, King, Kerry
  9. Postmortem - Slayer, Hanneman, Jeff
  10. Raining Blood - Slayer, Hanneman, Jeff
  11. Aggressive Perfector - Slayer, King, Kerry
  12. Criminally Insane - Slayer, Hanneman, Jeff