Name: Reign In Blood
Brand: Slayer

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

B001885301

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2013-12-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

602537467907

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Slayer

Genre US

Metal

Label US

American

Essential

<a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/slayer">Slayer</a> took the leap to the big leagues with this, in the same way <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/metallica">Metallica</a>, <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/megadeth">Megadeth</a> and <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/anthrax">Anthrax</a> all did with their second albums.

The only difference was this was Slayer's third album, the previous two, Show No Mercy and Hell Awaits both plagued by rough production which thwarted <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/slayer">Slayer</a> from sounding as brutal as they should have been. Reign In Blood put matters straight, as Rick Rubin's production put them over the top, with a precise and clean sound few have ever topped. This is the way to make a thrash album. Ten tracks clocking in at twenty eight minutes, all fast, an easy way to make an impact and a point. Overnight acts like Celtic Frost, Bathory, and Destruction were made to look as crude as they were, while Exodus, <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/metallica">Metallica</a> and <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/anthrax">Anthrax</a> seemed tame by comparison. Hanneman and King established themselves as thrash's premier guitar duo, and rightfully so, the level of twisted genius running through Necrophobic, Criminally Insane and Angel of Death something they themselves had trouble topping. A glorious reaffirmation of how superior 80's metal was.

Reign In Blood

Music US