Widely considered the pinnacle of speed metal, Reign in Blood is Slayer's undisputed masterpiece, a brief (under half an hour) but relentless onslaught that instantly obliterates anything in its path and clears out just as quickly. Producer Rick Rubin gives the band a clear, punchy sound for the first time in its career, and they largely discard the extended pieces of Hell Awaits in favor of lean assaults somewhat reminiscent of hardcore punk (though distinctly metallic and much more technically demanding). Reign in Blood opens and closes with slightly longer tracks (the classics "Angel of Death" and "Raining Blood") whose slower riffs offer most of the album's few hints of melody. Sandwiched in between are eight short (all under three minutes), lightning-fast bursts of aggression that change tempo or feel without warning, producing a disjointed, barely controlled effect. The album is actually more precise than it sounds, and not without a sense of groove, but even in the brief slowdowns, the intensity never lets up. There may not be much variation, but it's a unified vision, and a horrific one at that. The riffs are built on atonal chromaticism that sounds as sickening as the graphic violence depicted in many of the lyrics, and Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman's demented soloing often mimics the screams of the songs' victims. It's monstrously, terrifyingly evocative, in a way that transcends Reign in Blood's metal origins. The album almost single-handedly inspired the entire death metal genre (at least on the American side of the Atlantic), and unlike many of its imitators, it never crosses the line into self-parodic overkill. Reign in Blood was a stone-cold classic upon its release, and it hasn't lost an ounce of its power today.
Allow me to begin by saying that the billing is Slayer/Marilyn Manson, with opening guest Bleeding Through.The show I saw was third in this tour (which lasts until 1 September) at Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA on Saturday 28 July 2007.Further tour dates "here":http://www.soundchronicle.com/concert-news/marilyn-manson-and-slayer-announced-summer-2007-tourSlayer "Wiki":http://en.wikipedi...
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What is the best metal song or album, ever made? If you have more than one, go ahead, list it all.
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THERE'S STILL TIME TO ENTER THIS AWESOME CONTEST!!! We've been talking up D.X. Ferris' contribution to the 33 1/3 book series, on Slayer's seminal album Reign in Blood, for some time now. Packed full of detailed analysis of the record as well as exclusive interviews with the band, producer Rick Rubin, engineer Andy Wallace, cover artist [...]
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THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ENTER IN THIS AWESOME CONTEST! WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED THIS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, AND ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK!!! We've been talking up D.X. Ferris' contribution to the 33 1/3 book series, on Slayer's seminal album Reign in Blood, for some time now. Packed full of detailed analysis of the record as [...]
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From TMZ:TMZ has confirmed TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead today in his home in Tampa, Florida early this morning. According to the Tampa PD, the 50-year-old TV pitchman was found unresponsive by his wife Deborah at 7:45 AM. TMZ has learned Mays' body has already been removed from his home. Mays had just returned from Philadelphia, where he shot a new OxiClean commercial. He was a pass...
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The Smalkowski family is suing Hardesty, Okla., for violating the separation of church and state. The family claims it has been discriminated against for being atheists, and that the religious town has tried to drive them out for holding different beliefs.From 2020 By JOHN STOSSEL, SYLVIA JOHNSON, and LYNN REDMONDMay 11, 2007 Three years ago the Smalkowski family moved to an 80-acre ranch in Ok...
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I heard and liked Slayer before "Reign in Blood" came out. But this Rick Rubin produced album was the one that turned them into one of my favorite bands. Years later I went to their show at the Hollywood palladium and got my head bashed in and body banged up like everyone else there. Thank you Rick Rubin and Slayer for giving me Dain Bramage! Ah good times! Good times!
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Just came out yesterday, but I put my order in a while ago at NET Flicks. If you haven't seen this yet. All I got say it was one of the most dark and disturbing movies I've seen recently other than "No Country For Old Men." Daniel Day-Lewis does a great job at playing a cold hearted oil tycoon back around the late 1800's to early 1900's. Gives you a feel of things to come. A great flick you got...
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Allow me to begin by saying that the billing is Slayer/Marilyn Manson, with opening guest Bleeding Through.The show I saw was third in this tour (which lasts until 1 September) at Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA on Saturday 28 July 2007.Further tour dates "here":http://www.soundchronicle.com/concert-news/marilyn-manson-and-slayer-announced-summer-2007-tourSlayer "Wiki":http://en.wikipedi...
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MetalSucks Maniac Nikki Moody correctly answered last night's trivia question by going above and beyond the call of duty and citing both Slayer's "Angel of Death" AND Metallica's "Creeping Death" as songs that describe unpleasant chapters in Jewish history (the Holocaust and Passover, respectively). Nikki wins a mystery prize from Century Media and a dreidel. [...]
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Generally, I consider myself a pretty avid fan of South Park - the mixture of completely sophomoric humor and social satires gets me every damn time. But this season has been kinda weak - short of Indiana Jones getting raped by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, I don't think I've laughed out loud once. So now [...]
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I am right now in iraq, and i like to listen to brutal metal before i go out on a mission or even during a mission. my favorite songs are, One Shot One Kill-Dying Fetus, Payback-Slayer, Call to Arms-Manowar, Shredded Humans-Cannibal Corpse, SDMF-Black Label Society, The Chosen Legacy-Dimmu Borgir...well the list goes on and on. i don't know it's usually the lyrics or the guitars and drums but e...
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| 1 Angel of Death |
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| 2 Piece by Piece |
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| 3 Necrophobic |
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| 4 Altar of Sacrifice |
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| 5 Jesus Saves |
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| 6 Criminally Insane |
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| 7 Reborn |
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| 8 Epidemic |
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| 9 Postmortem |
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| 10 Raining Blood |
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| 11 Aggressive Perfector [*] |
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| 12 Criminally Insane [Remix][*] |
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