Review
Reign in Blood
Slayer · 1986 · Thrash Metal
Twenty-nine minutes that redrew the outer limit of speed and precision.
LOUDLORE Score9.5 / 10
songwriting9.3
riffs9.4
vocals9
production9.2
drums9.7
influence9.8
legacy9.6
- Release
- 1986-10-07
- Label
- Def Jam
- Producer
- Rick Rubin
Review
Rick Rubin stripped the reverb away and left Slayer standing in a dry, brutal room. Reign in Blood is short by design: it does not develop, it detonates. Lombardo's drumming is the engine, and the production made every band that followed sound cautious.
Track list
- 01Angel of Death
- 02Piece by Piece
- 03Necrophobic
- 04Altar of Sacrifice
- 05Jesus Saves
- 06Criminally Insane
- 07Reborn
- 08Epidemic
- 09Postmortem
- 10Raining Blood