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Did not like this but maybe that's because I was fully at my desk lookin like this https://tenor.com/view/tired-office-cubicle-bob-parr-the-incredibles-gif-7767100
This banged for me, can't believe how much I liked it. The guitar in these is amazing, edgy lyrics that kinda go hard, like the restraint keeping it under 30.
gotta get angry for this one. There wasn't enough variation for me to stay engaged, I found myself watching for the end
There are cool parts of this here and there instrumentally, but man I have never heard such a silly album take itself so seriously. Sure dude, hail Satan or whatever.
👿🩸👑? 🤮🤮🤮. “Hello? Is this the Catholic Church? My stereo needs an exorcism, please hurry!” Wow was this not for me… Great rhythm section, decent guitar work, but the lyrics and vocals were offensive and sounded awful. Thematically as vile an album as I’ve ever heard. And I like the Dead Kennedys. 1 upside down circumscribed star. But 1 more for at least being quality music.
It’s a real jarring transition from listening to this in the car at a high volume to my job as a children’s librarian. I own this album, but I listen maybe once a year just to get all riled up. Thrash metal isn’t my genre (I prefer sad women with guitars or lesbian pop), but I can acknowledge the talent and work that goes into this, even if I never need to listen to another Slayer album. In conclusion, FUCKIN SLAYERRRRRRRRR!!!
I don’t like it, but I can understand why this would be the thing you like if you like this kind of thing.
Album number 296, and by far the worst one I've listened to. Might even be the worst album I've ever listened to. I've been somewhat surprised with some of the metal that has come up to this point. It's never been a genre I've liked, but I've found that I can at least appreciate bands like Metallica, System of a Down (got their debut yesterday and gave it a surprising to me three stars), Rage Against the Machine and some others. But this is just abysmal. Lyrically, it feels like they're just trying to offend (and likely giggling about it). The songs that Spotify had the words for led to me just shaking my head that anyone finds enjoyment in this. The songs without lyrics on the app were at least an improvement in that I couldn't understand anything being shouted. There was no nuance at all here. It was just bludgeoning for the sake of doing so. And no, it won't get a star for being less than 30 minutes long.
YYYEEAAAHHHGGGGHH
Thankfully this album is only 29 minutes long.
Honestly, not very good
Speed! Power! Distorted but entirely intelligible -- that's secretly the thing that makes Slayer so, so heavy. It isn't drenched in reverb or so distorted that you can't tell what they're playing. What a brutal, groovy, intense record. It's also less than 30 minutes long, so let 'er rip. Absolute top notch thrash. Surprisingly melodic and entirely useful for getting some shit done to. 5/5 a masterpiece of aggression
Not my favorite.
a worse sounding Metallica
It's funny how the line between liking and not liking metal is so thin for me. If it gets too screamy, then I'm out. This one was on the wrong side of that line, so I was leaning 2. But, it shredded just enough to get a 3.
A lot going on here. It didn't suck nearly as much as I feared. I'd rather have this than Def Leopard any day of the week. I can see the appeal and there may have been a time when this would be what I chose to listen to. That time is not now. I'm liking at least as much as any Metallica I've heard, though. Half way through and I'm three pushing four.
Hey, remember that kid in high school that wore their Slayer jacket like it was part of their body? Yeah, that wasn’t me. Unsurprisingly, this isn’t the worst album I’ve heard from this list though.
Great metal album
1+ Stars (3/15)
I’ll probably never be a death metal fan. I just don’t get the appeal. This album is completely relentless from start to finish. While I can respect the intensity and its influence on the genre, it’s simply not enjoyable for me.
CALVIN: Mom, can I have some money to buy a suicide-advocating, Satan-worshiping heavy metal album? MOM: Calvin, the fact that these bands haven’t killed themselves in ritual self-sacrifice shows that they’re just in it for the money like everyone else. It’s all for effect. If you want to shock and provoke, be sincere about it. CALVIN: Mainstream commercial nihilism can’t be trusted? MOM: ‘Fraid not, kiddo. CALVIN: Childhood is so disillusioning.
I'm not a metal fan, but I much preferred Reign In Blood to anything by Metallica. The much higher tempo made it a far more enjoyable listen. Fundamentally, it's silly music. Over the top and with abrupt transitions from shouting to soloing. I expect if it was much longer than it's 29 minute run time, it would start to wear thin. But as it was, while I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to Slayer again, I did get some enjoyment out of this album.
Love the riffs, proper chuggy at some points
"Fuck's sake" said my brain at the beginning of every song after the first couple of tracks. There is actually no need! I'm sure there are songs about the Holocaust, and Satan, and dismemberment, and your insides rotting that are sensitive and tuneful, but not here. 1001 has served me up with a portion of shit with a side order of shit and shitty sprinkles on the top. And no fucking gravy. You can have PostMortem for pudding. It's the only thing resembling a track. The bad thing about this app is the inability to give no stars. Posting the review is the only reason this gets a star. Fucking awful.
I hate trash metal. Tough listen. It all sounded the same to me. Felt like the vocalist was struggling to keep up with the rest of the bans lmao. Never listening to this again. Didn't even finish it. 1/5
The thrashiest album that ever thrashed? Yeah, I think it probably is. I love the intensity of this record, and that it never lets up for the 30 minutes or so that it lasts. End-capping with Angel of Death and Raining Blood is the chef's kiss. 4.5/5
Definitely listened to this album but it still rules. I've never been the hugest Slayer fan but this one is really good. 4.25/5
Never been a huge metal fan, but this stuff was pretty solid.
So glad that wasn't an hour long. Uninteresting, angry metal.
Made me sad that my migraine disorder made me skip some of the songs with the wailing guitar. pretty great sounds I used to revel in. The songs I could hear still slayed.
yeah metall banger! c
I enjoyed this album, I do like early Metallica, but not overly keen on Megadeth. I haven’t ever really listened to Slayer as I guess I thought they were too Thrashy! But it turns out that they are not and I found this album to be a good listen.
yeah nah……… definitely not for me
Some of the instrumentals are good, the shouting is horrendous
Not usually a metal guy. But this was solid. I ended up enjoying it.
Legendary album, and I guess produced by Rick Rubin, so that's cool. This one got me pumped up, and now I'm going to listen to Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo by Mr. Bungle. This is a 5.
Some interesting riffs, but not much melody and it started to get pretty repetitive. Should have probably called the album Criminally Insane.
heftig
Absolutely not.
Can music be too heavy? Nope.
The drums are fun, raining blood is nostalgic cause of guitar hero, but it’s not the genre for me.
Slayer brings it every time with the musicianship without a shadow of a doubt. That being said, this type of music can get to be too much for me pretty quickly. Fortunately, this is relatively short. I like heavy music, but there's just really a lack of variety and vocal quality in these tracks. I can not emphasize enough how great the musicianship is. It just gets so mundane listening to someone yell in the same exact tone (not something that exactly requires a great deal of talent) for 10 straight tracks while rock music backs him. Now Raining Blood? 5/5. Perfection. Not enough to bring the whole album up to great heights though when the rest of the songs are not anywhere near that level.
Fine to listen to while angry and working, not sure that I would in any other setting
Vocals were pretty terrible but the metal was good enough to cancel that out for the most part
Everything sounds the same.
Ahh my favorite Metallica tribute band. The singer does a better job of not sounding exactly like the singer from Metallica in this one. But now he sings every song with the same tempo which I can only describe as “sped up punk rock vocals”. It’s fine but I didn’t recognize a single song and towards the end they all kind of mashed together. 5/10
Awesome
Thrash isn’t as bad as death metal, but it’s still mostly garbage.
Whenever people ask me what kind of music I like, I usually respond by saying pretty much everything, except for when people are screaming at me. It was a pretty honest answer, as I never really had any interest in that type of music outside of the guitar and drums. I feel like now that I've sat down and listened to this album in its entirety I can say with my entire chest that I was right. I found almost zero enjoyment in this album apart from some instrumental solos that admittedly got my head banging or blood pump. But every... single... time... that Tom Araya opened his mouth to let sound spill out I was removed from any sense of good times that I was having. It's just a mess, a wall of words seemingly thoughtlessly put together in manner devoid of any rhythm or meter. No detriment to the album, but it's hard for me to listen to any of the lyrics without cringing a little, but I'm not too proud to say that's likely due to being unable to find any semblance of lyrics or ideas I could relate to. Which is a shame, because there are glimmers of cool in here that I could find, namely with the instrumental lead-in and out of Raining Blood. In the end, the incredibly short 28 minute ride felt like it was one hour-long song, very little to distinguish each track from one another, causing what should have been a glue-you-to-the-back-of-your-seat half hour to feel more like a painful drag. I hope there's more to this genre than this, or at least that there's something out there for me.
El metal no me encanta.
One of the great thrash metal albums of all time, but it can be a hard listen for those that came to thrash late. I loved MetallicA, Megadeth and Anthrax during this time period, but Slayer was always a bit harder to fully embrace, for me. Perhaps it is a leftover from my white-bread upbringing, but while I appreciated the album and loved them in concert, This was never my go-to thrash album.
All force and adrenaline. Nowhere near as enjoyable for me as any of the Metallica albums that have come up, or, heck, even the Megadeth.
This was the first Slayer album I only listened to 5 months ago. I loved it, it was hard and fast, just what I needed at the time I was in a difficult head space
På den ene side synes jeg der er en del ikke mega memorable numre på en meget kort plade. På den anden side er overgangen mellem Postmortem og Raining Blood et af mine all time yndlings øjeblikke i metal. Stor 4
Det her holder fandme. Aldrig før har det været så meget fredag på en mandag
Absolute masterpiece and one of the albums that still holds up in 2026. Not the biggest fan of Kerry Kings solos, but the riffs are undeniably sick.
Milevis bedre enn den Slipknot skiva hvertfall, men mange av låtene høres helt lik ut. Beste spor er nok tittelsporet.
15/02/2026 1. angel of death - immediately what i was expecting when i got this album... was hoping this generator would maybe make me more open to metal, but it's somehow making me not like it more. admittedly, really liked the screeching sound. the riff in the instrumental just before 2 mins in really sounds like the kmfdm song in the living end.... googled it and it is kmfdm sampled it! 2. piece by piece - very edgy. 3. necrophobic - this one does not have lyrics on spotify. what the fuck is he saying. like the screeching of the guitar. not much else. 4. altar of sacrifice - went through this whole song not noticing that it had changed from the previous track so didn't write anything and am not listening to it again! 5. jesus saves - slower beginning is nice. again, cannot understand what is being said. 6. criminally insane - all of these songs sound the same to me. 7. reborn - only good thing about this album so far is that it's only half an hour long. 8. epidemic - lyrics are back so i can understand the emo shit he's saying again :( 9. postmortem - do americans pronounce tourniquet like that??? harrowing discovery. 10. raining blood - thank god this is almost over. liking the atmosphere at the start. ruined a bit by the drums and overly loud lightning effects but whatever. the only enjoyment i got from this album was being reminding of better songs from the riff in angel of death. don't like metal, not for me. really love the album cover though, reallllllly beautiful, will have to look up who painted it :)
Play fast and loud and yell quickly about death..... this album is a pizza cutter; all edge, no point. (also........after listening to the first song I had a question about lyrics, so I did a quick dive into the band and found out that quite a few people think they might be Nazis..........and tbh, I agree that they might be.)
4 out of 5. Face. Melted.
actually loved it
The moments this album really shines for me are when the tempo drops back slightly to a point at which they can lock in so precisely that the sound is just this relentless, inevitable, collective forward motion. When it clicks, it's really compelling. When it's just too fast to be precise, I miss that feeling (just two clicks slower and it could lock back in and sound faster). But, I get the point of the extreme speed, and it's effective. Some totally brilliant drumming and solos.
I don’t really like it, but it’s listenable. Maybe I could even find some beauty in this kind of music… if I put the album on repeat for the rest of my days.
Shouting and playing fast does not make music.
Could see the appeal if I liked metal but not a good experience
just girly things 3 stars
If a panic attack had a sound, this would be it.
What this album lacks in memorable melodies and riffs it makes up for in sheer speed and aggression. Quite possibly the heaviest album to be released by the Big 4 of thrash, and it earns its classic reputation big time. Standout Tracks: Angel of Death, Piece by Piece, Altar of Sacrifice, Criminally Insane, Postmortem (really like the fakeout ending btw), Raining Blood Score: SS
Epidemic… Postmortem… Raining Blood!!! HELL YEAH!!! WHAT A FINALE!
Fuck yeah!
Solos are soulless goblody-gook yet still impressive, love the slower bpm stuff, higher bpm moments (most of the album) were an anxiety ride
Reign in Blood was my first time properly listening to Slayer, and it immediately clicked. The album is driven by punk impulse, but executed with the precision of heavy metal. The songs are fast, direct, and brutally efficient, sounding chaotic on the surface yet never sloppy.
The songs on this album all mostly sound the same, but it is a good song. Raining Blood is an iconic track, and one that I love. It is id music, adrenaline music. There is no intellectualisation to be had here. It just goes hard.
I like slayer like I like whiskey: a little goes a long way. I don’t know if this album needed to be on the 1001 to be honest. South of Heaven and Seasons of the Abyss are better albums. From a historical perspective, they cranked up the metal scene to 11, moving the genre to pure rage/ catharsis. There are sections of this album that also reflect their later more of a Groove Metal style which I preferred with slower beats and heavy palm muting, and dropped-D-tune. But most of this album is just speed, scream, solo, repeat. Dave Lombardo, the drummer, was truly the star of the show, doing what no other drummers were able to do during the time. Now his techniques at the kit are an industry standard. There are a few good songs on here, such as Angel of Death and Raining Blood, which if you ever get the chance listen to Li’l Jon /East Side Boys sample in Stop Fucking With Me. Of the Big 4 Metal bands, Slayer has always been my #6.
Random thoughts: * I have no context to properly rate this album. * I didn't hate it. * I rocked out a few times. * I'd definitely listen again even thought metal isn't really my jam.
A pummeling, powerful record. These guys are masters of thrash for a reason And show it here. The lyrics can get a bit silly when you take a step back, but this is fast, agile, forceful music.
Fucking Slayer! An easy five stars. Some of the one star reviews remind of my parents. Turn that noise down! How can you call this music! Back in my day.....etc. Get wreckt, lames. Jeff Hanneman was an absolute monster in the thrash world, maybe seconded only by Gary Holt, who was the clear fill in for Jeff. RIP. I was lucky enough to see him play with Slayer twice. Both shows were absolute mayhem. I was still on the floor when the pit cleared at the end of one of those shows. Blood, sweat, beer,clothing, shoes, a five inch (ish), non-folding blade, and a massive spiked gauntlet were on the floor in front of me. It was a moment of contemplation and wonder to think that I made it two hours in that space. Somehow held my own in that space. Such violence. Such madness. Those shows were in the early 2000's and past Slayer's prime, but it still felt like a gift to participate in it. If you know, you know. Seasons in the Abyss will get a 5+ if it comes up
blimey, thrash is tiring isn't it ?
Vile.
I think I like older school metal better. Guitars are fun but lyrics are cringe to me 2 stars
Technically impressive…rough listen. Technically great…difficult to listen to as far as problematic subject matter (angel of death).
Just awful.
This kicks ass
Maybe I’m just blind to this genre but all the songs sound the same just different tempos. Super mid for me. 2.8
A classic. I often find myself wishing for like even a semblance of a melody in these songs but that’s not their thing and that’s okay. A little too guitar hero for me as well but I definitely understand why this is held to the level of importance that it is. Raining blood is just a killer song. I can’t bring myself to give this a 5 but historically it probably deserves it. Also, of course, *breathes in* SLAYERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
That was way too much for me
🤘🏻😄good ol' times 2/5, 4/10
This is more the vein I tend to listen too. Fast, brutal, and energetic.
Man I miss Jeff Hanneman's riffs
Tydelig inspirert av Cult Member
This project has enabled me, for the first time, to be able to tell you the difference between a number of heavy metal bands. Slayer is no Metallica. (review blatantly plagiarised from another user - would be happy to give them credit & buy them beer/earplugs as required if at all possible)
Metals not my thing but this was quite good.
not my thing
This was pretty great. Some great guitar bits and vocal moments. Not that familiar with thrash metal and I might need to expand my repertoire some.
80s trash metal. Very fast, very hard, very loud. One of most important metal albums. No real melody, loads of screaming. Great music to smash shit to. Couldn’t finish. Can see the merit but too much for me.
This gets to the point immediately. And does it with haste too. No let up, complete with graphic lyrics and all sorts of tempo changes and breakdowns. I almost wished it slowed down to breathe just a little bit, but I can understand its inclusion on this list. Probably one of the first big speed metal albums out there.
Gut
опа вот это мы знаем это же отцы
It was alright.
Ohhh so this is where the demon worshipping satanic cultists come from. Not my dig but respect to those who it is.
I had heard Raining Blood before, but this was my first time listening to an actual Slayer album. I can see why people like it, but I don’t think it’s for me. It’s just a bit too chaotic with not enough redeeming value to wade through the chaos. I can at least say that I tried even if I’m not coming back to it.
If you take the fastest and most in your face of Metallica's early songs (think of songs from Ride the Lightning or Kill 'Em All) and then speed up the drums and add more screaming, this is what you get. I enjoy thrash, mostly because I'm a life long Metallica fan, but Slayer is too much for me beyond short doses. The benefit is that this is a short album. Side note, Slayer will always play second fiddle to Metallica, and while that sucks for them, they could have read the market a bit better and course corrected earlier on. Either that or found a producer that could help them with their sound a bit.
Luckily only 28 minutes. Liked the start but it got too overwhelming quickly
Saw them once live. Never been into speed trash, but you've got to admit they have quite the energy. 5/10
I like to think I can appreciate this for what it is. It's a Rick Rubin record, and I trust his abilities and judgement. However, it is impossible for me to enjoy it, so I can't give it much of a rating because I wouldn't seek to hear it again. I'm glad other people like it, though.
While the structure of much of this record is loose, it still remains cohesive. I absolutely adore the atmosphere that Slayer create through barebones instrumentals that never let up. Tom Araya sings like he can’t get his words out fast enough. While his singing isn’t a deep guttural growl or scream, he still manages to use his voice as a true instrument by adding substantially to the rest of the band. I like it more and more with each listen. Great stuff.
Used to listen to slayer a bit in my teenage (mostly for rocking out) but this is the first listen to this album. Very underwhelming. Apart from the first and last tracks it all sounds exactly the same. No variation to the tempo or tone at all. 28 minutes of noise later makes me wonder if their fans actually like this band or if they just like shouting "SLAYYYERRRRRR!"
Not a metal guy, but i see why it’d get rated highly in the genre.
The technical chops to play metal at this level are completely insane. The guitar solos sound like they are not part of the songs. The songs all blend together as one.
One of the best metal albums of all time
Mira, lo de Venom me resultó gracioso y me sorprendió no tener que para el álbum con dolor de cabeza. Por desgracia, lo de Slayer ya me parece una broma pesada. Y más cuando me dio por leer cosas sobre el grupo y resulta que o les caían especialmente mal los nazis, por mucho que escribieran la primera canción del disco pensando en Joseph Mengele. Los temas, que de eso se trata, me han parecido un verdadero tostón. Cero ganas de repetir.
I understand that some might like sheer raw power and tightness of the sound. But repetitive lyrics about death, disease, necrophilia, mass murder etc. … puh. Especially turning the Holocaust into a B-horror movie and Mengele into a mystified personification of evil makes this almost unlistenable to me.
i don't even know the slightest place to start with this... necrophobic--some good beat changes here but all these songs sound the same to me ok the scream halfway through postmortem was impressive raining blood--dramatic intro. some variety from every other second of the album. outro guitar sounds like animals bleating. bleak. morbid. sounds the same thru 90% of the album. 2/5
nothing about this appeals to me
It made me want to punch a wall in the best possible way.
Heavy, fast and brutal. This is what metal should be. Not a lot of melodies going on here and the satanic stuff is eye-roll worthy but it's pretty great. From this era, still want to listen to Ride The Lightning and Master of Puppets before this.
Way more fun than I expected
I really don't like trash metal, it's aggressive music, hateful, and angry. The music has no melody, and it has the same tempo and rhythm. There is nothing I like here. The only thing is that it is only 28 minutes long.
I really like "South of Heaven" and "Seasons In the Abyss" (SLAYER!!!), but I've always liked this one less. Don't get me wrong, it's everything a guy could hope for in a frenzied thrash album. But there's a grooving, moody dynamic to the two albums that followed this one...and it just isn't here. This one's all speed, always at the same volume, and never giving you more than a single measure (at like 250 bpm) to breathe. A couple of the songs hint at the "more reserved" (ha!) sound of later albums, that makes it a tiny bit more possible to keep up with the music: "Postmortem" had me headbanging in the middle of my living room (SLAYER!!!) and "Raining Blood" is of course a masterpiece, as any metal high school kid in the 90s could tell you (hell, any Guitar Hero player could, for that matter). But the rest is maybe just a tiny bit TOO fast even though speed is the point? A little TOO chaotic even though it wouldn't be Slayer without chaos? The lyrics throughout are pretty dumb (I'd expect no less), and sometimes the gruesomeness is more badass than others: "The only way to exit is going piece by piece" is horrifying and awesome, while "bones and blood lie on the ground, rotten limbs lie dead" was clearly written by a third grader. Simultaneously the dumbest and most notable song (notable in a not-good way), "Angel of Death" is waaaay too interested in its subject matter. I know the occasional Nazi focus was for shock value rather than for political endorsement (it is indeed shocking) but 1) that's still not cool, and 2) comparing it to all the other gruesome imagery on the record it just doesn't strike the same tone...it especially fails as a first track (for me at least) because of the pall it casts over the much sillier 9 songs to follow.
Not my thing at all.
Very heavy but if you lime this kind of music its pretty solid.
One of the best thrash albums
16 year old me would've enjoyed this a lot more than current me did. Fast paced and in your face, but not a whole lot of variation between tracks.
Pure evil. I love it.
Is this a joke, and why was it played on me?
12 tracks, 34 minutes, 8 lines of coke, 12 adderal. ADHDeath Metal is fun but I’ve listened to much better. Still rocks!
Incredibly silly, masturbatory guitar wankage, spitting words as fast as possible, hitting the snare drum every beat, claiming lyrics that they'd never actually carry out
high energy and fast. classic speed metal
30 minutes nonstop fun. Not my vibe, but still a good time
This is one of those real tests where either you get it or you don’t. Slayer is fast and aggressive and ugly and attempting to be more evil and extreme than their west coast thrash contemporaries. They do a decent job at that, so I can’t fault anyone for not vibing with it. Regardless of personal taste, the boldness and speed on this record is undeniable. Truly some incredible riffs and proto-breakdown moments that would pave the way for future metal and hardcore to come. The lyrics and aesthetic, feeding off of other bands at the time like Venom, invoke Satan and evil and the human downfall that would eventually be the blueprint for death and black metal. Despite all this, Rick Rubin’s production makes the music somewhat approachable, balancing the otherwise confrontational nature of its other qualities; this is a balance that the aforementioned Venom severely lacked. Not my favorite thrash album, but a fantastic and canonically important one. If you fuck with this record, welcome to the rabbit hole. More extremity awaits.
Too metal for me as a whole, listened to it top to bottom and if I'm in a silly metal-y mood it's fire.
Kick ass death metal album. Technical brilliance in the guitar and drums department, powerful stuff. One of the best closing songs on a metal album. At 28 minutes I was actually left wanting a few more songs! 4/5
In jazz, sometimes it’s about the notes you don’t play….clearly these guys never got the message. It’s just so over the top from start to finish that even when they do something cool, you’re still trying to catch your breath from the past ten minutes of straight sensory overload and it loses its effect. I’m not going to be one of those metal haters who says that this is a stupid genre, but a little more space to let the music breathe would do a hell of a lot of good on this album.
How many thrash metal albums are on this list? Not for me. Like they’ve just turned everything up to 11 in a bad way. 1
loved this
Hieman kyllä alitti odotukset, suoraan sanoen hiukan ykstoikkoinen. Raining Blood erottuu joukosta mutta muuten levy tuntuu samalta tykitykseltä koko ajan. Postmortemin ja Raining Bloodin välinen vaihto oli tosi smooth. Parhaat: Raining Blood, Angel Of Death
Punishing even in 2026, I can see how this was a big deal in the 80s. Definitely takes more from the punk side of thrash compared to a band like Metallica, this album knows not to overstay its welcome. Unfortunately it’s also not nearly as memorable as Metallica’s best for me. Borderline 4, but I don’t see myself returning to it that much.
A lot of noise. Just a lot of noise.
I enjoyed Angel of Death and Raining Blood, found the rest to be too similar for my ear.
Album #26: Reign In Blood - Slayer Genre (W): Thrash Metal Singles: Postmortem, Criminally Insane (Remix) I have only listened to “Raining Blood”. Thoughts: This is one of the most aggressive, heaviest albums I have ever heard in my life. I wound up quickly becoming overwhelmed with the riffs, the thrashing, and the heaviness. My goodness. That’s both a good and bad thing! Their playing is extremely technical, but I wound up getting a headache from all the headbanging. Yikes… Favorite songs: Angel of Death, Necrophobic, Jesus Saves, Postmortem, Raining Blood
A complete smack in the face, an insane adrenaline rush. Awesome
My album #62 and I think the first heavy metal album so far. Slayer's 1986 thrash debut lifted them up alongside peers Metallica (artistically, though would never reach their commercial success). It's a carnival of intense, frenzied drumming and blistering guitar from the off. Songs about Josef Mengele, human sacrifices, plagues and serial killers, all pretty cheerful stuff really. But it's Rick Rubin's amazing production that sets this apart form other thrashers doing the circuit at the time (of whom there were many). It's maybe not quite as good as Metallica at their very best, but it's better than their debut and one of the best you'll find in this genre, 9/10.
Not an album I've listened to. Familiar with Raining Blood based on the cover by Reggie and the Full Effect. Gave it a listen. It's quick, sort of part and parcel to the whole speed metal thing. I wasn't exceptionally hooked by anything on the album.
Look, I get it that it's a thrash classic, but I think that Slayer's magic got lost for me somewhere in high school, the edginess is just funny at this point, the atonal solos don't do nothing for me, and fast drums and heavy riffs get boring really quickly.
Man...if I was still in junior high school, this would have sounded edgy as FUCK. Incredibly fast drum and guitar work topped off by somebody tonelessly screaming word salad about blood and death and torture and murder (and, y'know, literal Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele). The production is good, at least, and the musicians are very technically skilled; there are noticeably several places where the drums are going too fast for the guitars or vice versa, but no one seems to have time to notice, and there's no meaningful way to tell one song from another anyway. I guess this might have been impressive or groundbreaking at the time of its release, when this was new and shocking; music to scare your mom/pastor/congresscritter with. Now it just sounds like a hyperactive parody of itself. Best part: you can get through the whole thing in half an hour.
good but not my typical speed
4/5
This record shreds and rips and leaves little behind. I enjoy the pageantry of Raining Blood over the brutality of most of the rest. It lets the song breathe so that when it kicks it leaves an exit wound. \m/
181 La verdad es que esperaba que fuera full tuka tuka todo el rato, pero tuvo momentos interesantes y entretenidos! La intro de Postmortem fue *chef's kiss* y Raining Blood definitivamente estaba adelantada a sus tiempos. La verdad es que estaba segura de ponerle un 4 hasta esos dos últimos tracks, ya, toma el 5 y déjame tranquila.
Some very long 28 minutes... but at least there's melody somewhere
Fuck the hell yeah!! Headphones went up full blast when this started. Reign In Blood is one of the truly great metal albums of all time. It bookends with two classics in Angel Of Death and Raining Blood but there is absolutely no filler in between. Through 430 albums I have truly enjoyed discovering so many new artists. It genuinely has changed forever how I listen to music. I grew up on metal though, it will always be my bread and butter and I bloody LOVE this album. Top Track - Raining Blood
a bit much for some chill music while cooking
This is always a fun sprint! :) It's not a party unless slayer is snuck onto the playlist
That's some metally music alright
No standouts except for sorta Raining Blood because of the South Park hippie episode
De her Guttan e mye sintere enn mæ. Ikke min sjanger. Ikke så veldig variert, men helt ok.
Det e så sykt bonat
Lyttet til på morgenbussen til jobb og på vei hjem fra å hoste kulturquiz 06/01/26. Utrolig hyggelig gjenlytt med tenårene. Første gang jeg hører gjennom hele plata, relativt monotont, men legger ved at mine favoritter fra barndommen er Criminally Insane, Angel of Death og så klart Reign in Blood. Legg merke til at Criminally Insane (remix) ikke er på originalplata, men er desidert beste låt fra re-release
Veldig edgy, veldig montont.
A bit samey at parts but KICKS SO MUCH ASS
> the Beatles Obligatory SLAYERRRRRRRRRRR
Wanted to like this more than I did. It’s just not that interesting
This is a genre that I am not a fan of and this album didn't change my opinion on it. I imagine that if you are tapped into this kind of music the songs would song different and unique but to me they sound to similar. I do appreciate the fact I can understand the lyrics compared to screamo (although I didn't really like them) and the drums. I'm giving it a one but it didn't stand a fair chance with me because the style of music it is.
"Reign in Blood" makes a change from other albums I reviewed. Every song is at least good. The bookends of "Reign in Blood" are classics, as are the tracks in between. This album is under half an hour, so it didn't get repetitive. All in all, this album was a nice surprise. 4 stars for "Reign in Blood".
Not my jam, sadly.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Finally some good shit. But to much instrumental parts
Great riffs, energy and vibe. Can’t stand the solos. I like quite a lot of chaotic and dissonant stuff but Slayer’s solos just don’t click for me.
It's okay. I appreciate that it's so short, at least. I like bits and pieces (like in particular, about halfway through Raining Blood), but overall not something I'd really listen to again of my own volition.
Another great album from one of the Big Four of thrash metal. While the songs do threaten to blend if the album goes any longer, its extra-lean length of just 28 minutes ensures you won't get bored.
Metallica on x1.5 speed!!!!! Listening to this is kind of exhausting. But ya know what, it has its place.
it's straight up Metallica in 1.5x lmao
Sorry but this shit is just silly. This whole album sounds like something Cartman would compose on South Park to be as transgressive as possible but it's also ridiculous. We open with a song about the holocaust and then spend slightly under half an hour listening to what sounds like the same song over and over. I felt so much secondhand embarrassment listening to this.
2/10
Fuck off with this shit.
Not my music...AT ALL.....
You won’t like this and you will be wrong though, this slaps.
I forgot the subject matter of Angel of Death which made for a memorable start to my drive to work. Once we got into theoretical evil, my sense of humor came back.
this is probably their best work, but maybe not my favorite. you can't argue with the hits, and the relentless speed of everything is impressive
very much not thrash metal enjoyer today
10 top hits for when you need lyrics to write on your notebooks that upset your parents!!!! I kid but honestly there's stuff in here I do still like - I know it's very Not Their Thing to let the music breathe a little bit but I still wish they would. Listening to this as an album is ultimately a bit unpleasant so going to round down the 2.5
Quality metal if that’s what you like
Not my vibe
not my thing. like the music but the lyrics aren't my style. 2/5
4.5
Fast, intense and heavy. A few songs in the middle of the album start to blend into each other but before you know it, another iconic song comes.
This was alright! Not my type of music tbh so hard to rate 3 ⭐️
Was putting of listening to this all morning, finally started at 10:15 ish T1 yeah basically what I expected, this is somehow worse though. The lyrics are so cornball. “I’m so angry and get no pussy!!” Good production 3:39 yo this is straight up nonsense, no modality, legit sounds like just random notes. When you think of muddy playing and jimmy paige u think sure there’s some random shit he’s doing that probably wouldn’t be intentionally replicated every show he does, but still it fits and makes his solos special, this is just the noise and random filler shit except for the entire solo. T2 wow this a new song? Also I do high key get how Metallica could turn this into something, kinda sounds like master of puppets or enter sandman with the drop tuning open string chugs and chromatic line cliches. Definitely like this one more than the first. T3 alright starting to see how although this might be ass, it could be fun to listen to to hear different metal influences, can definitely hear the birth of Black Sabbath in this one 1:04 another random note shit but this time it’s fitting into the track a little better. It’s just all so fast though, like it feels like the artists don’t respect consumer’s ears enough to listen to their music and instead need to overstimulate the audience with just so much noise, random key changes, and words that sound like they are not in english, well maybe Medieval English. I know that’s not true and they are serious very real artists but that’s my naive take on basically all heavy slash metal. T4 what’s the deal with death and satan? Remeber when Paul McCartney shouted about a playground? Am I supposed to be scared? Because I am. Maybe coolest song from an instrumental or rather musical aspect, and the drums and rhythm are IN THE POCKET big time, very tight playing, excellent drums and for the most part it’s excellent in tempo changes, doesn’t always sound very good, but is extremely difficult to do. T6 apparently Jeff hanneman played a les Paul esp on this?? Kinda shocking. Kinda cool tho to hear how evh’s red special/Frankenstein came to be, certain sounds and frequencies from this album I’m sure that he wanted and certain that he didn’t want, probably ultimately led him to the decisions he made on gear. T7 song sounds same as others, the talking is so weird I can’t get over that. Funish guitar run 1:00-1:30 but man I’m just waiting until this is over. T8 Ayo Metallica, this your flow? When in doubt pinch harmonic T9 almost at the end. Like this intro so far, best in the album that I remember. The rythym sections are doing some cool stuff here, unique sounding composition as well. I feel like this could’ve been a good 2nd song on the album— but maybe since it’s here that means the final song is gonna be sick. why do they keep asking if I want to die? No? T10, here we go, big buildup, fav song in the album precedes it, let’s see what we got. Alright the lighting and the two lead guitars I’m liking it. Pivotal point here for me at like 1:07 at the end of the double stop chugs, they needed to make a change and I liked the way they did it. Great tempo drops for that recurring riff. This songs seems very fun to play on guitar. Yoo he’s playing the same riff but on the downbeats now @2:20~ hell yeah never hear that. Kind of a weird cut to the rain but actually kind of nice, abrupt at first but it settles. I wonder what the idea/concept behind this album is and why the last 45 seconds is just rain, are we dead now maybe? Last two songs are making me slightly less wish there was a 0 star rating option, still a firm 1/5 and would probably be much more hated by me if it didn’t have those last two songs. Definitely fun to see where inspiration is drawn from, but I did not enjoy listening to that album.
Not really my taste, but definitely a vibe :)
Oh fuck yeah hell yeah. I knew the breakdown from Raining Blood before I knew the song or artist.
Not my thing, but it goes hard and doesn’t overstay its welcome at all.
A bit repetitive (funny to say for a 27 minute long album), but Raining Blood is such a killer song.
I'm not in the mood for these songs back-to-back. Maybe I never will be. 3.
Interesting to think that this came out during the height of the satanic panic. I thought this album was interesting but some of the songs felt a little one-dimensional. Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5
está potente pero monótono, podría tener la micha de rolas para estar al tirooo
metallica me la pela
Raining Blood is an excellent track but I find the rest of the album pretty so-so
aaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhh
Brings back memories when I bought this with allowance funds while in junior high when it was released. Interesting to listen to it almost 40 years later. I remember liking their earlier stuff more but this sort of put them on the map.
Thrash metal isn't really my jam. That's my main issue with this album- the style really doesn't do much for me. Plus, the speed/tempo here was a bit overwhelming. The best descriptor I can come up with is that it was a barrage of heavy music. I find speed overrated when evaluating musical ability. It takes a lot of work and talent to be intelligibly fast, sure. To me, though, slowing something down can be just as impressive and impactful as speeding up, and using both effectively is a trait of good artistry. Here, it felt like they were trying to play as fast and as hard as possible, whether it made the songs better or not. It made the music lose something for me. If they'd drawn out even a few of the tracks to show more of the feel and melody, I think I would've liked it a lot more. That's probably my main problem with thrash; it too often sacrifices feel in exchange for going faster. Parts of the album were good. I liked the guitar lines that started Raining Blood and Jesus Saves, probably because they were a bit less speed focused. But then they were gone, quickly taken over by something else. And then some raspy scream-singing. And then something else. And then the song was over. The structure made it hard to parse one song from the next since they were all just kind of included without much symmetry in themselves. The lack of diversity in tone and tempo was part of that problem. So, yeah. I can see why people would like this album. And it is impressive in some ways. It's just not really something I would say is good. Overall: 1.8/5
Not my thing but I do have to agree that it is well produced. I can understand why this was a significant album in the metal genre.
From the first screeching sound (you know the one you’re not sure if it’s an electric guitar or a human voice) to the end, this is a full on assault of the loveliest kind. Yes, I love this!
It's produced well for metal, but my untrained ears make every song sound incredibly alike. That works when you like the music but it makes it super uninteresting and aggressive if you don’t.
Just little tiny bit ... HEAVY.
JES! Vihdoinkin se tuli sieltä. Kyllä tää on herkkua. Kaikki toki tietää Slayerin paras levy on Seasons, mutta aisaaaaatana kyllä rässi on aina rässiä! Henkilökohtainen mielipiteeni perustuu kyllä varmaan nostalgiaan ja livekokemuksiin. Todellisuudessa varmaan nelosen levy mutta femma tekis mieli antaa! 4/5
Kelpo hevilevy varmaan. ei herättänyt suuria tunteita.
My dad loves Slayer lol rip Fav song: Altar of Sacrifice, Jesus Saves, Raining Blood
This was a fine enough pedal-to-the-metal thrash album with some solid tempo play. I feel like where this really shines is in the rhythmic sections where the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums sync with one another (e.g., intro to Piece By piece, Necrophobic, Postmortem, and the mid-section of Angel of Death). The thrashy sections are certainly propulsive, but I feel like the guitar solos are generally pretty underwhelming. Not specifically "bad," but they feel messy and wandering with no clear arc or resolution -- they sort of just disappear. This was a fine 28 minutes. High 3 to low 4 in my book.
Never listened to Slayer, but they seem like a good poster child for metal. Sounds a good deal like Metallica honestly. Definitely have heard Raining Blood before, never thought about who to attribute it to. Not an album I would be coming back to, but it got the job done to pump some energy into me.
Nothing like 28 minutes of straight thrash to go along with my coffee to get my Wednesday morning started. This was the perfect length album for this type of music because it could have gotten very stale if it was 45+ Raining Blood is such an iconic metal song, I love that it is the end of the album.
Man this really goes all in for the short runtime. I was a bit tired going into it but feel like breaking through a wall right now. Wouldn't say it's my favorite out of some of the harder shit we've gotten but def not bad. Raining Blood almost brought this up to a 4 for me.
Banging thrash metal
Every song sounds the same
You know what you're getting into with this one, and you aren't surprised by anything. This album is fine, but it kind of feels like if you have heard one thrash metal song, you've heard them all. That being said, a few of the tracks had kind of interesting combinations of loud noises. This one's fine. Favorite track(s): probably "Raining Blood"
Slayer... I hardly know her. I think this type of music is too fast for me, It doesn't fit my speed and it makes it hard for me to tell if it is good or not. There were a couple moments where I liked it but for the most part I did not enjoy this one.
Minus one point for lyrical content because it's decidedly teenage level shock content, but this is the absolute definition of speed/thrash. If you're in to that style this is what everything else is based off and it's rarely been done better.
I remember going to concerts and inbetween acts the sound system always played Reign in Blood and people would go bannanas playing air guitard. I never got it. I'll appreciate that this may be my favorite metal band's favorite metal band, but it will not be mine.
Not great. Everything sounds the same.
I am sure it is a legendary album for those that know but for me it didn't hit the mark. Fabulous fretwankery and spoken word singing but not for me
nah
Opening riffs are quite good, then descends into a song being played on double speed. Angel of Death is super weird. Drumming is insane. Musically very gifted but pointed at the wrong direction for my tastes (today)
The complete package. Vocals that alternate between psychotic ranting and inhuman howls; grooves that burrow down, snap back and disembowel; guitars that actually sound like they’re being forced through a shredder; and probably the most evocative, iconic riff written in all of metal. Reign In Blood is pound for pound the best metal album ever made (and probably not too far off the best “extreme” album ever made either; the way it incorporates elements of hardcore …). Bookended by two thrash classics – “Angel of Death”, “Raining Blood” – the eight tracks encased within never once drop their focus (only “Criminally Insane” offers any respite, and even though only very temporarily). The whole thing is always, from every possible angle, doing its job: to get you grooving in that special “the devil has the best tunes” kind of way.
This shit kicks ass
I always find slayer a bit too fast and aggressive. It’s ok in small doses and luckily this album is only 34 minutes long! I like a bit more melody and a little less shredding in my metal.
I enjoy a bit of metal, but this is too metal/thrash for me!
One of the great metal albums of all time. Top Slayer album for me, depending on the day.
Meh
Can’t. Can’t even finish listening. <1
I mean I can appreciate it on some level but no. 1
No bloody way
nope
Iconic album not just for Thrash Metal, but for metal as a whole. I prefer other Slayer albums, but it's obvious that Reign In Blood is their most iconic and emblematic work they've done. Rest in Power Jeff Hanneman
Not my kind of music, way to heavy listening today at least.
I’ve got to be in the right mood but this is a great album.
Classic thrash album right here.
SLAAAAYYYERRRRR
I haven’t started listening yet but i’m excited. Ok so i listened to it. It was fine, like I get it. I know who they are, i know what they are to the genre. but it was just very *”ROCK”* which is fine cause they’re mount rushmore for trash, but i think sounding “basic” in retrospect comes with the territory of revolutionizing something
Surprisingly fun work album. Great way to get through a tough day.
Speed and aggression. Some of the most iconic metals riffs. Super clean vocal too for all the shouting. 4/5. PS Blew my mind how super chill the lead singer is off stage.
3.7 pretty metal wish I had more time to bake in it. Cause deff some riffs and segments that stood out.
Legendary album 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
80's thrash metal. No thanks. I tried to listen, and failed. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time #6
I'm a metal head, this is a classic, even though I prefer something more melodic. Still worth a listen.
Another worthy feature to the 1001, 3.5 stars
Earlier than I thought. Doubtless influential. Dig some of what they inspired for sure.
Change the costumes, cut the hair, skip the solos, and you’ve got bad Punk.
I very disturbing point of inspiration, with the overall message exposing evils rather than supporting them. Through the discomfort is a very competantly-made, interesting and heavy thrash metal album. That moment of dissonant guitar whines that transitions between Postmortem and Raining Blood is *chefs kiss*." I'd like if there was a bit more variety in the middle of the album sonically, and would have preferred the concept to be more general and less specific, however those reservations aside i still left this album impressed. 4/5
Frenetic metal, pretty rough
yeeeeeeh cling clang duang. Slay. 35 min heavy metal? hyperthyroidism moment.
Metal, my lord. Or heaps punk? I’m opening myself to more metal trying not to hold everything to the satirically extreme standard that is Dethklok. So I like this album. Objectively I’m getting a lot of punk in it, and while it’s also obviously metal, I cannot deny the punk side shining through. The delivery of the lyrics in particular feels like a punk band just shouting shit out rather than the melodious metal style that other bands rock with. It adds to the grit, and a 28 minute album and 2-3 minute songs screams punk. Maybe 3.5 is more accurate but the vibes were strong so jumping to 4.
not huge on the thrash metal... i think for a few of these songs i honestly wouldn't have been able to tell you if it was Metallica or Slayer. i know thats probably sacrilege, but this ain't really my genre
Nowhere near my preferred genre of music but I didn’t hate it. At the same time I’m not entirely sure I see the draw in the subject matter of the songs. I can see why they’re such a popular band, it’s just not for me.
Is this all just one song? I can't tell where one starts and the other ends, and not in a good way like some other albums. If you like that one sound and tempo then you are in for a good time. Much like how I can't distinguish anything that is being said in the lyrics, I cant distinguish a single melody or distinct riff. The best that I can say for Slayer is that it is fun noise.
not really dog walking music but fuck yeah
Pretty good
I like heavy metal but did not like this. A lot of speedy playing, but many of the solos were non-sensical and non-melodic. Just got tired of the vibe.
Absolutely not my kind of thing, still tried to listen with a willingness to change my mind...but it didn't.
Not on a Monday morning... I can admire the musicianship and skill, still not my kinda music.
first time I really listened to it -- actually pretty great thrash metal
I feel like most of these songs followed too specific of a formula and by the end of the album that formula got a bit old. The couple songs on the album that diversified from this a bit and had some tempo changes, melody and different vocal styles I liked more than the rest. The playing style was definitely fast but I didn't find it as a impressive as some of the other metal albums I have listened to, mostly because it was missing an actual clear melody. I also feel like the guitar screaming pinch harmonic sound showed up in every song and felt overused by the end.
I wasn't sold on my first listen of Reign In Blood and I ended up giving it a 2/5 due to it being a lot heavier (more guitar chugging, more double bass drumming, less melody) and darker (themes of Satan, murder, dismemberment, and Josef Mengele) than the other metal albums I've come to enjoy from the list. Well, I've been revisiting Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Metallica a lot lately and figured I should give this one another go. Not sure if I'm just in a better mood for it, but I enjoyed it enough to come and edit my previous review!
I can appreciate it for being technically well done, but this just isn't a genre I enjoy. It just sounds so repetitive to me with the pulsing guitar and drums.
I have listened to lots of heavy metal music and thrash metal. I didn’t look like this album. I couldn’t understand what the singer was saying. 2
3.5 - Good
Not really my vibe, but it was over quick and I found myself nodding my head at least once. 2.5 rounded up.
I liked this a lot more than I expected to. The lyrics and vocals do seem a little corny by today’s standards, but they would have been plenty edgy at the time. The music really holds up I think.
Some songs on here are solid 4 stars but then some other are 2. I find myself loving ine tune and then kind of dazing off for a few..... Just based on how influential AND groundbreaking this album is, it should be a 4 or 5 star record. But for me its a 3, almost a 4.
That album is a lot. Raining blood is cool and everything, but most of it just makes me want to listen to other thrash metal.
ВОР БЛЯТЬ ВООООР 8/10 ЭЙНДЖЕЛ ОФ ДЭЭЭЭЗ ВОР СУУУКАААААА
Some brilliant guitars and drums especially on Raining blood and Jesus saves. I could hear the sound that would become Machine Head. Loved it!
Sick guitars and manic drums. Yes! Not so keen on the vocal style, but appreciate it's part of the genre. Great for what it is, all sounds a bit samey though.
Basically early Metallica, sped up, sloppier, with a slightly worse singer, but certainly more testosterone.
not my kinda tune
Are the lyrics edgy to the point of being offensive? Sure. Does it rip tho?? Absolutely.
Wow that was unexpected. Super unexpected. Did not think i would start with metal. It’s not super heavy so that’s nice, great PMS listen i must say.
10 songs in 29 minutes is impressive but too intense for me.
‘Enter into the realm of Satan”. No thanks.
I like the slow dancey smoochy ones like Altar of Sacrifice and Criminally Insane
When the opening lyric namedrops a concentration camp this is only going to go one way. Bonus star for keeping it under 30mins
“Unyielding kings of agony Test your body chemistry Pulmonary overthrow Possession of your inner throne Infections quickly override Malicious, domineering strike Floods your veins, commit slow death Deteriorate, your maker's met” I think we can conclude from this verse alone that the lyricist is no Percy Shelley, and that this is music for people who don’t really like music. In fairness however, Slayer pose a profound question when they ask the listener “do you want to die?” To which the answer upon being forced this thrash trash was an unequivocal “yes” from me. It may be genre defining, but I get little enjoyment from its oeuvre. A good addition to the list, if only to reinforce my opinion that thrash metal/death metal is pile of steaming poo.
The lead singer's voice reminds me of James Hetfield's voice. That's my initial impression. I do prefer Metallica, Megadeath and some of the other thrash metal albums that we have heard on this list to this one. Still, compared to some of the shit I have had to listen to from the 90's, this is much better. I like that the songs don't overstay their welcome and I could actually tell the difference in the tunes as well. I probably won't add this to my collection but it's a deserved album to be on this list. It's hard to define the thrash metal category of music without a mention of Slayer. Not knowing the rest of their discography, I would assume this is the best of their albums.
\m/ (>.<) \m/
I guess Slayer is one of the big 4 of thrash metal because it's some of the thrashiest thrash there is. That doesn't make it good, however. There's no nuance here, no musicality, just relentlessly pummeling metal. That counts for something. This album was a gear-shifter straight from hell coming right after Sarah Vaughan in our draw, and I'm here for it. Early Metallica and Testament's "The Gathering" are examples of what I would consider really good thrash.
Definitely not the biggest fan of thrash metal
The best thing I can say about this is that it wasn’t obnoxious. Metal is clearly not for me!
Silda rates it 2 out of 5. I rate it 2 out of 5 also, wouldn’t listen again
Awful
Nope
Still one of the scariest albums I have ever heard, though the sound is fantastic. A distinct memory of seeing them live on Easter Sunday, and Tom Araya chuckling to himself as he introduced one of the Hail Satan! songs
Never been a thrash fan, so I don't feel I'm the best qualified to review this one. That said - if it was between this and some Madonna or Eminem crap, I'd go for this again in a heartbeat.
It's interesting that we had Prince's Purple Rain and Slayer's Reign in Blood back to back. As it truly shows how eclectic my musical taste is, as whether it Purple Rain, or its Raining Blood, these two albums are easily 5-star albums for me. Granted, I have listened to Reign in Blood 1,001 more times than Purple Rain. Reign in Blood, and Slayer for that matter has been in my opinion, one of the greatest metal albums and metal bands of all time. By far the gods of the Thrash Metal genre. Reign In Blood is the pure example of what 80s Thrash Metal was all about, 28 minutes, in your face, blistering riffs, non stop driving drum blasts, pure aggression, and power lyrics, that are almost a rap or cadence of musical chaos. Angel of Death alone is possibly one of the greatest metal songs ever written. It doesn't matter if I am 16 or 50, but when I put this album on, I am still pumping my fist in the air, and belting out lyrics from memory, and it fires me up, and gets that blood pumping. I mean no matter what genre of music you enjoy. We all have those certain albums that just get us, every song, every beat, every lyric. That is what makes music a wonderful thing. Thank you Tom, Kerry, Jeff and Dave, for making one of those many albums that hit all the right chords in me!
Brief, intense, powerful, and sick as hell.
Fun album that I enjoyed listening to but songs bleed into one. Lyrics are bit cringey
Just the album that I needed to get through reviewing some reports this afternoon.
I explicitly gave permission to my wedding DJ to play something from this album and he didn't. What a melon.
No thanks. P
I love Metallica even more after this experience. 1 star.
Highlights: Postmortem, Jesus Saves, Altar of Sacrifice. In a nutshell: Satan Saves. Overall: 5/10
Exactly what this record needs to be. Love how the songs feel like they completely lose time during the solos. Got to work in record time this morning, heart rate still hasn’t recovered.
Not for me