Reviews (page 4 of 8)
Not for me
The instrumentals are a riot, love that it’s a lean mean 29 minutes. Struggle with the vocals/lyrics. I could see this one growing on me with more listens. UPDATE: relistened while lifting weights, bumping it up to a 4
Lmao I wanted to like it but I just couldn’t 😂 some very talented and innovative dudes but it was a tough listen
Horrible.
At least I can count on metal/punk albums being short.
Kickass album, though it feels a bit too monotonous in certain moments. The drums, oh, the drums...
Finally some heavy metal! The last few albums generated for me have been folksy country - genres i wouldn’t normally listen to. I’ve discovered some gems, but Slayer is already a fave.
C'est ridiculement mauvais, kessé ça! Chaque «chansons» (pis je me sens même généreux d'utiliser le terme chanson entre guillement pour désigner cette régurgitation sonore) sonnait tellement similaire dans leur médiocrité que j'ai effectuer mon petit test. Vous pouvez l'effectuer à la maison, c'est vraiment facile: part n'importe quelle toune à environ 45 secondes, pis dit moi crisse que c'est pas l'osti de même riff à chaque fois. Ridicule, ainsi qu'honteux et humiliant pour la crédibilité de cette liste, j'veux pu jamais revoir ce cover de ma vie stp
My first entry into this 1001 Albums Generator, my first entry into Slayer, and frankly my first entry into thrash metal at large. I had no real idea what to expect going in, other than the gruesome Hieronymous Bosch-esque cover and my pre-conceived ideas of what metal is, and frankly this has blown me away. As a fan of a lot of punk and hardcore this keeps that same ethos of intensity and efficiency, but incorporates theatrical levels of satanic lyricism which I can get on board with. Really book-ended by two incredible tracks in Angel of Death and Raining Blood, the rest of the album on first listens has washed over me in a flood of sheer thundering intensity. Jesus Saves is perhaps the other stand out track that keeps drawing my attention with its slower chugging riffs. But as a whole, this is ferocious, super cohesive and keeps you wanting more. No fat. Very interested to hear other Slayer albums, and other 80s thrash that maybe isn't as hardcore-adjacent just to hear the full variety. Mental to me that this was produced by Rick Rubin and released on Def Jam... what a curveball. I also checked the Tori Amos cover of Raining Blood - weirdly effective.
6.95 - Not exactly my style, but instrumentally really cool. The guitar was sick. The singing style I didn’t love. Best song was Jesus Saves (8). Worst were Piece by Piece (6.5) and Necrophobic (6.6)
Having only heard the “Disney Channel edit” of Angel of Death before now, the opening track of this album felt like getting kicked in the teeth. But Slayer pairs absolutely heinous topics with some absolutely incredible technical work here. The playing is tight, ESPECIALLY for the drums, across multiple time signature switches over and over again. It almost serves as a guide to the rest of the players and the lead singer, to keep them on time throughout each song. …that being said, I can see why boomers were freaked out by 80s metal. There’s a LOT happening here. I came into this album thinking I would enjoy it as a fan of Metallica and of Ghost, and I did do a little bit of thrashing! But aside from the opening track and the closer I couldn’t tell you anything about the other songs on here. Still thinking about the drums though.
Had some great moments. Too intense for me.
Gruselig
Well, that was alright.
Happy and Peppy and Bursting with Love! Not really .
Very good for what it is but not my jam. Sorry.
Ah, Slayer: greater than Megadeth and Metallica combined. And certainly more intense and faster than anything before, and to some degree afterwards. I had a friend in high school who loved them, and while I couldn't really ever get into the raw thrashness of it all, I could see their appeal (although I think this was before this album). It's pretty much impossible to say that I liked some of the tracks more than others, but I thought "Criminally insane" (both versions) and "Raining blood" had the most interesting structure of the lot. I also *really* appreciate the short-and-sweet nature of the songs and album overall, especially right after the epic four-volume Gershwin-o-rrhea by Ella Fitzgerald. Without reading the Wikipedia entry for this album, I probably wouldn't have realized that Rick Rubin's insistence on avoiding reverb or really any sound effects made a *huge* difference in how intense and crispy clean the whole album sounds, a huge contrast to other metal albums of the time. I also love it that among the various (and surprisingly numerous) artists that have covered "Raining blood", Tori Amos chose to take a stab at it (and even Slayer band members could barely hear their own song in her version, which rightfully ranks up there as one of the best metal covers by non-metalheads). I also love it that "Raining blood" is also considered one of the hardest (if not the most difficult of all) songs to play in the Guitar Hero franchise. I can't even imagine trying anything off this album, to be honest.
Music was pretty good throughout but the only good vocals and lyrics was the scream before the rant in Angel of Death. They should have stuck to screaming with maybe a few grunts, groans, and wails thrown in for variety.
well maybe they were one of the first metal acts with this sound but i cant muster anything past 3 stars. Decent, solid, but not particularly memorable.
This has very little if any redeeming value!
Slay.
Devoid of any sense of fun or any kind of catchiness, or any prettiness. I know that's what it's going for, but I didn't like it at all. 1 Star.
FFFOKKKKKK! Raging thrashing pummelling all out assault your ears and brain metal. Crushing it I actually kinda liked it.
This is my Rubicon. Cannot cross.
i just don't want to listen to this.
Not a fan of 80s metal
Hard pass.
Technically impressive just not my favorite flavor of rock.
it was short
The best part of waking up is slayer blaring in your cup.
Quintessential listening if you like Metal or Thrash. I think this album is definitely up there with the top Metal albums of all time, and you can see that it is the antecedent for a lot of sub genres that come after. Also, how can you beat that opening track? You can't!
I get it, like, I TOTALLY get it, but I've got to be in a real particular "mood" for it.
Metallll🤘🤘🤘3.5/5
Woohoo Great when you are in the mood
Being afforded the opportunity to listen to this the day after Metallica's Master of Puppets puts Slayer's Reign in Blood in sharp relief.
Uno de los mejores álbumes del metal. Increíble año para el heavy: Metallica, Megadeth y este de Slayer, solo faltaba el 87 con el de Anthrax.
Fuck yeah
I would never normally choose to listen to thrash metal, and whilst this was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be, the near unrelenting nature of this style just doesn't work for me.
If you're into Thrash Metal...I'm sure this is your jam. I am not that much however. 1.5/5
Lowkey potent.
Consistent but sounds the same throughout. Top track: Raining Blood
One of the best Trash Albums and ground breaking in 1986!!
Energetic and poetic but I don’t think I could listen to it all day
SLAAAYEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of my favourite albums of ALL time
My tastes have changed so much as I've got older. As a teenager, I'd have been annoyed by a band taking themselves so seriously and not realising how silly they sound. That's because I took myself too seriously in a different way. Now, I love the ridiculousness, and I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Also, knowing they're categorised as thrash and having heard some Metallica, I'd have expected the album to be overlong, drenched in reverb and as fun as waiting for the tumble dryer at the launderette on a sunny Saturday. This is more of a hardcore punk album with better production and the occasional bit of shredding. Not a second is wasted. Instead of lyrics by a teenager who's sick of the police shutting down gigs and taking his beer, the words seem to have been written by a gross 10-year-old boy who's somewhere between his Goosebumps and Horrible Histories phases and getting into Stephen King. It's gleefully gory, rather than self-pitying. It's tonnes of fun. As soon as it finished, I played it again.
Great energy. Usually not something I would listen to but this is well worth a place on this. Almost a 5
Classic thrash. Book ended by legendary tracks the rest is relentless riffing and a full on assault. I prefer 'seasons in the abyss' but this is still quality especially in context of the time.
I wanted to like it, there were some great guitar riffs. There was also so much I didn't like
Don't mind the odd bit of thrash but could never really handle a full albums worth.
I just don’t get slayer
🤘🤘🤘🤘
Good
This is a classic death metal sound. Too fast and dark for me.
no joke, yesterday I looked up and listened to Raining Blood because I hadn't heard it in forever and thought of it randomly. I wondered if this album was on the list. yes, yes it is. and I loved it as much as I always have. it will always remind me of the Pedro Winter interview where he mentions Raining Blood and him and the interviewer just sit and headbang along to it.
Amazed to discover I didn't completely hate this. It's fast drums like they've just discovered how to do the double kick bass and are going to use it all the time, man shouting and then a slightly incongruous twiddly guitar solo. Every time something interesting happens like in Angel of Death or Epidemic, it goes back to formula. Man shouting about mutilation, lots of fast drums and then twiddly guitar solo. Sometimes hilarious when he tries to fit too many words in for the speed of the music, special mention for Reborn here. The deliberately unpleasant lyrics just wash over you after a while. I didn't know them before today, but the two big songs are definitely a cut above the rest. Angel of Death especially - the lyrics are genuinely unpleasant and the music actually rocks.
Not for me.
In the late 1980s owning this or Abyss was more hardcore than Straight Outta Compton, like you really had access to something evil. Even the covers, like they might actually spontaneously combust or provide a gateway for a demon to crossover. It’s good! But like everything in the genre, there’s a suspension of disbelief element required for me to really take this seriously or find it enjoyable and, well, it’s just kinda goofy. I admire the economy and focus and at another age, this might’ve been my jam but in middle age I just don’t have the patience to sift through the repetition.
Music was ok, lyrics suck 2.5
ugh
It's certainly intense. The scream at the start of "Angel of Death" really set the tone, and it never slowed down or looked back from there.
Mam wrażenie, że cały ten wokal był na przyspieszeniu. Bardzo monotonna płyta. Kto by pomyślał, że taka dawka energii może się znudzić? 5/10
2/5
Guessing there weren’t a lot of females at Slayer shows back in the day.
Ha, so the algorithm is trolling me now. I bemoaned the travesty of Dylan's vocals in the last album, so they hit me up with Slayer. I'm not going to say that Araya is the greatest singer in the world - he's certainly far from that - and I will happily admit that he's not pleasing to listen to. However, Slayer is not supposed to be pleasant, while Dylan is. Slayer, and this album in particular, are meant to sound like the end of the world. The box is smashed to pieces rather than ticked. I have a love/hate relationship with Slayer. They are a very samey band - you could listen to any song off any of their first, say, six albums and be unable to distinguish them. No musical growth, no discernable progress. But that's not what they're about. They want to pummel you in the face over and over again. What sets this album apart from previous ones is that it does have a handful of standout songs. Songs that actually have an intro and are more than just punk shouting, speed, and thrash playing. The title track and Angel Of Death are as top tier Metal as it's possible to get. Having been a DJ in Metal clubs, I wouldn't get through a night without playing, or being asked to play, at least one of those. To conclude, I fully understand any 1 star reviews this must receive, but in terms of pure Metal fury and pushing the needle forwards for other bands, as well as helping to piss off religious cultists, it's undoubtedly a five star album.
Terrible. Every song sounded exactly the same. I knew Raining Blood from playing Guitar Hero back in the day. Thank God the album was short.
Not for me
Wow, what a great album, everything works, and literally banger after banger. Controversial content aside (not gonna go into a debate here on whether the controversy is justified or not), the lyrics aren't braindead as they are for some other bands in this genre, and therefore don't subtract from the experience. I think a lot of metal fans have a problem with this album because it's more Hardcore Punk than Metal. To me, it's the best of both worlds, but I can see how someone who has a problem with HC Punk would struggle listening to this. I see this was produced by Rick Rubin, gives me some idea for why he's such a celebrated producer. This guy really understands so many different genres and how to make them work, rather than trying to copy the recipe of genre A and apply it to genre B.
Maybe I'm not hardcore enough but I've always struggled to get into Slayer. Have to agree with a few others about the repetitive nature of most of the songs. I certainly couldn't pick out any individual track from another one. I recognise that it's a considered a classic of it's genre but I'll admire it from afar!
Every track sounds the same:/ Not for me, dog.
Felt a little generic. I listen to a LOT of heavy music, whether that be old bands or new bands, but Slayer just isn't as pleasant to listen to compared to most bands imo.
For today's 1001 albums to hear before I die, I got an album I have been wanting to hear for some time but never got around to on my own. Today I got Slayer's Reign in Blood, and I couldn't be more pumped to be rocked by this project. I also had no idea Rick Rubin of all people helped out with the making of this project, because damn did dude have good taste in Metal if he helped out here. If you want to hear some killer 80s Metal that doesn't feel cheap or watered down this is definitely the shit you should be looking for because holy hell does this album feel like a 28 minute long rollercoaster, and one I really got down with. Thrash Metal has always been one of my favorite Metal subgenres because of just how much the guitars get to shine through as their own lead singer of sorts. Thankfully it isn't just the shredding that is incredible but the vocals, drum work, and overall pace of this project all feel so synched up to create one killer album. This thing beats you down and doesn't hold back but you can't help but enjoy yourself as you go through the ass-whooping of a lifetime. If this is how good Slayer is in their early years I am definitely going to have to come back and listen some more as I had a great time all around. Definitely should have gotten to this sooner but I am glad I got to it now.
Yessssssssssssssssssssss
So, thrash metal is basically the hardcore punk of metal, right? Like kinda lo-fi, very aggressive, and the guitars chug along real fast and sound pretty cool? Reign in Blood especially feels pretty close to hardcore punk, in that it lasts less than half an hour, and also doesn't really have any of the songs separate themselves from the pack.
Good metal album, doesn't sound any different from the others I've listened to
Não é meu estilo, mas gostei, estou ouvindo 5h da manhã manhã pois perdi o sono kkk
Great thrash album, one of the classics
One of those albums that will blow your mind the first time you hear it, then immediately compel you to play it again.
The heaviest of thrash metal's 'Big 4", and Slayer's defining album. Fucking Slayer
A gloriously brief album, which counts for a lot. Anyway metal is corny as hell. Kinda fun, but just silly, musically and lyrically.
Lots of energy. Short songs for a short album. No excess.
This was hard, fast and unrelenting. Was it good though? Technically yes, the playing was really good but there was no melody to it. It was just how hard and fast can we play/sing every song. I guess that’s what thrash metal is but after a while it just becomes noise that blends into each song. I couldn’t tell you where one song ended and the other began half the time.
Kul i typ en minut sen aldeles för tungt
Duelling angry guitars at 300 mph. What’s not to like?
Really too loud and just a bit scary. could barely sit through 28 minutes :(
Thrash isn’t really my thing, but I quite enjoyed this. It’s not going to be in my top 20 all time favourite albums, and it sounds pretty similar throughout. But I enjoyed the vibe of it. Blows Anthrax and Megadeth out the water!
slayer coming in today with a real quickie. it's not even thirty minutes in length! hope you like headbanging at extreme speeds... this album came out at the perfect time, especially with all the wary, anxious individuals and the satanic panic that was quite rampant throughout the 80s. the subject material is typically dark, songs about death and religion and blood and all that jazz. feel free to sacrifice maidens and lamb as you blast this album. it's so fast sometimes i can't keep up! thanks for the fish uncle jobel.
When it’s good it’s very good.
What can I really say that hasn't already been said? Not my favorite Slayer record (that title goes to [Album6129]), but that doesn't change the fact that it is a perfect album. So incredibly influential to essentially everything I love in the more extreme fringes of music. Absolute classick. Listen at the volume of 10,000 armageddons or F.O.A.D.!!!!!!!!!!
SNELSNELSNELSNELLLERRRRRRRRRRRRR Mijn god, ik ben doodop bij dit album en ik ben pas bij het 3e nummer. Elk nummer begint snel, versnelt halverwege en heeft een nog sneller einde. Ik ben een sucker voor snelle muziek, heb liever Frenchcore dan Hardcore, maar dit is voor mij echt te snel? Merk gewoon dat ik buiten adem raak door dit album. Elk nummer lijkt nog harder te gaan, nog dikker te gaan. Lyrics heb ik bij nummer 2 zo'n beetje al opgegeven. Dit is een instrumentaal album met af en toe wat geschreeuw maar de echte ster hierop is denk ik de drummer. Die man moet kuiten van staal hebben zeg, jezus. Of misschien de gitarist, die kan er ook wel wat van. Niemand die Slayer voor de lyrics luistert in elk geval. Althans, dat denk ik. Ik ga wel een beetje stuk om de zanger. Het klinkt alsof hij het eigenlijk ook allemaal niet bij kan houden en continue een beetje achter de feiten aan hobbelt. Tsja, rating? Ik denk geen 1. Daarvoor is de muziek gewoon best wel vet op tijden, maar pfoe deze band heeft maar een gas, dat is vol gas. FAVO: Reign in Blood is als nummer heel vet, als laatste nummer op een album met meer van het zelfde? Vermoeiend.
Exhausting!
Better than coldplay
A thousand monkeys with a thousand instruments could top this inside of fifteen minutes.
Heavy, satanic thrash metal that's basically what early Metallica would sound like if they had a competent drummer and more versatile singer
Yuck.
Who pissed in these guys cereal. Unhappy nerds masquerading as tough dudes, I think someone just needed a hug. Suffice to say I'm not a fan of whatever this is... speed metal? Too many snare hits, too many crashing cymbals, screaming people, screaming guitars. I get why people love this, but not me.
You know what you are getting with Slayer, a bunch of songs that sound the same and a couple that fucking slap. Without Raining Blood or Angel of Death this album would be mediocre but with those two bangers, we get one of the most classic heavy metal experiences of all time. FUCKING SLAYER!!!
I still don't get thrash.
Blew my mind…
There is plenty of metal that is too grotesquely, stupidly violent and aggressive for my tastes (Slipknot, Cannibal Corpse, etc.) But I find bands like Slayer and Death quite enjoyable. Love the rhythmic, technical drumming and the quality of the guitar playing. Only flaw for me is that some of the tracks here are a bit too similar. But the first track and the last two are perfect
Fun metal but not one that I got into too much
This album fills me with life. 4.5
Not for me.
Technically, I really enjoyed the album because of the powerful drums and gnarly guitar. I don't tend to like intense music, though, so that reflects my rating of the album.
Monarch To The Kingdom Of The Dead 1001 Albums Generator 109 (09/02/2025) What a fucking album. From the cover, depicting goat-headed Satan giving a Nazi Salute with multiple dismembered heads around him and the big pentagram logo in the upper left corner, Reign in Blood hits you before you even click play. And then you are greeted with one of the best metal songs of all time, Angel of Death, which also delayed the release of Slayer's third album due to its content describing the horrors of Auschwitz' "doctor of death". The rest of the album ain't half bad either. Necrophobic is a great underrated song on here that slows down exactly when it should. And god, the ending of Altar of Sacrifice where they repeat that riff and it slows down before heading into Jesus Saves is great. Jesus Saves is itself a personal favorite of mine. I think its slower tempo and incorporation of an odd time signature in one of its riffs during the first half are a great break in pace. Criminally Insane opens the second side with an iconic drum intro that offers a bit of reprieve before launching into more crushing riffs. Finally, the 1-2 punch of Postmortem (another personal favorite) and the closer, Raining Blood, ends the album how it started. It's amazing that this album manages to start and end on two of the best metal songs (and songs in general) ever. I really have no negatives to state here. Yeah, some would say that the guitar solos are meaningless wankery, but I'd like to see you try to play them. Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman are some of the most misunderstood guitarists ever imo and their chaotic soloing style is genre defining. The last thing I will mention is the genre of this album. Besides obviously being one of the Big Four's albums that drew lines around what thrash metal could be, it also absolutely inspired death metal, especially early records like Scream Bloody Gore and Altars of Madness that still had some of that thrash influence. I think that Slayer's influence on death metal is often understated, and I do not think that genre would have evolved the same without Reign in Blood. It's my birthday today, and I got one of my favorite albums. 5/5. Obviously. FUCKING SLAYYYYYYYERRRRRR Favs: Angel of Death Jesus Saves Raining Blood Least Fav: Reborn
Decent but a little repetitive even at just a 34 minute album
On the plus side, this is only 28 minutes. On the negative side, most everything else.
En intens halv time, men overraskende behageligt at have i ørerne til en omgang rengøring. Det ændrer ikke på, at jeg nok ikke sætter den på igen, så det bliver en 2'er i stedet for 3.
Not for me.
This is the better end of this genre. Enough tune and meoldy shines through to hold attention beyond just the anger, the speed and the growling.
This was the first ever slayer full album I heard, my first approach tho them was dittohead and it was mind blowing... But when I hear this album, I knew I'd be a fan for life... How can an album open with something like angel of death a close with raining blood... It's just amazing
Very good even though not my style
Well uh not my bag but impressive speed/musicianship, high 2/low 3
Thrash Metal, not my thing. Definitely a very heavy metal sound and top metal song of a generation
I never bothered to listen to Slayer, so I was surprised to actually like it
I am not a big fan of Slayer but it is just good trash metal album and I can't be indifferent to it. Solid 4, almost 5
With Reign In Blood from Slayer you get exactly what is advertised. Fast, trashy guitar play that you could kill, fuck or dismember monsters to. Whatever one's satanloving mind prefers. It's heavy. It's chaotic. It's horror. Could you just imagine 80's moms react to this, hearing it from the basement of their fourteen year-old sweetheart? It is fantastic at what it wants to be, but not much more.
Epic!
2 // death/heavy metal. hasn't completely lost the plot with noise, but still disjointed enough to be hard to listen to
I didnt think I liked metal, but this album was pretty darn good.
Technically I didn't have to listen to this again, since I know it so well, but I did it anyway. Any excuse, really. 🤘
Супер класика, роки 4 мабуть не слухав. Класний темп весь альбом, гітари іскряться, все дуже щільно. Що ще треба від треш альбому)
Short, powerful, dumb, FUN
don’t mind metal but I prefer actual singing 1/5
Still a masterpiece.
Eh, nothing stands out. It was fun, but very one dimensional
For a good couple of years I went to most gigs with Watkins who, usually but not always drunk, yelled “Slayer!” at some appropriately quiet juncture. He did this with Nina Nastasia at All Tomorrow’s Parties. Will Oldham too., the day before. Now I have sound to go with symbol. First run through, pleasingly swift, the record feels more like a force, a totally successful transmission of a narrow style and a more vibe. Second time, I just focussed on the riffs, differentiating the songs - they’re honed for close-listening, for the observant headbanger, sharp, jagged, blink-length riffs. Slayer belong a line of mighty bands, like Minor Threat, Void or Melt-Banana, that deal in micro-epics, coolly fast rock that’s meant to sweep you away unless you force yourself to zoom in those tiny details. “Slayer!”
Used to sound menacing when I was 13, now just sounds silly. Of all the thrash I've endured on this journey, Slayer are clearly the most talented and the production is nicely clean and crisp, but at the end of the day it's just a bunch of sweaty dorks shouting juvenile poetry about Satan and Nazis (ooh) and practicing scales
Just because you can play speedy, doesn’t mean you should.
3.5/5 crazy ass playing from all members ... how
No thank you.
In this relentless 34 minutes there is no variance of tempo, no recognizable riffs or remarkable solos, and neither melody nor rhythm to any of the lyrics. I couldn't tell you which song is which upon hearing a sample. Yes, Slayer is one of the Big 4 thrash bands - but they are 4th, and there's a whole lot of room between them and Anthrax. Slayer is just fast, and just because you can doesn't mean you should. I mean, even Metallica evolved.
Slayer is lot a sort of copy cat pop act which follows after another which has become extremely popular ie Metallica. Appreciate the history is not that clear cut but Metallica are the superior band compared to this. They just play as fast as possible with some fairly poor lyrics 2*
Not my thing but wouldn't call it bad
Might be a little primitive but it doesn't overstay its welcome much. Still very fun.
Not my thing
Listens: 3.5 Standout tracks: Angel Of Death, Criminally Insane, Raining Blood First foray into the thrash metal genre. Seems like a good choice for demonstrating the genre. I can definitely understand the controversy around making a song about the Holocaust. It's a fine line between singing about it and singing about it critically. It's especially tough in 2025. The old adage is true: If you have 11 people and 1 Nazi around a table sharing dinner, you have 12 Nazis. The song isn't an outright criticism of what happened in concentration camps; romanticism is definitely too strong of a word, but like, it's not too far off either. Let's call it an interpretation. To be clear, these guys aren't Nazis and the song isn't xenophobic, but it's a complicated issue. With the exception of outright hate speech, people should be able to sing about whatever they want. If you don't like it, don't listen. Criminally Insane for me is the actual standout tracks. It has some semblance of a guitar hook and was just overall enjoyable. Great subject matter :) I also love the album art. It's weird that the band didn't like it at first. I don't think this is a genre of metal I'll be listening to on the regular, but I did appreciate hearing it.
Favorite Track: Touch Me I’m Sick
FUCKIN' SLAYER 🤘🔥
This album makes me thirty for beer. Youth album!
If you squint your ears it sounds like TV Static
I’m glad I finally listened to a full Slayer album. Grew up in the 80’s and was well aware of them but they always seemed too heavy for my taste even though I loved Iron Maiden. I think it is the lack of any melody that keeps me from being a fan. The music is aggressive and I can dig that but it just doesn’t have anything else that appeals to me. When I got the album I really wanted to become a fan this morning but 53 year old me just isn’t in the same place that 15 year old me was. Solid 3 stars even though I wanted to give it more.
Didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would. Maybe I'm just an old man now but it mostly sounded like a lot of noise with edgy lyrics laid over top. I guess thrash isn't really my thing.
Like having your brain cleaned out with a bottle brush to the ears. Left me reeling.
I’m not the most metal guy, but I can see why Slayer is so beloved. This is one of those time and place genres for me. Probably not something I will sit around and listen to alone, but it’s still good music that is both interesting and technically skilled. 4 stars for influence and ability.
Classic thrash metal album. Dave Lombardo rules!
While "Seasons In the Abyss" is my favorite Slayer album -- this is a close, I mean close second.
Ugly noises
Rating: 2.2 This is just butt rock for guys who never went to church. Or perhaps did go to church and caught the preacher fucking their mom.
That's disgusting.
I missed the whole thrash metal scene in the '80s and so, although I follow a lot of bands who were heavily influenced by the 'Big 4', I am not that familiar with many 'seminal' albums, least of all Slayer. It took a couple of listens to get this. Reign In Blood is relentless and brutal. Dave Lombardo is unquestionably a great drummer but the blast beats, from which there is little relief, can be overwhelming at first. On initial listen I was really impressed with opener "Angel of Death" and "Raining Blood" which closes the album, the two tracks I was already familiar with. The former documents the horrors of Mengele's experiments during holocaust; the latter sounds like an update, at frantic speed, of "Black Sabbath" with its rainstorm SFX. "Raining Blood" is also a song which varies the rhythms to great effect. The other song that stood out was "Criminally Insane", possibly because of the relative lack of blast beats. On second listening though, once accustomed to the overall sound, and playing on room speakers rather than headphones, I was able to appreciate the nuances more (Slayer? Nuanced?). The album hits hard; you feel it in your chest. It is certainly the most brutal thrash album I have heard and there are elements of the music that obviously foreshadow the death metal scene. I'm beginning to appreciate Slayer and their importance to the development of music that I love.
Overall: 10/10 SLAYYEEEERRRRR Imagine my delight when I opened the generator to find this pop up while wearing my Slayer shirt. Coincidence??? Yes. In my opinion, this is one of the best metal albums of all time. The riffs are heavy, the lyrics are messed up and the vocals match. There's obviously heavier albums out there but I just think this has aged so well and hasn't lost it's spark. Plus it's such a short album that you could listen to it multiple times a day, which I love. I also have to give a shoutout to Dave Lombardo. What an absolute beast behind the drumkit. He adds so much to Slayer's sound and I wish the band gave him the credit that he deserves. Fav Song: Jesus Saves Least Fav Song: Altar of Sacrifice
Good album. I imagine this is considered to be a great album by those who enjoy Thrash Metal. Kerry King's guitar solos make no sense to me. It's like he is soloing to a different song.
Brutal, magnificent
I think I probably mostly like Slayer (and Pantera and similar bands) these days because they remind me of getting drunk with my beloved mate Jordan but they really do slap. Not something I put on often but whenever something like this pops up I’m pretty stoked to head bang and howl along.
SLAYER!!!!! 4/5
Ultimate 80s Thrash Metal album. Alltime favourite and it stood the test of time very well. Heavy as nothing else. Saved the life of many, many people back in that time.
I never realised that metal was always like this. Granted, I'm really not well-educated on Thrash Metal as a genre but regardless this was way crazier than I expected. That's the fun of it, though. These guys are all deranged and everything from the instrumentals to the lyricism screams edgy in the goofiest way possible to me. My only real issue is the vocalist. Sometimes his brain goes faster than his mouth and that paired with how fast everything is feels like it drowns him out at some points. Maybe I'm missing the point, but this was an incredibly fun metal record.
Not chill
Most influential thrash metal albums of all time Blood, Death, Gore and fantastic guitar nothing else needs to be said
*pushes soap box into place* the only good thing about this record is the hook riff of reign in blood the vocals sound like a fat kid who just ran up the rocky stairs and is trying to speak the speed is impressive but the riffs are not the drums are very repetitive in the patterns used. solid patterns but maybe play more than 3 for an entire record their fans are generally closed minded one dimensional people (thus why they can only scream slayer at any show even if slayer isnt in attendance) this band live is the single most boring thing ive seen on a stage. zero stage presentation zero movement zero set design they either start or end with reign in blood and have so since this album all in all there are multiple bands who do this genre better.
Favourite Track: Angel of Death
First of all, this is a template metal album that set the standard alongside Metallica and Megadeth. It is masterfully produced and performed, and has some real bangers on there. That said, it is INTENSE, and to be honest I have to be in a really particularly angry mood to have the motivation to spin it up. It's like a really difficult movie that you thought was excellent but can't bring yourself to watch a second time.
Of the big albums from the Big 4 of trash, I don't think any of them are as truly uncomplicated as Slayer's REIGN IN BLOOD. MASTER OF PUPPETS has Cliff Burton's melodic sensibilities, RUST IN PEACE has Dave Mustane's smirking sneer, AMONG THE LIVING has Anthrax's general punk stylings... And then REIGN IN BLOOD? Oh, that shit is just brutal man. It's shit that'll smash your face in if you stand too close. Slayer is only interested in one thing: being as fast, as loud and as absolutely pummeling as they can be. These songs feel like they're only barely holding themselves together with how fast they go. Hell, it can sometimes feel like there's hardly even a steady **beat** with how fast things are going. It sometimes sounds like the drummer sounds like he's just freeform bashing away because he can't keep up and that's all he can do. Heck, if the singer isn't gonna try in those moments... And with how the guitars can just squeal over top, it can all be a lot to take in, even with this thing's short runtime of 28 minutes. I mean, I absolutely get this thing's sub-3 average rating. Luckily for me, I'm already a metal girlie, so to me this shit is just fuckin' awesone. Like, for one, let's not act like it's all just rapid-fire bashing and trashing. Sure, that's **most** of the album, but there are breakdowns where they slip into a slower groove with slower riffs, and, yeah, those kick ass; they're great. As for the rest... I'unno, it's just loud and fast and crushing and it's awesome. I don't have any particularly complex reasons for loving this album. The worst thing I can say about it is that it's not particularly an "all the time" kind of album... But even then, that just means when I **am** in the mood for it, goodness **me**, it goes the fuck off. So, yeah, I'unno what the rest of my group is gonna think; I've a sneaking suspicion they might not be as glowing as me... Although I can't really make a good guess one way. But for me, for our first of the Big 4's Big 4... Fuckin' hell, it's a classical of thrash for a reason. Any album with "Angel Of Death" and "Raining Blood", and the absolute assault of songs sandwiched between them, would be. So, y'know, throw up the horns, man. This album rules.
A short, but super sweet album that cemented Thrash as a metal subgenre. Solid 5 Stars.
I’m at a 5. Just pure energy distilled into 28 of the most manic minutes ever put to tape. Rage incarnate, perhaps. The tempo of this thing almost loops back around to comical – this is a prime example of an album where “every song sounds the same” is used to an advantage, ala AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell”. Once this album’s momentum gets going off of that first guitar riff (oddly similar to PJ Harvey yesterday), it just doesn’t fucking stop. Pausing this thing at any point after the literal first note is probably tantamount to a crime. Lyrically, just a monstrously brutal album, in a good way. I complained about “torture porn” on the Dr. Octagon album, and honestly, if we had gotten this first, I might’ve been a bit more receptive to that album’s more surgical, Hannibal Lecter-esque approach to brutality as an interesting dichotomy. However, I’m way, way more inclined to hear about decapitation, mutilation, blood raining down within purgatory & the entire bridge of “Necrophobic” coming from a raspy, raspy voice in Tom Araya, while guitar wails & percussion rolls. The surgical approach that Dr. Octagon takes isn’t terrible, but the rap instrumentals on that album aren’t really compatible with it to my ears. Here, though? The pure rage distilled into these instrumentals becomes infectious, and the lyrical intensity enhances them. Sure, the mixing doesn’t really give each instrument the clarity that I wish it had, but that’s not the point; this thing is meant to be played loud, full blast, so that you can just fucking feel it. I definitely felt it. The only real reason I’m not at a 10 is simply because I think this album went just a little bit too fast at times – I know that might be criminal to say, but as someone who likes to soak in all aspects of a track & not just the pure energy emanating off of it, I think the album could’ve benefitted from just a few more brief moments of letting the listener breathe. It’s a pure nitpick though; if anything, I’m probably just salty that I could barely pick up the lyrics to “Necrophobic” because it was going 100 miles an hour. Regardless, it’s an easy fucking 5. P.S.: Yes, “Angel of Death” sort of deifies the torturous aspects of the Holocaust, and that’s a bit tonedeaf. On the other hand though, is that not kind of insane, and proving just how batshit evil & monstrous the Nazis were? If Slayer is taking all of this shit from real, heinous crimes that were done by Josef Mengele, in a way where it fully fits into the other over-the-top absurd violence & gore of the album… does that not say something obvious? I can see why people got mad at the track (and no shame to those who still hate it), and a line or two specifically condemning shit would’ve been nice, but it’s pretty strongly implied that the Nazis were pure fucking evil. I don’t know that I would’ve opened the whole album with it, but it has a place somewhere in here.
Take that Metallica and Megadeth this is the thrash metal I was looking for.
Awesome thrash metal
3.8
Is there a more quintessential thrash metal album? I think not.
Not my cup of tea.
FORFERDELIG PÅ ALLE PLAN
Not my tempo. 1/5
I’m not a metal guy, much of it sounds the same to me, but this was a good album
My Goodness this album is a relentless sonic assault on the senses. It is hard, fast and aggressive. Utterly frenetic
I was in a bad mood when I started listening, then I was real mad
Coming in at whopping 28 minute long album, this was about 25 minutes too long. I can thrash for a couple minutes, and give it a good laugh, but then I’m good on all the BPMs and chaos rhythm.
If anyone is actually reading these, that Sabbath response was written at the end of 2 hours chugging through Dover to get to the ferry. Should have given it at least 3, maybe 4. Anyway, 'Reign in Blood' was influential in its day and it does a few limited things very well, but it just highlights for me how much better those early Metallica and Megadeth albums were. 'South of Heaven' is a much better Slayer album to try. I can't imagine choosing to listen to this. 'Master of Puppets' came out in the same year and is light years ahead. This app is starting to get me down. I like loads of music in various genres, but none of the stuff this app keeps choosing!
Actually enjoyed this more than I expected. I still don't really get the screaming
I found this tough. I can take thrash metal in small doses but an entire album is too much for me.
Not for me.
Fucking Slaaaaaaayyyerrrr!!!!!
An all time great metal album
I. A see how other people like this, but not for me personally. Has pretty good production, ok musicianship
The sound of hell. Not my thing, but I get it.
Jednostavno remek djelo. Beskrajno inovativan i utjecan album koji je iznjedrio desetke podžanrova
Kind of a punk format speed metal. The lyrics are all throw-away to me. The sound is interesting for about one song but nothing really seems to change with it stylistically.
SLAAAYYYYEEEERRRR
Not my type of music
3.5 good but alot of the songs sound the same to me
Best.Album.EVER
Writing a song about mengele and then claiming you just find him interesting is some serious edgelord shit.
bääääh, was für ein schrott.
This was ok, but misses any points of interest. The first time I looked to see what song was playing was when the album was finished and a 'related' song came on.
Original review: "Slayer are top, killer album, no question! The drum work is superb, the overall musicianship is amazing. Guitar riffs are bad ass. Particularly like "Criminally Insane"." Was a 5 then, still a 5.
'Destroying w/o mercy / To benefit the Aryan race.' The songs are short and Dave Lombardo's drumming is a mess of punky dynamism, but the lyrics cannot be thicker, and the ideas, if you can call them that, more flatly unimaginative. Reign In Crud, mostly.
This is pretty lame. It reeks of guys I went to high school with that thought their music tastes were elite because they listened to this shit. Some of the drums sound pretty bad ass but that is it
Thrash metal Zmeczylo mnie w chuj
Oh man this metal album was a favorite of teenage me, but I guess the older I get, the wimpier I get because I think it’s just a little bit too heavy for me. Raining Blood is one of the greatest metal songs of all time still. Regardless, still a headbanger from start to finish even if the album gives me a heart attack nowadays.
Álbum excelente! Obra prima. QoA Vesper.
This is Slayer. It’s intense, it’s fast, the lyrics are comical. Not sure it’s a pleasurable listen. Maybe nice for a bit of headbanging and energy, but as an album to listen to out of pleasure mmmm. Relentless, pretty one dimensional, if this is your bag, you’ll be like a pig in shit, but for me a bit too much and too samey. Yeh, pretty bored by the end. Songs pretty much the same and hard to differentiate. Well done, you can play fast, noodle and write risky, satanic lyrics.
It’s fine. Thrash isn’t really my thing. I thought I recognized Raining Blood but it turns out I only recognize the opening riff because heavy metal disco cover band Tragedy used it for their cover of Raining Men. My only exposure to thrash metal is uber gay disco covers.
I understand why metal fans love Slayer. They are completely uncompromising in their approach compared to the other big metal bands. I think if you aren't a purest metal fan though this will be a challenging listen.
Simply put, this is the best thrash metal album ever made. I can totally understand why it may not be your cup of tea, but it's undeniably brilliant. Opening the album with a song about one of the most evil human beings to have lived is a little sus, but once you get past that this is lightning in a bottle. 34 minutes long and not a second wasted, Slayer pummel you into submission. Jeff Hanneman's riffs go and go and go. Tom's vocals are a bit hit and miss, but under the watchful wing of Rick Rubin they pull together an absolute masterpiece. This is one I regularly go back to.
N’étant pas un rabat joie j’ai trouvé très cool l’album. J’ai passé un très bon moment à l’écouter
Ca tabasse bien comme il faut, petit bémol au niveau du chanteur pour moi
Ouais c'est du métal mais franchement c'est assez "classique"
Just stop! Please just stop!
Terribly noisy.
Some riffs are cool but mostly noise that probably would have been better without vocals, probably will never listen to it again but give it 2 stars for the slayer memes
Did you know that Tom Araya is a practising Catholic? Yeah, he should be papally excommunicated.
Metal is a genre best enjoyed live. Much like seeing an action movie in the theater vs seeing it at home, the experience is much best enjoyed when it's big, loud, and overwhelming. My wife doesn't listen to metal recreationally, but she'll go to a live metal show because the thunderous double-bass drum, the shredding guitar, the smell of sweat and beer, the taste of blood, the bruises, and the energy of the mosh pit serve to create the perfect atmosphere for the controlled chaos of the music itself. I imagine ravers who listen to EDM in the car have a similar experience. That said, Reign in Blood is a masterpiece. Raining Blood is an amazing song, but the whole album overall is a master class in thrash metal. If a great grindcore/slasher film were made into an album, this would be it.
Tja, ech be halt wie ke Metalhead ond das mues mer glaub si wemmer das Albom wett chönne gniesse oder so. Guet ech weiss jo ned öb ergendöpper das cha gniesse, wahrschiindlech eher fiire. Hauptsach bestohd das Albom us ned meh als sehr herti Rockgitarre, sehr schnellem ond luutem schlagzüüg ond e stemm wo chli öppis omeschreit ond das alles i extrem chorze loops. Das füehrt dezue dasis schwerig fende, öberhaupt zwöi verschednigi lieder vonenand z onderscheide, osser wenn grad de tetel omegschroue werd. Es esch also absolut ned mis ond ech werd chuum ergendeinisch weder zo dem zrogg cho.
This was every bit as bad as I expected. 1 star or F.
Drum fills amazing. High octane screamo. Won’t revisit
Great thrash album! I can't believe I never got into Slayer!
If this is your thing, I can see how this would be the peak of it. This is not my thing.
I wasn't a fan of this one. Maybe I'm not huge on thrash metal, but I do enjoy much of Metallica and Megadeth's early music. I'm not sure if it's because there wasn't much variety here, or what, but I didn't find this album to be that great.
LOVE it for what it is but it’s not for me. But i respect tf out of it.
Need a singer but Band are ok.
This felt like standing under a firehose of noise, aggression, and technical fury for 29 hammering minutes. Before I could process what the hell was happening, it was thankfully over. I'm still catching my breath, wondering if I need a shower, a Vyvanse, a priest, or all three. The sheer tightness is impressive, but the relentlessness blurred the tracks together for me.
Nothing to really hook me here. I need a bit more melody or riffs or something in my metal. 4/10
Short, harsh, samey. But BANGERS.
Great thrash metal record, vocals seem a little lacking at times, but overall very powerful and aggressive
A thrash metal classic, I love this record. Despite all being the same schlock song to song I don’t get sick of it over the 40ish minutes.
It's difficult to look back and remember just how ground-breaking this was when it was first released. It sounds a little slower now than it did when it dropped, but at the time it was almost shocking how short and fast the majority of the tracks were. I bought this album on CD, and actually felt slightly cheated that the band "left half the CD blank" by releasing an album with a running time under 30 minutes. It's also a massive style switch from Slayer's first couple of albums, undoubtedly due to Rick Rubin. Dave Lombardo's drumming is second to none. The lyrics are hilariously over the top, almost sounding like something generated by bad AI. The guitar work also stands out as superb. It's an easy five stars from me. I saw the band on this tour, and they performed the material live with aggressive perfection.
I could listen to any one of these songs as a one off, but as an album it didn’t click with me. Too same-sy and lacking melody.
Dang, this album is still so good. Although the choice of lyrics and topics are sometimes unfortunate. Hopefully they’re not nazis but people trying to be provocative with whatever they think will get a reaction.
Not really my thing, but I have to say that for what they’re doing, they do it well.
I did not like this. It was so over the top, it felt like a parody.
What a waste of time.
This is the first time listening to a Slayer album. The whole Satanic image they had was always a turn off, and the way the vocalist delivers the lyrics does not improve that. The music itself is good stuff, especially Raining Blood with its hooks. The other songs pale in comparison in my opinion.
What a gd ripper
What makes this album so incredible is the year it came out, 1986. The album was ahead of its time.
Not my genre, and did not surprise me as others in this book have. Two stars.
Shit is ass. I wrote in my Metallica review that I always thought classic thrash metal sacrificed depth for intensity but I enjoyed that album because it had more to it. This is just straight garbage and a prime example of what I meant. I can understand liking this because of it being kickass but speedy satanic nonsense doesn't do shit for me. Good riddance. (1/10, 1/5 on this scale, fuck this)
One of the most iconic metal guitar riffs of all in Raining Blood push this to a 5.
I’ve heard of Slayer, but I don’t think I’ve ever listened to any of their songs before. Somehow though, if you’d ask me to name a Slayer song, the only one I’d be able to name is “Raining Blood,” but I’d be hard pressed to identify it if I heard it. Regardless, I think thrash metal is fun, but so far, Master of Puppets has stood out as the gold standard of thrash metal albums I’ve enjoyed. I expect this album to probably land in the three-star range with me, where Rust in Peace Landed with me. I didn’t care for this Reign in Blood very much. My biggest complaint is that most of this album sounded the same from song to song, and the lyrics weren’t really something that I connected with. The guitar playing and drumming were really good from a technical standpoint, but there wasn’t enough on this album to reel me in, and it’s certainly not something that I’d listen to again. I think it was well executed, but it’s just not interesting to me. Sadly, the last two tracks, “Postmortem” and “Raining Blood” were my favorite songs on the album, but that’s not saying a whole lot. They were the only two songs that had any semblance of a unique sound to them, and I thought their guitar riffs were pretty good. The segue from “Postmortem” into “Raining Blood” was really good though, and I liked the rain and thunder sounds that were used. I thought it was pretty to see why “Raining Blood” is the most notable song on this album, because it really outshone every other song on here. This was my last album from the big four of thrash, and sadly, the big four will be going out with a whimper in my book.
Ett av världens bästa metalalbum någonsin och extremt välförtjänt att det är med på den här listan. Detta album tog mig igenom svåra tonårsår, tack Slayer! <3
Jag ser appealen, framförallt i de mest populära låtarna. Fast blir tröttsamt i längden. Då gillade jag Rage against the Machine mer.
Favorite Track: Raining Blood
*eyeroll*
Not my cup of tea but I can see the appeal. Jesus Saves was the most listenable imo.
4.5 Quentessestial thrash. Maybe the knock would be that a lot of it sounds very similar. I had a thought if the lyrics could breathe just a bit it would help out the songs (epidemic was an example where the vocals weren't so rushed). But I guess that's not the point.
Honestly, why? Not for me
Idk with metal stuff I'm always not sold on the vocals, while I think the guitars and drums are really cool. This is pretty much true for this. I did like that Sepultura album, but I feel like that was more expansive, progressive and varied than this. All these songs sound the same and have little to no progression, even though the instrument-playing is good. The vocals are quite bad in my opinion, maybe it goes back to the songs being too fast, but I guess thats the genre. I can definitely get some enjoyment from this though. Favourite songs: angel of death, piece by piece, Jesus Saves, Postmortem. Overall around 5/10
Some of these riffs go pretty hard, but I've never heard such unconvincing "satanists" in my life. I feel as though the Calvin and Hobbes strip where he says "Mainstream commercial nihilism can't be trusted?" is based on Slayer.
Classic metal album
Favorite track: Criminally insane. Overall score: 5,5/10
Hard to know when one track ended and another began but at least it was short.
Sounds like hell and I mean that as a compliment and a complaint.
Ik word altijd wat flauw van die Slayer-cultus onder heel vervelende alto-mannetjes. Dezelfde types die 'bierrrr' schreeuwen grappig vinden. Enfin, kunnen zij niet zo veel aan doen ook. Best een strak album, maar ik moet soms wel lachen als de zanger het tempo niet kan bijbenen. Speel dan even een wat lagere bpm jongens.
It was a bit much.
So... Slayer. I've been a metalhead most of my life, but next to the rest of the big 4, I've liked Slayer the least. However, the importance, relentless energy, loud statement of one of the most honest thrash metal albums of all time can't help but make me say: - Wow. I don't like many of Slayer albums, and this isn't my favourite. I think it lacks melodic parts that make Seasons in the Abyss and South of Heaven complete triumphs for me. This is still a 4/5. For what it is, it's a masterpiece. Is it something that you can or should endure in one sitting, I don't think so, but I'll still consider this one of the greatest and most important metal albums.
\m/ Thrash Metal masterpiece, an absolute clinic in under 30 minutes of run time \m/
This has been voted one of the greatest metal albums of all time so many times it feels almost clichè. But it really is that good. From begining to end, a metal masterpiece. It hits hard from the opening track, Angel of death, right through song after song of some of thrash metals greatest riffs, through to the haunting opening of Rain in blood. An album most metal bands have never came close to equalling.
All killer no filler. Can’t fault the straight up thrash metal - heavy rhythm and shredding. Although, I do prefer the ebbs and flows of Maiden / Metallica to straight thrash.
I think its a fantastic metal album, it just all sounds very similar though. Like every song i could jam out to one at a time, but all in a row it sounds just like one really big track. Also the singer can be really hard to understand sometimes. But overall a very rocking album.
Nope
Religionslehrerschreck
2 or 3 out of 5 I like the music, but singer is not great
I heartily dislike metal but I found this tolerable as it was a fairly brief album. Didn't like it, but it didn't annoy me.
Kind of ridiculous, cliché, awesome drums! Would love to scream like that
It's rough, tough, and a lot of yelling. Good time
Just not my thing
Kind of just sounds like a lot of noise to me.
It's always a good idea to thoroughly rehearse your presentation so that it feels fluid and natural when it's time to perform for others. Here, Slayer is playing through their songs too quickly—a sure sign of nervousness that indicates they were not fully prepared. This makes the songs themselves difficult to understand and is the reason the album finished much earlier than the audience anticipated.
It’s mechanically precise playing but not compelling.. 2.7
A guess a guy screaming details about the devil and his (her) fellows whilst his buddies talentlessly assault their instruments in the background isn’t my thing. Go figure
This is a funny one for me. My brother was a huge fan so heard a lot by proxy. And there were loads of excellent bands around when I was younger that sounded like this. On the other hand the lyrics are pants. But the musicianship is great. I’ll give a generous 3.
Nosta keskisormesi ylös Ota shotti, heitä se ilmaan ja älä lopeta Elän elämää pimeällä puolella Jokainen psykopaatti kohtauksessa Nosta kädet ylös ja seuraa minua sanoen (hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo) Friikkien imperiumi, kaikki juomat ovat minua Vain yksi yö lisää pikimustassa paratiisissani En halua itkeä, joten minun on halvaannettava Kehoni on aseeni, joten pidän sen ladattuna Kunnes olen kaikkialla kuin pääni räjähtäisi Älä tuhlaa rukouksiasi, ne eivät voi pelastaa meitä Sairaiden ja vaarallisten elämäntavat Nosta keskisormesi ylös Ota shotti, heitä se ilmaan ja älä lopeta Elän elämää pimeällä puolella Kuten 27 Club, kasvokuva, emme halua kasvaa aikuisiksi Elän elämää pimeällä puolella Elämä on pimeä puoli raining blood
Aahh, ungdomstid. Står seg fortsatt fint.
Yeahhhhhh NO. No Thank You
This is the best and most influential thrash metal album of all time. While Metallica’s Master of Puppets has arguably better songwriting and Megadeth’s Rust In Piece is better technically, Reign in Blood perfectly captures the pure aggression, breakneck speed, and riff-centrism the genre is known for. Additionally, this album had a major a influence on the burgeoning death metal and black metal scenes. Not many albums on this list are as technically proficient as this one (shout out to Dave Lombardo’s drumming), very few are as influential, and none are as musically aggressive. 5.0/5.0: Iconic
these guys are metal royalty. easy 5. the raining blood blood riff is absolutely iconic and the rest of the album is just as good
Did not like this one.
heavy as hell, really good thrash metal record, would definitely wanna listen to more
I feel like “Reborn” and “Epidemic” had beats and riffs that sounded exactly the same, but other than that, everything sounded great. New and original. Downright refreshing. You don’t hear this stuff on the Hot 100 too often. I like their style and believe they were able to stay true to who they are as a band which helps convey the authenticity of whatever they were saying. Cool joint, honestly. 4/5
Not my kind of metal but I enjoyed it.
Screamy death I love satan etc… 3/5
Asbury Park, New Jersey in the late 1990’s was not the hip beach town it is today. It was a decrepit ruin of a beach town and its glory days (wink) were well behind it. If I showed you photos of the high rise buildings near the boardwalk, collapsing and in disrepair, side by side with a photo of a bombed out building in 1980’s Beirut and asked you to tell me which was which, like Pam on the Office, you’d probably say, “they’re the same picture”. At one end of Asbury Park’s boardwalk, not far from the legendary Stone Pony, sits the Asbury Park Convention Hall, a gaudy 1930’s art deco indoor concert hall and expo center. It’s a truly beautiful building that has held concerts from some of the all time greats over the years, including Black Sabbath, The Doors, James Brown, the Byrds, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and many, many more. By the end of the 20th century, however, it was, like the rest of Asbury Park, falling into disrepair. Its art deco stylings still intact, it felt like a haunted venue: dark and dingy, with a ceiling that sometimes leaked, causing water to pool and stagnate on the concert hall’s floor and surrounding areas. Not only could you see some great shows at the Convention Hall back in the 90’s, you could also pick up one hell of a cold or sinus infection. Despite that, if you were a metalhead and Slayer came to town, you went to the show…contracting Legionnaries’ disease in the Convention Hall was an acceptable risk. As usual, my friends and I arrived late to the concert, due in part to trying to find a ticket for my friend Mark, who tagged along last minute, without a ticket, but with the conviction that he would be able to buy one outside the venue from a scalper. He didn’t and instead spent the duration of the concert in the parking lot while the rest of us were inside the convention hall thrashing to Slayer. Sorry, Mark. Since we were late, we had to make do with a spot at the very back of the packed concert hall when Slayer took the stage. Not ideal, but once the show started, it would be easy enough to make our way forward towards the stage. Sure enough, with each song we were able to get closer to the front, until we had reached the back edge of the massive mosh pit in the center of the crowd. Still not content with our position relative to the stage, a friend and I hatched a plan: at the end of the next song, we would make a dash across the open mosh pit to the to the front edge of the pit, and get even closer. It was probably a 40 or 50 foot dash across the pit and doing it during a break between songs seemed like the best time to go for it, since the pit would be temporarily calmed. Slayer mosh pits are insane, in my experience. A Slayer mosh pit in a shitty, run down New Jersey convention hall probably had an extra dose of insanity injected into it. Every song they played, the pit was just a mass of bodies and flailing limbs being thrown about without regard to what may be in their way. Arms and fists flew, spin kicks were launched…it was pure mayhem. If you stepped into that pit, you needed to be prepared to get socked in the face and be cool with it. Running across the pit in between songs was probably the only way to avoid that and still get a closer view. So when that song ended, with squealing guitar feedback still in the air, we made a break for it through the temporarily calmed pit. Before I even approached the middle of the pit, with my friend a few feet in front of me and feedback still reverberating throughout the hall, the pounding of drums began: DUN DUN DUN “Oh, fuck…Raining Blood”, I thought. DUN DUN DUN I had a choice to make: fight or flight. I had a good amount of distance to cover and very little time left to make it across without being swallowed up by the carnage that was about to ensue. I did what any scrawny, 5’11” seventeen year old nerd would do: I turned on a dime and aborted the mission. I had to get the fuck out of there and do it quick - I knew I was no match for the aggression that was about to be unleashed. DUN DUN DUN As I reached the exit of the pit, the drums pounded one last time before the feedback swelled and Slayer launched into their most iconic riff. I turned, looked back at the mosh pit, and what was previously a wide open circle in the crowd, was now flooded with people coming from all sides, like the Red Sea returning to its natural state after being parted. When that iconic intro riff turned to violent thrash and the pit became an undulating mass of maximum aggression, I was left amazed by my situational awareness and the split second decision I had just made. I had no idea where my friend was at that point, and maybe that was selfish on my part, but at least I wasn’t in the middle of *that*. I’d find out a little later that night that my friend made it across the pit unscathed, right in the nick of time and witnessed the same “Red Sea” effect as I had, only from the opposite side of the pit. …and that’s the story of how I narrowly avoided getting my ass kicked in a Slayer mosh pit.
Thrash metal is… not my thing.
Nope, I’d rather sit and listen to the Dirty Mac’s Whole Lotta Yoko on repeat for the half hour it takes to listen to this garbage. I nominate this album for the 1001 albums to avoid while you’re alive.
I drive so much faster with this on. 4/5
There’s really not much I can say about this album. But I respect the absolute crap out of it for the band’s conviction on what kind of record they set out to make. Lyrically it is designed to offend (I think every form of death is covered in detail across the tracklist). It’s filled from top to bottom with just… PUMMELLING riffs, crazy solos, and unexpected tempo changes. It’s a hella messy album, but that’s by design. I don’t think I’m crazy or out of pocket to make the statement that this album is more punk in spirit than some other albums claim to be. It’s 30 minutes of absolute insanity and then it’s over. I do not mind flinging a 5/5 at this one.
Thoughts before listening: I had Master of Puppets yesterday so it's pretty appropriate to get Reign in Blood today. I've never been able to get into Slayer. It's too heavy for me with extreme lyrics that are a huge turn off for me. That being said, I'm interested to give a new listen today. Review: I can't do it. I mean the music isn't terrible (although I certainly prefer Metallica and Megadeth) but the lyrics are just too extreme for me. Maybe I'm old and a prude, but I don't need to sit around having lyrics about Auschwitz and anti-Christian screeds shrieked in my ears. I will add the song "Raining Blood" to my playlist, and I can at least recognize Slayer's importance to metal music enough to give them 3-stars.
A bit aggressive for 8AM whislt getting started for work but it was good. I can only do Slayer in small doses though. 34 minutes and 46 seconds was just about perfect.
No notes. This slays. Epic. What a great way to end a crazy ass day.
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It's a good album but I need to be in a specific mood to listen to it. midday workday wasn't it!
You can like it or not, but is top on its gender. pure non stop trash 4/5
fire
Why?
Just noise. He's just shouting words at you, there is zero musicality in the vocals. I'm not even sure they're coherent sentences. The guitarist is not too bad, but unfortunately he's shackled to this shitty singer. Angel Of Death sounded like it had some white supremacist lyrics or something like that. Can't even tell if it was pro or anti, the singing was that bad. Altar Of Sacrifice had some good music, at least. My head hurts now. I'm going to bed. Best song: Altar Of Sacrifice
3/10…trash / speed metal
An all-time classic!! One of the ones that started it all in the 80s!!
This was better than I expected, but not something I'd really come back to. Best Songs: Jesus Saves, Reborn, Postmortem Worst Songs: Necrophobic, Raining Blood
I don't know if I've ever seen such a 1 vs 5 rating disparity for any other album on this list. It's dated, but it's thrash metal, and they nailed it. Considering this was released 1986 I can get that this album could be a landmark of it's genre. And I get the 1 ratings, because if you can't tolerate thrash (it's a devisive genre) , this could really suck. I'm not a fan myself, but I'm gonna hang on the fence for this one - it got my attention.
Noisy, chaotic, brilliant.
raining blood!!!
What's there to say that hasn't been said yet. A staple record in the thrash metal genre.