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2.5, rounded down
I had to listen to this album at very low volume because it was hard on the ears, but I didn't hate it. I think the fast drums was my favourite part about it. I could go without the vocals though.
Most of the songs sound the same. I only know Raining Blood from when I was younger. I found it cool back then. I don't need a whole album like it though.
There’s clearly talent there, but I didn’t enjoy listening to this in the slightest.
Well 3 tracks in and we've only really had lyrics about gruesome violence. Not really what I want to listen to. I wonder if this album will take a radical change of direction with 'Altar of Sacrifice'? Oh... Gonna just about give 2* because there is clearly some skilled musicianship here. The drumming is good but I have no desire to return to this
Está guapo pero no estoy en el mood
Not for me at all, but it’s a well constructed album
Too hard rock for my tastes.
Like thrash metal? You’ll love this. You’ll already know that though. Insane lyrics relentless energy massive power. But I can’t like what I don’t like.
It wasn't really good but hell I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy blood, guts, and forsaking Jesus christ
I understood how controversial this may have been at the time. Now, it just seems like they're trying too hard to shock with their lyrics, which really come across as aggressively spoken words. The speed of the music is impressive, but maybe I'm just too jaded for the angry, growling sound-alike songs to impact me otherwise. It's actually kind of a yawner for me.
it kind of all sounded the same to me ... little bit too messy (?) sounding for my taste as well... i don't think it's objectively Bad but it's just not for me I'm the slightest
Le mal de tête.
Red meet for the converted, a bunch of noise for the rest of us
Writing a song about Josef Mengele is ballsy. Making it the opening track is metal as fuck. I respect it, because much of the music I love was made by people who realized heavy music was possible by listening to this album. But it’s…not very good.
I think I would really like this as an instrumental record. There are some very cool metal groves on here - in that respect exactly what I was hoping from my knowledge of the popular tracks. Unfortunately I can't really get on with the vocals. No melody particularly. No particularly interesting rhythms. A bitey shoutey style of scream/growl that really pulls my ear and doesn't sound good too me. Then the lyrics have some pretty basic, immature sounding, deathly themes - again in find this distracting from the apparent depth of the music. I know I'm wrong from the point of view that so many people love this band exactly as they are - but I kind of wish it was a keel haul style instrumental record
I had the same excitement to listen to this album as I did Megadeth, since I never really gave either band a full listen, but was disappointed. They've got a similar vibe but it feels a little more reckless and more blindly aggressive. Feels like splitting hairs with Megadeth, Metallica, and Slayer probably sounding indistinguishable from each other to a lot of listeners, but I do think I enjoy slayer the least of the three. 2.5 rounded down bc I was kind of annoyed by the end of the album
Noisy
I personally just don't trash metal. Very cool for the times.
ugh....
Ay yay yay... I just have so much trouble with this heavy metal stuff. The playing is exciting and impressive, but the musical experience is mostly just a headache. I feel old when I listen to stuff like this cuz I just don't understand it.
This like...isn't bad. But this definitely isn't for me and feels like noise at times. They do what they want to do well, but it is a lot. Perfect 2.5/5 album Liked Songs: "Angel Of Death" , "Piece By Piece" , "Altar Of Sacrifice" , "Jesus Saves" , "Criminally Insane" , "Epidemic" , "Postmortem" , "Raining Blood"
I guess the idea is to depict what long and inescapable suffering is. In this regard the album is a success: I was fed up after two songs. All kiding aside, this is formulaic speed metal: one bangs heavily, another one makes a guitar solo, there are some screamings and lyrics about the devil and the suffering. Repeat. Not my stuff at all.
Guitar riffs
The playing is tight (particularly the drums) but for me it's still mostly a bored yawn.
457/1089 - zZz... zZz...
Unfortunately, I just don't get this genre of rock. It's more like a headache than music.
lots of fun , but never going to listen to again . 2.3
the only good thrash band is Progagandhi
I dunno man. Slayer doesn’t work for me. A band that sounds like this has got to have at least an inkling of fun, but these guys come off as 100% self-serious. I also think Angel of Death is one of the dumbest songs ever. I believe them that their intent was just to make a song about the Horrors. I just don’t think a thrash band is gonna select for guys who have the tact to make a meaningful artistic statement about the holocaust ya know
This was pretty influential within the realm of metal at the time.. buuuuuuuut, I don't think it's aged very well. Or maybe I just don't like Thrash Metal. Oh well
short album. I like metal but this unfortunately does nothing to me
Heavy metal meh
I feel worn out with trying to keep up with the speed of this, there is no respite throughout, I'm sure it isn't good for the blood pressure. There are some interesting melodies hidden amongst the frantic riffery but it's all overwhelmed by the sonic panic attack.
glasno i brzo
Es ist schnell, hart und kompromisslos, aber auch erstaunlich eindimensional. Die 29 Minuten rasen ohne echte Dynamik vorbei, mehr Sturm als Struktur. Historisch wichtig, musikalisch jedoch eher ein monotones Brett als ein vielseitiges Werk.
I know most people find this badass, but I just think it's so silly. 2/5
One song in and this might be my favorite metal album of all time...except for maybe all the Nazi lyrics. I generally like the music, I appreciate that the lyrics are intelligible. However, the content is ridiculous, Nazis, death, Satan, it's almost like a caricature of metal lyrics. This album is short though.
Ja cool ofzo maar iets too much
This album sounds like what I think Metallica sounds like. This is bit too heavy for me this morning, which isnt the albums fault. Today I learned Raining Blood is not a Reggie and the Full Effect original! WOW! Overall this was pretty rad, and when it finished it went right into a metallica song and I didnt even notice.
Thrash is just not my thing. I appreciate the musicianship though.
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.
Honestly, not very good
Not my favorite.
a worse sounding Metallica
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.
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.
So glad that wasn't an hour long. Uninteresting, angry metal.
Some interesting riffs, but not much melody and it started to get pretty repetitive. Should have probably called the album Criminally Insane.
heftig
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.
El metal no me encanta.
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.
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.
I think I like older school metal better. Guitars are fun but lyrics are cringe to me 2 stars
That was way too much for me
🤘🏻😄good ol' times 2/5, 4/10
not my thing
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.
Luckily only 28 minutes. Liked the start but it got too overwhelming quickly
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.
Not a metal guy, but i see why it’d get rated highly in the genre.
Not my thing at all.
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.
No standouts except for sorta Raining Blood because of the South Park hippie episode
Det e så sykt bonat
Veldig edgy, veldig montont.
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.
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
not my thing. like the music but the lyrics aren't my style. 2/5
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
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.
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.
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
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)
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!
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.
yeeeeeeh cling clang duang. Slay. 35 min heavy metal? hyperthyroidism moment.
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
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.
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 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
10 songs in 29 minutes is impressive but too intense for me.
‘Enter into the realm of Satan”. No thanks.
When the opening lyric namedrops a concentration camp this is only going to go one way. Bonus star for keeping it under 30mins
Silda rates it 2 out of 5. I rate it 2 out of 5 also, wouldn’t listen again
Lmao I wanted to like it but I just couldn’t 😂 some very talented and innovative dudes but it was a tough listen
At least I can count on metal/punk albums being short.
Happy and Peppy and Bursting with Love! Not really .
Slay.
Not a fan of 80s metal
it was short
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.
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
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.
Music was ok, lyrics suck 2.5
2/5
Not for me
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.
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.
Really too loud and just a bit scary. could barely sit through 28 minutes :(
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.
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.
Fun metal but not one that I got into too much
Not for me.
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.
Thrash Metal, not my thing. Definitely a very heavy metal sound and top metal song of a generation
2 // death/heavy metal. hasn't completely lost the plot with noise, but still disjointed enough to be hard to listen to
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
If you squint your ears it sounds like TV Static
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.
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.
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!
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.
'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
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.
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.
Drum fills amazing. High octane screamo. Won’t revisit
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.
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
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.
I did not like this. It was so over the top, it felt like a parody.
Not my genre, and did not surprise me as others in this book have. Two stars.
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.
Jag ser appealen, framförallt i de mest populära låtarna. Fast blir tröttsamt i längden. Då gillade jag Rage against the Machine mer.
Not my cup of tea but I can see the appeal. Jesus Saves was the most listenable imo.
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.
Hard to know when one track ended and another began but at least it was short.
It was a bit much.
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.
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.
Did not like this one.
Not my kind of metal but I enjoyed it.
Why?
3/10…trash / speed metal
1.5
I really did not dislike *Reign In Blood* as much as I was expecting. Slayer was the only band I the big four of thrash that I never really got into. Most of it stems from absolutely hating *Hell Awates* when I first heard it back in '85. I really never gave them a chance afterwards. Listening to this I really did enjoy some of the thrash riffs which did remind me a lot of Metallica in the early to mid 80s. But I think what really put me off is Tom Araya's vocal Style. Unlike Hetfield, he's not very melodic. He mostly just screams in a stream of conscious. When he got into a good fast riff in his style I could somewhat get into it but as a whole it's nothing I really like listening to. 5.5/10 ★★½
Really not my favourite style. I don't like thrash metal. 2 stars
Another metal album. This one is much closer to what I'm after - some thumping percussion and and a ready supply of mile-a-minute guitar performances. There's a simple pleasure to this kind of music, though I think the musical stylings of metal make the genre very deeply restrictive. From the plebian ears of a non-metal enthusiast every song on here sounds exactly the same to me. Still, I can hardly complain about an album that is 29 minutes in length. The vocal performances on this album are very hard for me to follow at points - especially during the second half. Kinda disappointing as I appreciate the campy, gothic, medieval themes of metal.
Occasionally I like metal but I don’t think I like thrash. Too chaotic for me.
I recognize the technical quality and some of the riffs are cool but, although I like some other stuff in the genre, Slayer has just never ever connected for me. It's almost felt very sterile somehow.
Added point for being short. The speed is impressive, but I just don't care.
I'm not totally indifferent to Metal but things like Thrash Metal is among one of those subgenres of metal I don't find entirely interesting, I mean much of it chugs guitars and plays drums in a way I'm not too interested in (And the best time I've had with it is when it got more varied. Obviously, I hate this feeling of mild okay-ness with something because the album Isn't bad obviously, this album packs many cool riffs, goes crazy, it's dark and gritty, it's everything you'd want out of some true blue 80s metal! But for me only a few songs REALLY stand out and just do it for me because they have more going on to the riffs or the ideas in songs, I guess I feel like this is just a faster and heavier version of some other things I've head which can be cool but on the whole I'm not too crazy about their sound here, but who knows I could change my tune later down the line
Usually I'm partial to heavy metal and also relatively newer music. But for whatever reason it didnt really click with me. Also would have preferred a longer album.
# 444 : 26/03/2025 : I'm not into the real shouty heavy stuff, but this wasn't too bad. Too many guitar shredding solos for my liking.
Ah yes. The subtle art of twatting a load of drums and guitars as hard and fast as possible while screaming about blood and nazis and death and possibly religion for three minutes at a time. Damn this challenge is long...
Not a fan.
There are some moments when parts of some songs in this album sound fairly nice but the majority of it is just a complete nightmare. I would not recommend listening to this while trying to focus or working on something that is really slow (my work computer was a great example of this), as the songs are very high tempo, so writing this was great because nothing was freezing and I was very fast, but replying to a work email on my work computer was so annoying because I would start typing and Outlook would freeze and the song would just keep going and basically nudge you to continue. Overall, a bit meh and pretty much all songs sounded very similar.
I'm sure Slayer is the best at what they do. I chuckled at the lyrics a few times. Raining Blood is probably my favorite track on this. This isn't something I would revisit, but it seems well made.
Oof so noisy
I like it when these bands have elements of, or passages of, nice harmony and melodic playing, just to show they can do it. It tricks you into thinking the noise must mean something as it's not the only string to their bow. Take Picasso. He spent years actually painting properly before he moved to drawing all women like Wayne Rooney. Megadeth actually do it on Rust in Peace. Metallica do it. So a big problem is the absolute lack of any variety whatever, or even hinting that they have melodic chops. Yes the guitar player can shred. It's technically proficient. But it's devoid of any affinity with the song, and any solo can be lifted and placed in any other song. It's more Napalm Death than Megadeth. 'Jesus Saves' has a pretty good power chords intro - actually sensed a bit of what Nirvana were doing on 'In Utero' in this. But when he starts singing it's back to formula - epileptic mode is activated as the drummer goes double time, and the guitar solos some random shred. There are a few decent bits - generally when there's no singing and no guitar soloing. And ITS NOT PANTERA. For that I'll scrape it a two.
I like heavy music, I do - but I didn’t like this. Really at all. Bummer.
Not for me
Terror ball that has its place in someone's heart, just not mine.
Not really for me
Guitars seem both super loud but also hard to hear... I think I'm spoiled by modern mixing. The jntro holocaust track is odd. I don't really see an artistic angle here, it's just describing the horrors people went through??
Not as bad as we expected but wouldn't choose to listen to it
It’s just not my deal. Solid guitar work of course.
I love hard rock and metal. But never been into the superfast thrash metal that this album represents. No real melody, indecipherable lyrics. On many occasions it seemed the band couldn't manage to keep in rhythm with itself!!. I assume it's on the 1001 list because it was "groundbreaking". Possibly in the same way as an album of white noise would be, or 45 minutes of drilling? However! I gave this album 3 listens and it did grow on me a bit. Besst track Jesus Saves
Relentless, it all sounds the same, no differentiation between the songs. If you're into this, it would be good....
Omg, well I usually listen to every album at least twice but there is no need with this one. It holds very little of interest for me, and really the screaming and the lyrics tip it well over in to ludicrous territory. The occasional discernible pleasing riff and I appreciate they have skill but this genre is not for me
Like okay, It wasn't as bas as I thought I'd be sure but that wasn't a high bar in the first place. Idk what the vocals/lyrics were supposed to be. Having Pantera and Sepultura come up next didn't help much because that means the singing doesn't HAVE to be ass they just chose so.
Thrash metal all sounds the same to me. The riffs on some songs were great, but not enough to make this listenable. Stand-out: Raining Blood
Raining blood should be the opener for this album. Bizarre decision to put it mid album! It’s all very much one tempo but that is thrash metal, or it was at the start. Other bands did it better but maybe not as fast. This album is too monotonous for me despite being a metal fan.
Album 639 of 1001 Slayer - Reign In Blood (1986) Rating : 2/ 5 Not really my cup of tea but still listenable. The biggest plus was the shredding guitars and the fact that the album is only just over 27 minutes long.
I can only take Slayer in small doses. Typical thrash metal.
Umm, not my cuppa tea really. I mean maybe if I took up arc-welding or something.
not a metal girly but it's alright, 2.5 maybe men om jag ska vara ärlig så lyssnade jag inte på hela
Never really cared for Slayer in the past, but I figured I'd give this an honest shot. While the guitar work is definitely top-notch, and I love metal in all it's various types, this just isn't doing it for me. I _hate_ the vocals so much. It just sounds like the band wrote a bunch of songs, and the singer came in and yelled a bunch of silly poetry on top, not even on the beat half the time. And I'd love it if the drums did anything other than blast beats 90% of the time. So...not for me.
I was never really into Metal, and Thrash Metal is worse.
I have tried this one a few times. Did like it better this time. Very intense though.
Weak metal
The kind of music they made so your mom could tell you to turn it down
Blech. I didn’t enjoy this one much, but I guess the technical skills are there for playing at a high rate of speed. I can rock but need a bit of melodic beauty to temper the chaos.
So edgy, I cut myself several times. I can't take it seriously. Raining Blood was alright, I guess. It had a discernable melody.
Raining bloodin (oho vau sanaleikki albumin nimessä) kitara on sairas! Muuten levy sais olla mielenkiintoisempi. Menee vähän räimeeksi minusta, ei keksitä muita hyviä melodioita kuin ensin mainittu.
A mäh! Inte efter Limp Bizkit. Jag jämför inte men lite lugn och ro skulle vara skönt. Fattar att man kan uppskatta detta men mina öron orkar inte. Till slut blir det till komiskt med texterna och hetsen. Undrar hur en konsert skulle vara? Kommer aldrig gå på det så det får man inte veta. Men undra kan man.
Gillar verkligen inte trummorna. Dadadadada... Det är ju faktiskt inte alls bra. Men likt gårdagens album förstår jag att man kan digga detta, med dess image. Men musikaliskt är det snark. Även om det kanske kan argumenteras för att det tekniskt är "bättre" än limp bizkit. Jag hittar inte mycket här som är njutbart.
Avsaknad av melodier (eller i alla fall väldigt sparsmakat med), sång (det skriks) och tempoförändringar (det går så jävla snabbt hela tiden) gör tyvärr att man får andnöd av att lyssna på detta. Och då gillar jag ändå metal generellt.
Maybe I should stop listening to these while working, but this just merged into one big mush of heavy guitar. Nothing even remotely standing out. Simpsons: No
I have heard of slayer before but never really listened to them. I do like some metal music but I think this was just too much for me.
I felt like thrash metal might be my mood yesterday. It was okay. A about Mengele and the holocaust for shock value didn’t sit right with me. You can say it’s to educate and inform but I don’t believe you, you just want to be an edgy boy.
I like metal, but I'm not a huge fan of speed metal or nu metal. This is just a bit too frantic for me.
njaa jag kan inte riktigt gilla detta
This was hard for me to get through. I am apparently not a fan of thrash metal. I can appreciate this for what it is, but to my ears, all the songs sound the same. It just sounds like harshness for the sake of harshness. Would not listen again.
It’s just not really exciting to me.
Meh
I like metal music, but the lyrics always come up short for me. Not sure what I'm hoping for, but I guess this wasn't it.
If there were half stars I’d give this a 2.5. Not my thing but I can see why people like it.
screamo but its oddly satisfying right now. Let's see if this is tolerable.
The average song on this album goes Thrash, Thash, Thrash, Thrash, Death, Thrash, Thrash, Thrash, Terror, Thrash, SLAYER!!!!, Thrash, Thrash, Thrash. I got old by track 2. 2/5
Not my speed.
I've tried to listen to it before, but it's just not my thing. I know this is a thrash metal classica and it's going to ding my metal cred, but here goes. Don't like the singer or the lyrics. All the songs sound pretty damn similar. 2.5* rounded down.
Reign in Blood isn’t nearly as offensively bad as I expected. Songs about nazi psychopaths (they are not pro nazi), witches getting their revenge, I can dig. The Satan stuff is comically stereotypical. Overall it’s fast, short. Nothing dynamic about it 3.9/10
Great for those times you need to break a detainee. Guaranteed to speed up any CIA interrogation.
No idea when anybody would listen to this!
While Slayer is one of the most influential metal bands of the last 50 years, I've never been able to take them seriously. When this first came out, I was scared of it, but once I listened, it sounded very amateurish and pedestrian. The upshot is that we got the tastiest guitar riff on "Raining Blood".
I did not enjoy it, but some of it is not as bad as I feared. For instance Necrophobic was pretty bad but Angel of Death did not completely assault my ears. Guitar riffs were actually pretty good. But no thanks...I don't need to hear about death, violence and love for satan on the regular.
This is probably really great Thrash metal if you are into that sort of thing. Which I am not. I can appreciate the complex guitar work but after about 20 seconds of each song I'm done with it.
Well. At least that’s out of the way.
Annoying
Narp. Not for me. I bet they’re lovely and gentle in real life but in song they are a bit dramatic.
Not my preferred brand of metal. Kinda rough around the edges. Postmortem is a pretty good song though.
Ci sono alcuni bei momenti musicali ma che testi banali, ogni canzone è la stessa esaltazione del diavolo e di morti dolorose, dopo la seconda canzone diventa prevedibile e perde ogni effetto scioccante, al punto di far ridere
Not as bad as I thought it would be but still not for me.
OK album. These thrash metal albums go pretty hard, but there's something a bit cringey about them. I've had 3 of the 4 big thrash metal acts with only Anthraxx left. Rankings are Megadeth, Slayer, Metallica thus far. **
Трешатина эта так быстро пролетела реактивным самолетом, что я вообще нихуя не успел понять
thankfully short, just can’t get into this kind of music
Only really like raining blood
Every song sounds the same. Even at 28 minutes it got boring.
The one great thing about this album is that most of the songs are fairly short. For a metal album, it is pretty good. The problem is, for me, that I don't think metal is avery good genre. Hard to love.
The thunderstorm sounds and atmosphere of the closing track reminded me of sitting out on the porch on a quiet summer night listening to the rain. Then I looked down at the track name, and realized that those pleasant droplets were BLOOD! Imagine that ‘blood’ in some very metal font and actually dripping red.
Can appreciate this as Reagan era rage bait but it’s pretty insubstantial and lyrically cringe, even if it is meant to be tongue in cheek.
"Strangulierung, Verstümmelung, Krebs des Gehirns, Sektion von Gliedmaßen, Amputation von einem geistig Verwirrten..." Leider gibts kein Video dazu. Aber vor meinem Auge gehe ich in der Irrenanstalt auf Shutter Island auf den Probenraum der Patienten-Band zu. Langsam wird der Lärm lauter. Ist das Musik? Nein, das sind verzerrte Geräusche und Todesschreie aus der Hölle von Hieronymus Bosch. Ich halte mir die Ohren zu aber der Lärm ist einfach bestialisch und dringt durch jede Pore in meinen Körper. Mein Gehirn wird langsam zu Brei. Ich sehe abgetrennte Gliedmaßen. Endlich bin ich da und greife mir eine Gitarre. Ein Stromstoß durchfährt meinen Körper. Ich brenne. Ich schreie.
It was okay - not as bad as I expected.
06/27/24 S Tier————————— A Tier—————————4 B Tier—————————3 Raining Blood Angel of Death Postmortem C Tier—————————2 Reborn Aggressive Prefector Epidemic Criminally Insane Piece By Piece Alter of Sacrifice Jesus Saves Necrophobic D Tier—————————1
Reign In Blood by Slayer Thursday 6/27/24 9:35 B Tier————————— Raining Blood Angel of Death Necrophobic C Tier————————— Epidemic Alter Of Sacrifice Postmortem Criminally Insane Piece By Piece Aggressive Perfector Reborn Jesus Saves
Does that cover look like AI-generated art to anyone else?
not for me
this is just an endurance test for me, all thrash no humor or variation not something I need to revist.
Fast, fast, not interesting, but ok as background music ...
Not a fan. I can appreciate the technique required to play this fast, but it really just sound like noise. Everything just blends together for me.
all the songs sound the same 2/5
I liked the Tori Amos cover of the title track.
Hmmm. Too angry for me today.
Schon ziemlich trashig. Gute Gitarren-Riffs mit viel Geschrei. 2/5
Can appreciate that it's probably good but not really my jam
I prefer their ballads
Cant deny the skills of the drummer and the guitarist in this work - they are off the charts. Not my cup of tea - would not listen again. 2 stars for personal preference, but would give a 3 or 4 for the musical skills.
I do like some heavy metal that has a musical lilt to it... this is not it
If this list is making me learn one thing, it is that I do not like thrash metal
I can't fault the energy, but this was pretty shite
Not really my vibe, just wanted them to slow down butvthen they wouldn't have enjoyed it so!
Absolute tosh, but it could be quite entertaining if you're in the right mood. Drummer only knows one drum beat, the singer only has the notes he wrote during his maths class and the guitarist had lovely hair.
Was this deliberately "randomly" selected as our group's 666th album? 🤔 Some days you just need to let your hair down, mosh around and scream fuck yeah! ...I was exhausted after 10 minutes!
Metal thrasher is incredibly goofy to me. Like what are you so mad about? Calm down? Like I can’t comprehend that people are into this unless it’s for a joke. Anyways, this was tough to get through. It’s probably pretty good for metal but seems like they’re a bit… sympathetic towards some problematic tings.
As a non metal fan I did think this wasn't that bad at all actually, but maybe a bit too much for the morning commute
I liked a lot of the guitar, but the high pitched wailing and dumb lyrics spoiled it.
I didn't enjoy any of this, which is interesting because I do like some other bands from this genre/era (like Metallica, Pantera, etc). It's like this band included all the parts I'm not psyched about (the rage) and excluded all the parts I do like (melody, interesting rhythms).
I understand the appeal, and this could be a 3 star rating if the lyrics weren't so dumb.
This might be the first metal album this list has spat out where I didn't mind the music - made me think of At the Drive In, System of a Down, or even Queens of the Stone Age - but the dumb, body horror lyrics were giving serious 12 year old who thinks he's edgy vibes.
Para mí, es un rock demasiado duro.
A little too much for me, but I am glad that I gave it a chance
I guess I can appreciate that it was over quickly, and it made me laugh a few times. Unfortunately it prioritizes speed over actually sounding good for the most part. Raining Blood is about the only song I could pull out of a line up here. I don't know, thrash metal has never done it for me. I'm alright having listened to it once, might come back to Raining Blood if the mood strikes. Feels like a solid 2 overall.
Thought this would be unlistenable, and the vocals are, but the guitar playing is intricate and interesting.
A generous 2. Just too noisy, not my bag at all. I'm learning anything heavier than Metallica is inaccessible for me
I've always liked heavy music, but lots of the metal albums on this list have been new to me. This one is okay but doesn't hook you in the same way as '...And Justice For All' does. The songs all sound a bit too similar. Postmortem was good though.
The music hit me more like punk/thrash, which I like. The lyrics are just plain dopey. I know, I'm not their target audience (anymore). Hail Satan!
Not my style of music unfortunately
ACK! No, just no. I listened to half a song, then skimmed a few more. This kind of stuff just has no appeal for me.
seems good, maybe not my favorite kind of metal? will listen more
Not my thing.
3/10 just absolute cringe the kind of thing that can only exist in a satire making fun of metal heads
Too heavy metal for my taste.
I would just never listen to this for a lotta reasons
Not my type of music. Won’t lie, vocals and guitar go hard though Top tracks: Raining Blood
I get why others like this, but it’s not my style. Talk singing with some shredding can only keep me interested so long.
I like the fast pace. Everything else can suck it. Not my style. Instinct said to give it a 1 but the speed/skill of the drums and guitars deserves something.
It’s not that good
It's really not my vibe. I have to be in the mood for heavy metal music. That said the composition is nice.
Filing under albums I would never have listened to but for this list, that I'm glad to have listened to but will never listen to again, and that I have no idea how to review. Kind of great in some ways, laughable in others (man, those lyrics...). 2.5?
Slayer sounds good at what they’re trying to accomplish. If I liked this genre of music, I could see a much higher resting but this is my least favorite genre. Rating: 1.7
Like so many other metal albums here, I love the guitars but the vocals are just bad. Seriously metal bands, hire some good vocalists.
Not a big fan of metal. Some catchy guitar riffs but this style isn’t my favorite
TBH most of it was pretty forgettable, and there were 2 songs missing (sort it out), but it does have Raining Blood.
1. Parece o berro da música do Massacration, do Away Doom HUAHUAHUA. Nossa senhora que pauleira, não curto isso UHAUHAHU. Minha coxa doeu só de imaginar esses 800 bumbos por segundo. 2~12. Nossa senhora, parece que foi uma mesma música do início ao fim, muito merda isso UHAUHAHUA. Acho muito sem graça, é uma energia muito específica, talvez ver ao vivo seja uma outra experiência, mas eu não curto ficar ouvindo essa pauleira no dia a dia, não me traz nenhum sentimento legal. As músicas são bem produzidas pelo menos, só não me atrai, por isso vai ser um 2, por que sei que tem coisa que merece um 1, um selo de PORCARIA, mas não é esse o caso aqui.
*gif do mild headache* Que baderna kkkkkkkk Slayer pessoalmente nunca me desceu direito, e ouvir esse álbum inteiro apenas reforçou isso. Barulheira, eu sei que a parte técnica é pra ser foda, mas pra mim é too much. As músicas me soam todas extremamente parecidas, principalmente a bateria TUPÁ TUPÁ TUPÁ TUPÁ TUPÁ TUPÁ TUPÁ TUPÁ TUPÁ A que mais se destaca com certeza é a Raining Blood, agora não sei se por causa das lembranças do Guitar Hero e do GTA Vice City, ou se pela música mesmo. Mas enfim, essa banda/álbum/estilo definitivamente não é pra mim, me dá zero vontade de ouvir novamente.
pretty chill
Meh
2/5
4/10, no more metal please :(
Nie dla mnie
Not my style. It’s heavy. Questionable on the lyrical content; on listening comes across as very white supremacist, had to do extra reading to see external thoughts. Won’t be on my playlist, but it has its place.
It’s good for a cardio workout. I didn’t listen to the words much and every song sounded the same.
I struggle to take this music seriously. I also can't imagine playing this music everyday — as a musician. I can't imagine listening to it everyday, but as a listener, you at least have alternatives if another mood strikes. But making this music day after day after day? I can't relate. And I was initially at a 3-star, I mean, whatever, not my thing but people seem to like it. But at what felt like the 12th reference to dismemberment, I realized there seems to be maybe three ideas banging around this album that just keep getting rehashed — and just barely.
Not my favorite, I only like metal with a good melody
Not for me
Oh look, another album where Rick Rubin hangs around in the recording studio and chimes in with an occasional, "Sounds pretty good" and demands a producer credit. If John Bender from The Breakfast Club ever got out of detention, he'd listen to this and tell everyone it's his favorite album. It ain't my bag at all, probably because I never had a chain wallet and John Bender reminds me of a kid I from high school who was an absolute dick. I'm sure that asshole lives for this album. I hope that isn't true, mainly because I sort of hope he's dead.
The drums and guitar are amazing. The lyrics and vocals are no bueno.
Laughed out loud throughout listening to this album because the lyrics and tone are ridiculous. The thunderclaps at the end are absurd. However you cannot deny the awesomeness of that guitar and the power of the drummer, holy shit.
I remember kinda liking Slayer back in the day. But this just didn't do anything for me.