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Reign in Blood

Slayer

Type:
Full-length
Release date:
October 7th, 1986
Catalog ID:
GHS 24131
Label:
Def Jam Recordings
Format:
12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM)
Reviews:
44 reviews (avg. 85%)
Side A
1. Angel of Death 04:51   Show lyrics
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2. Piece by Piece 02:02   Show lyrics
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3. Necrophobic 01:40   Show lyrics
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4. Altar of Sacrifice 02:50   Show lyrics
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5. Jesus Saves 02:54   Show lyrics
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Side B
6. Criminally Insane 02:22   Show lyrics
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7. Reborn 02:11   Show lyrics
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8. Epidemic 02:22   Show lyrics
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9. Postmortem 03:27   Show lyrics
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10. Raining Blood 04:16   Show lyrics
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  28:55  
Band members
Dave Lombardo Drums
Tom Araya Vocals, Bass
Jeff Hanneman (R.I.P. 2013) Guitars (lead), Lyrics (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, 10), Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-10), Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-10)
Kerry King Guitars (lead), Lyrics (tracks 2-8, 10), Songwriting (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8)
Miscellaneous staff
Rick Rubin Producer
Larry W. Carroll (R.I.P. 2019) Illustration
Howie Weinberg Mastering
Andy Wallace Engineering
Charly Rinne Photography
Stephen Byram Design
Dave Lombardo Drums
Tom Araya Vocals, Bass
Jeff Hanneman (R.I.P. 2013) Guitars (lead), Lyrics (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, 10), Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-10), Songwriting (tracks 1, 3-10)
Kerry King Guitars (lead), Lyrics (tracks 2-8, 10), Songwriting (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8)
Rick Rubin Producer
Larry W. Carroll (R.I.P. 2019) Illustration
Howie Weinberg Mastering
Andy Wallace Engineering
Charly Rinne Photography
Stephen Byram Design
Read Is this death metal ? Wait... 90% Annable Courts February 26th, 2024
Read On anger, spectacle, and... 80% Gas_Snake June 26th, 2021
Read This is the "Be all, end... 45% Ziomaletto May 16th, 2021
Read Overrated, But Still Great 70% DanielG06 October 25th, 2020
Read Would've been great, if not... 45% AtomicMassHysteria87 July 27th, 2020
Read The line in the sand 100% robotniq July 4th, 2020
Read Classic Album? Kinda a... 75% Slater922 July 2nd, 2020
Read SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYER!!! 100% KingQueenKnave August 11th, 2019
Read Hyper-speed gloom 100% Acrobat June 18th, 2018
Read Legendary Record, But... 88% ThrashFanatic April 25th, 2018
Read dancing with you in the... 99% caspian February 8th, 2018
Read Arguably the greatest... 97% EzraBlumenfeld November 9th, 2017
Read Angel of Death 95% Iron Wizard January 22nd, 2017
Read More important in influence... 90% TrooperEd November 14th, 2016
Read Dogma 100% Felix 1666 March 12th, 2016
Read Brimming with speed, anger... 100% Mikhail95 December 23rd, 2015
Read Theoretical music 83% gasmask_colostomy December 7th, 2015
Read Greatest Thrash Ever. Period. 100% Roffle_the_Thrashard April 27th, 2015
Read Bleeding its horror now I... 93% Korgul The Terminator January 25th, 2014
Read Reign In Bullshit. 71% Metal_Jaw September 17th, 2012
Read Too freaking fast for some... 100% mastodon_t August 14th, 2012
Read Not Bad, But Drastically... 68% octavarium April 27th, 2012
Read Overrated, underdeveloped. 80% Stormrider2112 February 7th, 2012
Read Enter To The Realm Of SATAN 91% grain_silo July 24th, 2011
Read Inspiring; except the... 80% perishnflames May 27th, 2011
Read So… This is Slayer’s Legacy? 54% Evil_Carrot May 8th, 2011
Read Thrash metal for dummies 20% torment159 July 25th, 2010
Read The best metal record. A... 100% Commando673 April 28th, 2010
Read Slayer - Reign in Blood 100% Orbitball January 22nd, 2010
Read The year is 1986… 99% morbert December 23rd, 2009
Read Mosquitoes Dying Horrible... 72% 1stMetalheads September 16th, 2008
Read Blood Reign o'er me 82% marktheviktor September 15th, 2008
Read Decent, but c'mon now... 70% delayedreaction July 30th, 2008
Read A quick fix of musical... 100% AndySlayer April 8th, 2008
Read The Memory Gap. 80% hells_unicorn December 12th, 2007
Read Not so Good, Just... 100% CHRISTI_NS_ANITY8 October 8th, 2007
Read Slaytanic Intensity: This... 100% super_bum August 3rd, 2007
Read Hate, gore, and Satan...a... 100% SouthofHeaven11 June 25th, 2007
Read You keep pushing faster,... 55% Woolie_Wool June 24th, 2007
Read Tearing limbs for 20 years. 92% ISadistikI May 30th, 2007
Read Singin' in the reign 100% Cheeses_Priced May 12th, 2007
Read Intense, to say the least. 90% woeoftyrants May 8th, 2007
Read Tearing limb from limb! 84% Nightcrawler February 10th, 2004
Read This is the be-all end-all... 81% UltraBoris August 10th, 2002

Trivia:
- The album peaked at #94 on the Billboard 200.
- On all older versions of the CD and LP, "Postmortem" ends at 2:44 before the fast part. This error was corrected on the Expanded edition CD reissue.

Def Jam/Geffen also released the album on red, purple and green vinyl, limited edition picture vinyl with a different cover (bloody logo) and regular picture vinyl.

Three different versions of the outro to "Raining Blood" exist. On some LP versions, the sound of the storm is created by a locked groove which loops indefinitely until the needle is lifted. On other LPs, cassettes (before 1988) and this CD version only, the storm just fades after about 15 seconds. On all other CD and cassette versions (after 1988), the storm outro lasts for 50 seconds.

The lyrics here are taken from the booklet of the expanded edition.

Recording information:

Recorded in L.A.
Mixed at New Fresh, N.Y.C.
Co-produced by Slayer.

Identifiers:

Barcode: 0 7599-24131-1
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 1): SRC [logo] GHS-2 4131-A-SR3 MASTERDISK
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 1): SRC [logo] GHS-2 4131-B-SR2 MASTERDISK
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 2): SRC [logo] GHS-24131-A-SR3 MASTERDISK
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2): SRC [logo] GHS-24131-B-SR-1 MASTERDISK
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 3): SRC [logo] GHS-2̶ 24131-A-SR-2 MASTERDISK
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 3): SRC [logo] GHS-2̶ 24131-B-SR-1 MASTERDISK
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 4): SRC [logo] GHS·2̶ 24131·A-SR3 MASTERDISK I-I
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 4): SRC [logo] GHS·2̶ 24131-B-SR2 MASTERDISK I-I HW
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 5): SRC [logo] GHS-2̶ 24131·A-SR3 MASTERDISK I-I
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 5): SRC [logo] GHS-2̶ 24131-B-SR-1 MASTERDISK HW I-I
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 6): SRC [logo] GHS-2̶ 24131-A-SR-2 MASTERDISK I-I
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 6): SRC [logo] GHS·2̶ 24131-B-SR2 MASTERDISK I-I
Other (Side B, embossed around the center hole (variants 3,4,6)): E A S T
Rights Society: ASCAP

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