Reign In Blood (Expanded) [Explicit]

Put simply, if you want the best Slayer album this is it. Reign In Blood is the crushing, heavy, Venom-inspired metal you've been after. Its relentless and doesn't give up the relentlessness. The album kicks off with Angel of Death, and that's pretty much the level its going to stay at. Speed chugging on guitar, fast drumming and angry vocals. Add into that the kind of soloing that sounds like they're trying to summon up some evil deity or other. Its blistering and you'll love every second of it. When you get to the classic Raining Blood you'll be so exhausted from headbanging you'll need to put on some light jazz just to calm down. So let the lads from Slayer pound your eardrums into submission for half an hour, then be on your way.

Reign in Blood, released in 1986, is simply a classic album from the American thrash metallers Slayer - it is in the same league with its 1985 predecessor Hell Awaits. The guitar riffs on this album from Kerry King and the late Jeff Hanneman are just outstanding, just like their guitar work on Hell Awaits; Dave Lombardo's drum work is excellent as well, along with the bass guitar work and vocals from Tom Araya. All of the songs on Reign in Blood are great, but the ones that really stand out for me are the classic opening track "Angel of Death" which is based on Josef Mengele, the Nazi physician who carried out human experiments on patients at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War Two (Slayer often got a lot of flak for "Angel of Death" from certain people which led to the band facing accusations of Nazi sympathising and racism throughout their career, even though they do NOT encourage or condone Nazism or racism at all); "Piece by Piece"; "Necrophobic"; "Criminally Insane"; and "Raining Blood". The album also contains two bonus tracks, a re-recording of "Aggressive Perfector" (the original recording of this song is on their 1984 EP Haunting the Chapel) and a remix of "Criminally Insane".

Reign in Blood, a very short album because of the songs being extremely fast ("Angel of Death" being the longest song of the album), is very highly recommended to all fans of great thrash metal music because of the very fast riffs featured in the album, and I believe it to be in the same league with Hell Awaits even though that album is longer in duration but only has seven songs compared to 12 featured on Reign in Blood (including the bonus tracks mentioned earlier). Enjoy!

Just a quick review for the vinyl release by Back to Black records.

First off the sleeve is of good quality, it has a good thickness to it and the printing is also the same. The LP has an insert like the first run this is only a flimsy singles sided insert but contains the lyrics and is a direct copy of the original.

The LP is true 180g and feels it. Label is of high quality as well and looks great.

Sound is fantastic, really clear and concise. More sound in the drums and when turning up I can feel the bass drum. Vocals and guitars are also sounding great. No drop in sound at all from the re master CD and I think even a little more tone due to the positives of vinyl.

Noisy not too musical.
If your into the dark side this is for you.
Received with cd case damaged.
Another hey ho pip and dandy moment from Amazon

After so many reviewers, I can't add much. Very extreme metal stuff but a classic for the desert island if you are serious with the "classics" collection (of course, no way you can board a plane or boat with something that heavy and make it to the desert island in question - haha I am so funny). On the back cover, they seal the case: drinking Belgian beer Stella Artois, these guys have definitely good taste all the way through.

Great classic album full of whizz n vinegar

If not the fastest album ever, it must be close. There is practically no let-up. The speed is incessant and the quality never drops. You will always listen to this in its entirity for almost half an hour of crazy riffs, solos and vocals. The air-guitaring will be vigarous. Dodgy lyrics aside, this is simply essential for any thrash fan.

excellent