Slayer – Reign In Blood

Title: Slayer – Reign in BloodYear/Genre: 1986, MetalMatrix #: B0018853-01Condition: New Cultural Facts: Producer Rick Rubin convinced Slayer to leave Metal Blade for Def Jam, marking one of the first times a hip-hop label released a metal record. The album’s opening track “Angel of Death,” about Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, caused major distribution boycotts and media backlash, though the band denied any endorsement of its subject. Slayer recorded the entire album in under a month—its total runtime of 28 minutes became a statement of pure, uncompromising intensity. +1 6/30/24