Reign in Blood [PA] by Slayer

Pros: ridiculously fast, aggressive, and envelope-pushing
Cons: leaves you wanting more (like thirty minutes or so more)

For Slayer's third album, 1986's Reign in Blood, the band signed on to Def Jam records and enlisted producer Rick Rubin. While that doesn't exactly sound like the perfect recipe for pure thrash metal, it turned out to be a perfect fit. Reign ...

Pros: You'll ever love it for what it is...
Cons: Or hate it for what it is.

In accordance with the March 10 for 10 write-off, and since it’s a while since I’ve poked my head out in these grounds, I’ve decided to take a short break from classics and pretty much have a month of metal. LET IT ALL OUT! ...

Pros: Classic Speed Metal
Cons: Whole album less than 30 minutes, not everyone's cup of tea

When people think of Slayer, many disturbing images of hell and blood often come to mind. Along with these disturbing images are many derogatory statements about them. These include people convicting them of being Satanists and even worse, convictions...

Pros: Fast and Heavy. 30 minutes of Brutality
Cons: ONLY 30 minutes of brutality!

While MTV was showing crappy videos of uber-crappy Hair- and Pop- Metal bands(just like it shows uber-crappy nu-metal bands now), a few bands from California(mainly the Bay Area and LA), influenced by British Heavy-Metal and early Hardcore Punk, started ...

Pros: Like the Devil's own roller coaster, and you have an "E" ticket
Cons: none, nada, zilch

Ok, in high school, before I became the punk rock guy I am today (thank you to the Ramones) I was a metal FREAK. I remember hearing the first 2 Metallica LPs (yes, by gum, we had rekkids in them days!!!!) and Bonded by Blood by Exodus and thinking, "wow, ...

Pros: The greatest thrash album of all time
Cons: None.

HERETICAL INNOCENCE Slayer's 1986 album Reign in Blood is the is THE album that defines that extreme metal. It has been said countless times that Reign is the greatest thrash album of all time and rightfully so. While extreme ...

Pros: Speed...Classic Thrash....Impressive Guitar Riffs
Cons: Stereotypical Hair Band Vocals...Too many Riffs...My Mom is probably Crying Right Now because I'm listening to this album.

I never heard this album before, until today. When I pushed play on the CD player immediately my blood felt like ice and I wanted to back into the corner hugging a pillow and sucking my thumb. This isn't a bad thing, mostly because its a good thing to...

Pros: The fastest half hour of music ever.
Cons: Chances are you'll be offended somewhere on this record.

Before I write anything about this, let me note how strange it is that this album has 22 reviews, whereas the earlier Slayer albums each had fewer than 10. Folks, we all know that Reign In Blood is Slayer's most famous, but you've...

Pros: The pinnacle of thrash.
Cons: -

1986 was a very good year for rock fans. It saw the release of several of the best hard rock and metal albums of all time including, "Appetite For Destruction" by Guns and Roses, "Master Of Puppets" by Metallica, and "Reign In Blood" by Slayer. While...

Pros: everything
Cons: will probably offend a lot of people

Essential speed metal, thrash metal, death metal, however you choose to describe it, Slayer's "Reign In Blood" is a must-have. It epitomizes not only the band, but the whole genre--from the opening riffs and super scream of "Angel of...

Pros: Extremely good for what it is, excellent musicianship
Cons: Foolish

I first got into Slayer when I heard Undisputed Attitude - an album full of punk covers done by Slayer. I loved it - it was energy-filled, angst-ridden, and it was pretty much the fastest and heaviest stuff I had heard at that time.

So I...

Pros: Excellent cover art, Unrelenting speed
Cons: Not for pop fans or fundamentalists

I freely admit I'm a metalhead stuck in the 80's...I just can't deal with the new breed of rap-metal artists. But one album many of these new bands cite as a favorite is Slayer's "Reign in Blood". It is considered a groundbreaking, seminal...

Pros: Sick wicked older speed/death metal, the CD plays all the way through without need of fast forwarding through garbage, it rules!
Cons: It makes me miss my youth

I guess I'm going through an early mid-life crisis and trying to relive my wilder younger days. Older Metallica, Slayer and similar artists are making up my play list these days. Although I enjoy some of todays metal bands, I feel the older stuff...

Pros: It's Slayer!
Cons: None that e0are noticeable.

I can't remember exactly when I purchased this album but it was quite some time ago, and believe it or not I still listen to it regularly, in fact I'm listening to it as I write this review. Oh how wonderful it must have been to be a metalhead in ...

Pros: Classic Real Metal At its best. Will upset uptight churchgoers.
Cons: Too short.

When all those other so called metal bands like Motley Crue, def leopard, poison, ratt, ect.. were doing their glam crap, Slayer was rocking with Reign In Blood, an unfortunately too short Heavy Metal classic. As far as old school speed thrash metal...