576. Reign in Blood

Reign in Blood
Slayer
1986

Tracks
1. Angel Of Death
2. Piece By Piece
3. Necrophobic
4. Altar Of Sacrifice
5. Jesus Saves
6. Criminally Insane
7. Reborn
8. Epidemic
9. Postmortem
10. Raining Blood

The last two albums were not heavy metal, and naturally, the Listmakers have found this unacceptable. So we are once again forced to endure songs with titles like "Necrophobic" and "Jesus Saves."

Mercifully, the album is very short, so the angry, repetitive songs are not weighed down by gratuitous guitar solos (looking at you, Metallica). If music is at its core a form of emotional expression, this album is really not interested in communicating anything other than pure rage. This isn't entirely relatable to me, my emotions (and I think most people's emotions) tend to be more complicated than that.

But complicated isn't really the word I would use to describe an album like Reign in Blood.

RATING: 2/5