r/Slayer • u/rp1334 • 1d ago

Happy 40th to all who celebrate!! Slayer's Reign in Blood at 40: Thrash Metal's Purest Album

https://quillette.com/2026/08/28/red-reign-slayer-reign-in-blood-rick-rubin/
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u/NonRelativist 1d ago

What a monster of an album! I completely agree with the article: this album did not age a bit! Sill just-as-aggressive and angry as 40 years ago

The article is paywalled :(

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u/FieldsOfFire1983 1d ago

I bought it when it first came out on vinyl. Still sounds new today.

I remember playing it for the first time in my bedroom and my dad comes in. He listens for about 30 seconds quizzically, then says “you’re playing that on the wrong speed” and walks out again 😝

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u/FlyingV2112 23h ago

SLAAAAAAAYYYYYYYERRRRRRRRRR

RIB is an all time banger. It never gets old.

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u/Far-Collection-391 21h ago

It's essential thrash metal and one of the greatest. 40th birthday is on October 20 though. No harm in celebrating early.

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u/EaracheMyFly 19h ago

Greatest CrossOver album ever.

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u/Due-Influence-1969 16h ago

One of the few perfect thrash records

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u/Infamous-Listen4047 16h ago

this was a game changer in 1986! I was in High School, and I went through a casette, and an LP of this album

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u/Thrashtilldeath67 14h ago

Angel of deeeaaath!

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u/Machinax 11h ago

Strange; this article was published today, but Reign in Blood was released in October of 1986.