Reign In Blood - The Slayer Story ┃ Documentary

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Published 2022-12-09
On October 7th 1986, one of the most iconic records of a generation would send shockwaves through the music industry. It was such a controversial album, radio stations wouldn’t play it and Columbia Records refused to release it due to a song called Angel Of Death. Even when the record was released by Geffen, they refused to even put their logo on it.

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That album would be called Reign In Blood by Slayer. Arguably the most influential Thrash Metal band of all time. They’ve been attacked by religious groups, accused of being Satanic and faced a lawsuit that involved murder. Yet despite this, they are now a household name with 12 studio albums under their belt, millions of records sold worldwide and a legacy that will surely live on through the ages.

Slayers album covers alone were enough to trigger backlash from labels, parents, and Christian groups around the world, some of their song titles and lyrics would even have them pinned as Nazi sympathisers. We’ve seen similar stories about bands having links to Satanism when Black Sabbath arrived in 1968 and KISS in 1973 when people thought it was an acronym for Knights In Satan's Service. Slayer, however, played this to their advantage, they wanted to shock people, they wanted to stand out from the crowd, that’s exactly what they did and this is their story.


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All Comments (21)
  • I discovered Slayer in 1988.... I was 12, and just started playing guitar. I'm 47 now.... and I have the priviledge of teaching my 15 year-old son, how to play the same songs I learned at his age. Slayer.... are music icons. No different than Elvis, the Beatles, Zeppelin, Sabbath, and KISS. Period. I would argue, the most influential band in my life. Slayer fans know.... their music will never die. Ever.
  • @D-Ross86
    RIP Jeff. An amazing guitarist. And an awesome guy. Jeff is a metal legend....
  • @tomservo5347
    To me Dave Lombardo was the heart of the sound with the undeniable Latin swing to his drumming.
  • Personally, I'm absolutely FOR the warnings on the albums. Then I know straight away: This is good music
  • I remember seeing Slayer for the first time on the Raining Blood tour in a small club in Syracuse NY when I was 17. I'm 51 now, been to a lot of shows, and without a doubt, the most intense show I have ever been to in my life.
  • My first ever concert was Clash of the Titans: Alice in Chains, Anthrax, Megadeth and SLAYER. I had only heard ...And Justice For All when I was shown Peace Sells and South of Heaven. From that day I was and am still obsessed with metal music. I just turned 46 on Halloween. I've seen Slayer at least 40 times and I still have most of my concert ticket stubs. I play drums and the first thing I did was learn to play every SLAYER song. I've met them all once but I used to talk to Kerry King at a local restaurant he frequented and I worked at. I cannot express how much I love SLAYER besides saying they are my favorite band EVER. I cried for days when Jeff Hanneman passed away. NOTHING, NO ONE will ever be as great of an influence on me as SLAYER still is to this day. Bad day? Blast SLAYER. Any album will do, my favorites are 1. Reign In Blood 2. God Hates Us All 3. Diabolus In Musica 4. South of Heaven 5. Hell Awaits. With Undisputed Attitude I know its a cover album but Holy fuck it is SLAYER thru and true. I will miss them until the day I die. Maybe I'll form a SLAYER tribute band.... SLAYER FOREVER!!!!!! SLAYTANIC WEREMACHT!!!! RIP Hanneman, cheers! SLAYYYYYYERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
  • @sheydoll
    My sister saw them years back. She said "Slayer melted her face off"
  • @OtherMike5000
    I saw Slayer / Pantera at Long Beach Arena over 20 years ago. Mid show , Tom raises his hands up and says: ”Scream for me Long Beach…… SCREAM FOR ME LONG BEACH!!!! (pauses then says) ..…I always wanted to do that!!!" ABSOLUTE LEGEND
  • @daBEAGLE1017
    It was amazing seeing Slayer from 1988-2009 when I went to shows. Miss that energy.
  • @sidford8419
    I grew up with Slayer, went to many shows. I was at the Forum for the last show, Tom just stood up there after the show for about 15 minutes thanking us and crying. What a band! NO ONE touches Slayer! R.I.P. Jeff
  • I've seen SLAYER over 20x, to me they were the most influential band to be, how big they got without major radio play or mainstream promotion. That is a testament to the hard work they put into the band and to the legions of die hard fans. LONG LIVE SLAYER !!!!!
  • Growing up on Slayer was great 🤣👍 The biggest laugh I had was when, at the Dutch equivalent of highschool, I wore a huge Slayer patch on my jacket. The school was very much based on christianity, and mid 80s we got lessons in recognising the devil's work in reversed lyrics by the Beatles, Iron Maiden, and such. I was happily pointing out that, with Slayer (or Venom, or Merciful Fate, etc etc) you didn't need to ruin your recordplayer's needle by spinning the album backwards: the bad boy lyrics were all there already - and they never picked up on that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm 57, still into metal, and yes: I still have thát jacket 🤘😎🤘
  • I’m 55 and still a Slayer fan! Nice documentary. I look forward to more! Subscribed!
  • @timbrown6629
    To this day. The best concert that I ever saw was Overkill, Motorhead, and Slayer in 1988 in Daytona.
  • I am now 56, saw Slayer all over the world. first show was in 85 or 86 at the Stone in San Francisco with Venom and Exodus. LSD was cheap in the bay area, thats why the years are fuzzy. Since that show, I saw them in France, Virginia, and Az. about 15 concerts all together. The greatest band of all time.
  • Seeing Slayer at Roseland Ballroom in my late teens with Messhugah and Sick of it All, is one of my best memories .
  • @Nightbreed82
    I saw Slayer and Megadeth in 2010 when each band played their albums that turned 20 that year; "Seasons In the Abyss" for Slayer and "Rust In Peace" for Megadeth. Megadeth was amazing, but Slayer was a totally different vibe....a darker atmosphere, as one would expect. The pit was much crazier for Slayer, the difference was stark! I was impressed when Tom nailed the high scream in Angel of Death since I didn't think he'd attempt it (they played songs from other albums too besides Seasons). There was also a lot of bass guitar in the mix which isn't really present on Slayer studio albums. Good times! \m/
  • @tacob69
    I'll never forget in the summer of 86' I went to Florida/Bahamas with my friends family and listening to Reign in Blood on my Walkman on the plane and the woman the seat ahead turned around and asked me to turn it down.I said no and put my headphones back on.After we landed my friends father said he was proud I said no and it was not that loud coming from my headphones and screw people like that woman.I was 14 and still remember it like yesterday even at 50.
  • @nnslg
    I was into Metallica, Iron Maiden, Anthrax in middle and high school ... then I got my hands on the Decade Of Aggression live album and sat down with a couple of friends for our first taste of Slayer ... and we were like holy crap this is awesome ... it was like a step forward from those bands, into pure speed ... so good ...