Slayer "Reign In Blood"

On this day (October 7, 1986), thrash metal band Slayer released their third studio album entitled "Reign In Blood."  Reign in Blood is considered to be a favorite by many thrash metal fans.  Many critics referred to it as the heaviest album ever made.  This was the first Slayer album to land on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart peaking at number 94.  The album was then certified Gold in November of 1992.  One of the most well known and most interesting songs on the album is the opening track "Angel Of Death," which talks about Josef Mengele who conducted human experiments on the Jews during the Holocaust.  Although the album was remarked as "too short," the band said they were going for a more "aggressive" sound with this one and didn't feel the need to repeat guitar riffs over and over to make a song longer.  Alongside Metallica's "Master of Puppets," Anthrax's "Among The Living," and Megadeth's "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?," Reign In Blood is considered to be the most influential thrash metal album.  Other then the two popular songs "Raining Blood," and "Angel of Death," my other favorite songs from the album were "Postmortem," "Epidemic" and "Criminally Insane."  I unfortunately don't own this album, but it will definitely make it into my music collection at some point.  What are your favorite songs from the album? Did you buy it when it came out? Do you own the album? Did you like/dislike it?

Personnel:

Tom Araya - Lead Vocals and Bass Guitar
Kerry King - Lead and Rhythm Guitars
Jeff Hanneman - Lead and Rhythm Guitars
Dave Lombardo - Drums

Track Listing:

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