Slayer - Angel of Death

Angel of death. Monarch to the kingdom of the dead.

Album: Reign in Blood (3rd album)
Recorded: Los Angeles, California
Genre: Metal, Thrash Metal
Album Release: October 20th 1986
Length: 4:51
Producer: Rick Rubin & Slayer
Vocalist: Tom Araya (age 25)
Label: Def Jam Records & Geffen Records

Official Audio


Live at Ozzfest 1996


Live in Maine from 2004

Charts, Streams & Sales

Spotify: Over 100 million
YouTube Music: Over 60 million

Credits

Bass, drums, guitar (x2)

Details

• Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman rates Reign in Blood as hit favourite Slayer album.
• The angel of death referred to in the title is the infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele who conducted sickening experiments on prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the second world war. 
  
  
• Columbia Records refused to release the album because of its tone, artwork and lyrical content.
  
  

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