![]() ![]() You have set up strawmen (who cites its length as reason for its greatness? Honestly!) and relied heavily on your personal tastes, which, I’m sorry to say are not the measuring stick of what is GREAT or not. Of course they would all fall short because Reign in Blood’s influence and impact cannot be overstated. In any case, dissecting the album’s “flaws” like that would work on any album but it would have been better if you stuck to the “some songs are not as legendary as the rest” and go on and mention other albums that could claim the title by mentioning their merits, their influence and so on. Postmortem! DO YOU WANNA DIE? (see what I did there?) You lost me when you cited Postmortem as a generic, filler song. However, with closer inspection it becomes apparent that Reign In Blood may not be The Greatest Thrash Album Of All Time and here’s 6 reasons why…. Let’s be fair, we’re not questioning Reign In Blood’s ‘Classic’ status or its impact and influence any album that contains one of the greatest Metal songs of all time – namely “Angel Of Death” – alongside the likes of “Raining Blood” and “Altar Of Sacrifice” couldn’t be described as anything but classic after all. ![]() When was the last time you truly listened to Reign In Blood? Is it really the all conquering piece of work that everybody says it is? Are we mad for even suggesting such a thing in the first place?! But – and this is a colossal but – is it really the genre-defining be-all and end-all of Thrash that we are led to believe? Anyone with a passing interest in Metal is aware of the numerous titles and awards the Metal Press and Thrash fans bestow on Slayer’s Reign In Blood and it’s often cited as the ‘greatest Thrash album of all time’. ![]()
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