Forty years ago this week, Slayer released Reign in Blood: ten tracks, twenty-nine minutes, and a permanent rewiring of thrash metal, with Rick Rubin's stark production making Angel of Death hit like nothing before it. For the 40th anniversary, the band announced a limited blood-filled zoetrope vinyl reissue arriving November 20. Four decades on, the question stands as tall as ever: has anything topped it?
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Album art: Def Jam Recordings
