See SLAYER’s Fiery ‘Reign In Blood’ 40th-Anniversary Celebration At Forum In Los Angeles

SLAYER marked the 40th anniversary of “Reign In Blood” with the first of two sold-out concerts at Los Angeles’s Kia Forum on 13 November. The milestone celebrates an album widely regarded as a landmark in thrash metal, whose uncompromising sound helped shape the genre.

The band played 23 songs, including the full “Reign In Blood” sequence to close the show, from “Angel Of Death” through “Raining Blood”. The current touring line-up is Kerry King, Paul Bostaph, Tom Araya and Gary Holt. Released in 1986, the album reached No. 94 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold in the US in 1992 for sales exceeding 500,000 copies; its subject matter, particularly “Angel Of Death”, also prompted controversy.