# Album Of The Week Club review: Slayer set a land speed record on Reign In Blood

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/album-of-the-week-club-review-slayer-set-a-land-speed-record-on-reign-in-blood/
- Published: 2026-11-09T03:18:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T04:23:45+00:00
- Original publisher: Louder
- Original article: https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/slayer-reign-in-blood
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Slayer’s *Reign In Blood* lasts just under 29 minutes.
- Rick Rubin produced the influential 1986 thrash album.
- Reviewers praise its intensity but debate its limited variety.

## Summary

Slayer’s *Reign In Blood* is praised as a defining thrash metal album, notable for combining rapid, forceful playing with sharp production and a brief running time. Album of the Week Club contributors describe it as an intense, influential record whose compact length helps maintain its impact.

The 1986 album runs for 28 minutes and 56 seconds, from “Angel Of Death” to “Raining Blood”, with Rick Rubin producing. Reviewers differ on its consistency: some call it a genre classic, while others find the pace and sound repetitive and the lyrics uneven.

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