Watch: SLAYER Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of ‘Reign In Blood’ In Mexico City

SLAYER marked the 40th anniversary of their album *Reign In Blood* with a Mexico City concert on 21 October, performing the record in full as part of a headlining set. The show highlighted the album’s lasting place in thrash metal and formed part of the band’s continuing run of reunion performances.

The concert at Palacio de los Deportes also included songs from across SLAYER’s catalogue, with POWER TRIP as support. Released on 7 October 1986, *Reign In Blood* was the band’s first album with producer Rick Rubin; it reached No. 94 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold in the US in 1992 for sales exceeding 500,000 copies. The group had also marked the anniversary with performances in Minnesota and Oklahoma earlier in September.