Slayer's Reign in Blood (33 1/3)
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Authors: D.X. Ferris
Reign in Blood
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Also available in this series
:
Dusty in Memphis
by Warren Zanes
Forever Changes
by Andrew Hultkrans
Harvest
by Sam Inglis
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
by Andy Miller
Meat Is Murder
by Joe Pernice
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
by John Cavanagh
Abba Gold
by Elisabeth Vincentelli
Electric Ladyland
by John Perry
Unknown Pleasures
by Chris Ott
Sign ‘O’ the Times
by Michaelangelo Matos
The Velvet Underground and Nico
by Joe Harvard
Let It Be
by Steve Matteo
Live at the Apollo
by Douglas Wolk
Aqualung
by Allan Moore
OK Computer
by Dai Griffiths
Let It Be
by Colin Meloy
Led Zeppelin IV
by Erik Davis
Armed Forces
by Franklin Bruno
Exile on Main Street
by Bill Janovitz
Grace
by Daphne Brooks
Murmur
by J. Niimi
Pet Sounds
by Jim Fusilli
Ramones
by Nicholas Rombes
Endtroducing…
by Eliot Wilder
Kick Out the Jams
by Don McLeese
Low
by Hugo Wilcken
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
by Kim Cooper
Music from Big Pink
by John Niven
Paul’s Boutique
by Dan LeRoy
Doolittle
by Ben Sisario
There’s a Riot Goin’ On
by Miles Marshall Lewis
Stone Roses
by Alex Green
Bee Thousand
by Marc Woodworth
The Who Sell Out
by John Dougan
Highway 61 Revisited
by Mark Polizzotti
Loveless
by Mike McGonigal
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
by Ric Menck
Court and Spark
by Sean Nelson
69 Love Songs
by LD Beghtol
Songs in the Key of Life
by Zeth Lundy
Use Your Illusion I and II
by Eric Weisbard
Daydream Nation
by Matthew Stearns
Trout Mask Replica
by Kevin Courrier
Double Nickels on the Dime
by Michael T. Fournier
People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
by Shawn Taylor
Aja
by Don Breithaupt
Rid of Me
by Kate Schatz
Achtung Baby
by Stephen Catanzarite
If You’re Feeling Sinister
by Scott Plagenhoef
Let’s Talk About Love
by Carl Wilson
Swordfishtrombones
by David Smay
20 Jazz Funk Greats
by Drew Daniel
Horses
by Philip Shaw
Master of Reality
by John Darnielle
D.X. Ferris
2008
The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc
80 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038
The Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX
Copyright © 2008 by D.X. Ferris
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publishers or their agents.
Cover art reprinted courtesy SonyBMG Music Entertainment Printed in Canada on 100% postconsumer waste recycled paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ferris, D. X.
Reign in blood / D.X. Ferris.
p. cm. -- (33 1/3)
Includes bibliographical references.
eISBN 978-1-4411-8349-1
1. Slayer (Musical group) 2. Rock musicians--United States. 3. Slayer (Musical group) Reign in blood. I. Title. II. Series.
ML421.S612F47 2008
782.42166092’2--dc22
2008014589
Reign in Blood
, featuring original commentary from…
Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman
DJ-RR: The Producer, Rick Rubin. And the Label, Def Jam.
Def Metal: Slayer in the House
Reign in Blood
: The Songs and Their Impact
Notes, Asides, and Works Cited
1986, Slayer in the studio with
Reign
producer Rick Rubin, at Hit City West, Los Angeles. Top left: Rubin. Bottom, L to R: Jeff Hanneman, Dave Lombardo, Tom Araya, Kerry King. Photo © Glen E. Friedman (
www.BurningFlags.com
).
2004, Slayer, covered in (fake) blood, after performing
Reign in Blood
in its entirety, as captured for the
Still Reigning
DVD. Photo by Kevin Estrada.
In memory of Professor Emeritus Ronald Forsythe, Nora Ferris, Lorna Ferris, Dave Moran, Vera Lehane, Dr. Bernard De Filippo, Vincent Roskovensky, and Sumner J. Ferris—sorry there’s no index, dad; it wasn’t my call.
Singular instruction and consultation: Alan Natali.
Thanks for planting seeds and opening doors: James G. Lakely, Bill Bennett, Greg Christiansen, Aaron Burgess, Jason Bracelin, Jason Pettigrew, Mike Shea, Pete Kotz, and Dan LeRoy.
Real music people if I’ve ever met any: Stigma, Michael Gallucci, and Sluggo.
Many kind people helped with this book; none of them had to. Thanks to everyone in the following pages, twice, at least. Slayer. Rick Rubin. Andy Wallace. Heidi Ellen Robinson-Fitzgerald. Julie Arkenstone. Eleanor Logan. The Three Kings of Metal Collectors: Spahr Schmitt, Jamie Walters, and Tony Alberts. Niklas
the
Slayer Collector (
http://go.to/slayercollector
). Paul at Slayerized.com. Bill
Peters. Matt Wardlaw. Jeff Lamm. Chris Bade. Maria Ferrero. Gabrielle Allen. Gabriella Page-Fort. Mike Palone. Jerry Graham. George Vallee. Betsey Cichoracki. Carl Schultz. Loana dP. Valencia. Tresa Sanders. Charles Elliot. Tom Wojcik. David Giffels. Dave Brenner. Mark Price. Dan Muro. Borders #63 (the general public doesn’t deserve you). Bill Adler. Danny Marianinho. Kevin Berve at Reel Efx, and Anthony “T.J.” Scaglione—sorry your chapters didn’t fit; they were good ones. Stacy Gueraseva. Whoever put together the
Slayer Ultra Bootleg Pack
. Brandon Marshall (
MarshalPhotography.com
). Blood Metal Donor. Bonnie Angotti. Paul Hooper. Greg Van Krol. John Comprix. Killick. Kurt Brecht. Judy Gish at Caltrans. Patty Falk at Bowling Green State University Music Library & Sound Recordings Archives. Calvin College’s Hekman Library. The Akron Public Library (Fairlawn and Downtown). Also: Apeneck Sweeney. Chuck Cage, Audra Heaslip, and Sean O’Hara. Claudia, Mandy, Eric, and Alex. Nate. TM. Randy & Jennifer McFeely. Ed Rohrer. Matt Gorey. Donnie Iris. Everybody I forgot.
R.I.P.
: Diamond Dave Herth, Kevin DuBrow, Bob Muldowney, and Mikey Offender. Metal people are good people. And extra thanks to Dr. David Barker, for making Slayer part of this series.