Show No Mercy
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1983 |
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| Label (s) | Metal Blade Records | |||
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LP, CD |
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10 |
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running time |
35m 09s |
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Slayer and Brian Slagel |
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Show No Mercy (engl., Show no mercy ') is the debut album of the Californian thrash metal - band Slayer , which in December 1983 with Metal Blade Records was released. Brian Slagel offered the band a contract after seeing their version of Iron Maiden 's Phantom of the Opera live. Slayer had to finance the album himself, so the money came partly from the savings of already working Tom Araya and partly from Kerry King's father. During the promotion tours, the band was supported by friends and family, who also did roadie activities and the like. Ä. took over.
Although the quality of the recordings was poor, the album was the young label's greatest success at the time.
History of origin
Slayer appeared in 1983 as the opening act for the American heavy metal band Bitch and presented eight songs, including six covers . They were discovered by Brian Slagel, a former music journalist who had recently founded Metal Blade Records. He liked their version of Iron Maiden's Phantom of the Opera , so he asked the band if they would like to add a song to the upcoming Metal Massacre III compilation .
This contribution by the band - Aggressive Perfector - was a success, which is why Slagel signed the band for an album. The album, which was funded by Tom Araya and Kerry King's father, was made in Los Angeles . In an interview Araya said that when the album was being made, they were still very young and, in order to stand out from the other bands, they wrote about Satan . Venom was a huge influence in this.
Gene Hoglan , a friend of the band, did the background vocals for Evil Has No Boundaries and also accompanied Slayer on their tour. Here he got to know the band Dark Angel , whose drummer he is still today. During the recording, producer Slagel asked Dave Lombardo not to use the cymbals on his drums , as he was not sure whether he could properly process their noises with the available equipment. Lombardo could not be talked out of this and in Hanneman's opinion they did not bother the end result.
They also used the satanic concept of their lyrics in the cover design and their shows to get some attention. The back of the album cover showed the text side 666 , upside down crosses and Jeff Hanneman with his guitar, which led to problems with the PMRC trying to prevent the album from being released.
reception
The band did not have any copies of their album with them during the tour that they could sell, but the album became Metal Blade Records' best-selling album. The label's usual sales figures seldom exceeded 5,000, with Show No Mercy selling 15,000-20,000 copies in the United States alone and another 15,000 overseas. Due to the success Slagel extended the contract for another album and an EP .
Track list
- Evil Has No Boundaries - 3:11 (Hanneman, King)
- The Antichrist - 2:50 (Hanneman, King)
- Die by the Sword - 3:37 (Hanneman)
- Fight 'till Death - 3:38 (Hanneman)
- Metal Storm - Face the Slayer - 4:53 (Hanneman, King)
- Black Magic - 4:04 (Hanneman, King)
- Tormentor - 3:45 (Hanneman)
- The Final Command - 2:32 (Hanneman, King)
- Crionics - 3:29 (Hanneman, King)
- Show No Mercy - 3:08 (King)
Web links
- Show No Mercy at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Eric German: Metal Blade Records (accessed October 28, 2011).
- ^ A b J. Bennett: An exclusive oral history of Slayer ( Memento of December 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed October 28, 2011).
- ↑ Paul Gargano: LiveDaily Interview: Tom Araya of Slayer ( Memento February 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed October 28, 2011).
- ↑ Steven Willems: DARK ANGEL (accessed October 28, 2011).
- ^ Adrian Bromley: Staying focused through the years (accessed October 28, 2011).
- ↑ John La Briola: Slay Ride . Still reigning in blood, Slayer gives the devil his due . (Accessed October 28, 2011).