Slayer
| Slayer | |
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 Slayer live in 2007 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Huntington Park , USA |
| Genre (s) | Thrash metal |
| founding | 1981 |
| resolution | 2019 |
| Website | http://www.slayer.net/ |
| Founding members | |
| Tom Araya | |
| Kerry King | |
Electric guitar |
Jeff Hanneman († 2013) |
| Dave Lombardo (until 1992, 2001-2013) | |
| Last occupation | |
Vocals, electric bass |
Tom Araya |
Electric guitar |
Kerry King |
Drums |
Paul Bostaph (1992–1996, 1997–2001, since 2013) |
Electric guitar |
Gary Holt (live musician since 2011, since 2014) |
| former members | |
Drums |
Tony Scaglione (1986) |
Drums |
Jon Dette (1996-1997, Live: 2013) |
| Live support | |
Electric guitar |
Gary Holt (since 2011 for Jeff Hanneman) |
Electric guitar |
Pat O'Brien (2011 for Jeff Hanneman) |
Drums |
Jon Dette (1996-1997, Live: 2013) |
Slayer (English 'murderer' or 'butcher') was an influential thrash metal band from Huntington Park , California . Together with Metallica , Megadeth and Anthrax they formed the "Big Four" of Thrash Metal. Because of their lyrics, the band caused regular controversy . Four Slayer albums were awarded gold records in the United States . In 2007 and 2008 the band received a Grammy in the Best Metal Performance category . On January 22nd, 2018, the band announced their breakup on Facebook after one last world tour. In early December 2019, the band announced that the concert played on November 30, 2019 at The Forum in Inglewood was the band's last.
history
The early years (1981–1985)
Slayer was founded in 1981 by the two guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman . The band was completed by drummer Dave Lombardo and singer and bassist Tom Araya . Araya and King previously played together in the band Quits . Initially, the band played cover versions of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest . Already at the first concerts the band indulged in Satanism through the use of pentagrams and upside-down crosses .
Brian Slagel was in the audience at a concert supporting Bitch in Los Angeles . Slagel was a former music journalist and had recently founded the record company Metal Blade Records . Impressed by the concert, Slagel offered Slayer a place on his compilation Metal Massacre III . Slayer recorded the song Aggressive Perfector for this. Due to the positive reactions from the scene, Slagel finally offered the band a contract.
In November 1983, Slayer went into the studio to record their debut show No Mercy . Since the band was not provided with a recording budget, they had to bear the costs themselves. The album was released three weeks after the recordings were finished. In the Underground to Slayer could do with the debut of a name and were next to Venom and Metallica celebrated as new discovery in the extreme metal scene. In early 1984 the band went on their first US tour. In August 1984 Slayer pushed the EP Haunting the Chapel after. Musically, the three songs on it are darker and harder than the songs on the debut album. With this, Slayer laid the foundation for her later musical direction.
Since Metal Blade did not have a global distribution network at the time, Slayers were only known underground in Europe. Bootlegs recorded at concerts circulated among the fans . King left Slayer to join Dave Mustaines new band Megadeth , but returned after only five concerts with the band. The 1984 Combat Tour with Venom and Exodus followed for Slayer , before the live mini album Live Undead was released in November . This album was recorded in a studio in front of a handful of fans and contains seven songs. A few years later, a band called The Undead released a live album called Live Slayer .
The New York concert was recorded and released on video a year later under the name Combat Tour: The Ultimate Revenge . In the summer of 1985 Slayer played their first European concert in Belgium . Show No Mercy had sold around 40,000 copies in the US in the meantime and Slayer went back into the studio to record their second album Hell Awaits . Because of the good sales, Metal Blade made a budget available so that they could afford a producer in Ron Fair . Hell Awaits was released in September and continued the line taken on Haunting the Chapel . The album contained longer and more complex songs and is therefore now considered the most progressive work of the band.
International breakthrough (1986-1991)
Due to the good sales of Hell Awaits , Slayers received an offer from Rick Rubins' newly founded record company Def Jam Records . Even if Def Jam had primarily rap and hip-hop artists under contract at the time, the band accepted the offer. After the long and complex songs on the previous album, Slayer wrote shorter and faster songs for the upcoming album Reign in Blood , which Rubin produced himself.
“Before the release of Reign in Blood , fans wondered if Slayers were going to complain about having signed with a major label. To convince people otherwise, I made the record as extreme and uncompromising as possible. Reign in Blood embodied everything one could expect from Slayer and much, much more. "
Def Jam's distribution partner Columbia Records declined to release the album. The main reason for this was the cover artwork and especially the lyrics of the song Angel of Death . This song is about the human experiments of the concentration camp doctor Josef Mengele . Eventually the album was released on October 7, 1986 by Geffen Records , who had signed Slayer in the meantime. It entered the US album charts at number 94, developed into a long-seller and was finally awarded a gold record in November 1992 as the first slayer album .
In October 1986 the Reign-in-Pain world tour began with Overkill in the US and Malice in Europe. After the tour another tour followed in the opening act for WASP. After a month Dave Lombardo left the band for financial reasons. For the rest of the tour, Whiplash's Tony Scaglione was behind the drums. Slayer also contributed to the 1986 soundtrack to the film River's Edge by Tim Hunter in the Best Film, the Independent Spirit Awards 1988 won.
In 1987, Lombardo returned. Slayer recorded a cover version of the Iron Butterfly song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida for the film Less Than Zero . Even if the band wasn't happy with the result, this cover version was the first Slayer song to be played on the radio . Slayer returned to the studio to record their fourth album South of Heaven . To create a contrast to the high speed on the previous album, the band decided to slow down the pace and focus more on melodic vocals:
“We knew we couldn't beat Reign in Blood , so we decided to go slower. We knew that everything we did would be compared to this album. I still remember we really discussed this issue. It was strange because we never talked about speed before and never after "
South of Heaven was released in 1988 and ranked 57th in the US album charts. Like its predecessor, it was awarded a gold record. The album was recorded mixed by the fans and the press. On this album the musicians also paid tribute to their role model Judas Priest and gave an insight into their development history with their version of Dissident Aggressor .
In 1989, the recordings for the fifth studio album began. Andy Wallace was hired as co-producer . Seasons in the Abyss was released in October 1990 by Rick Rubin's new record label Def American. The album debuted at number 44 in the US charts and was awarded a gold record in 1993. The band recorded their first music video for the theme song . For this, the band flew just before the second Gulf War by Egypt to the pyramids of Giza . Another video was shot for War Ensemble in London .
The Clash of the Titans tour in Europe began a month before the album was released . In addition to Slayer, Megadeth, the Suicidal Tendencies and Testament took part. The popularity of Thrash Metal was at a peak at this time and the tour continued in North America in May 1991. Instead of the Suicidal Tendencies and Testament, this time Anthrax and Alice in Chains took part. Slayer recorded a few concerts on the tour and released the live double album Decade of Aggression in 1991 to celebrate their tenth anniversary. The album debuted at number 55 on the US album charts.
Years of Change (1992-2001)
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In May 1992 Dave Lombardo was kicked out of the band due to various conflicts. The reason given for this was that Lombardo's drumming would no longer meet the demands of the band (literally: "It would no longer be tight enough."). Lombardo then played u. a. on Phillip Boa's metal project Voodoocult and later founded the band Grip Inc. His collaborations with John Zorn and the Fantômas founded with Mike Patton also attracted attention outside of the metal sector. Lombardo's successor at Slayer was the former Forbidden - and now Testament drummer Paul Bostaph . Bostaph had his first appearance with Slayer at the Monsters of Rock Festival in 1992. For the soundtrack of the film Judgment Night , Slayer recorded the song Disorder with rapper Ice-T . It is a medley from The Exploited songs War , UK '82 and Disorder .
In 1994 the sixth studio album Divine Intervention was released . It rose to number eight in the US charts, making it the band's first top 10 album. The album was received with mixed feelings by both the media and fans. A year later, Slayer went on tour with Biohazard and Machine Head . Some concerts were recorded and released in the same year as a live video Live Intrusion . Also in 1995 Slayer performed again at the Monsters of Rock Festival.
To bridge the time to the next studio album, Slayer released the album Undisputed Attitude in 1996 . The album contains cover versions of punk and hardcore songs by bands like Minor Threat , DRI or the Stooges . The cover versions were joined by Gemini, an original composition and two songs that Hanneman wrote for his Pap Smear project in the mid- eighties . After the album was released, Bostaph left the band to focus on his own project, The Truth About Seafood. He was succeeded by Jon Dette , who was previously active in Testament. After only a year, however, he was kicked out after a dispute between him and the rest of the members. So Bostaph returned.
Also in 1996 the band was sued by Elyse Pahler's parents. Pahler was raped and murdered by three men who were Slayer fans. The victim's parents accused the band of having encouraged the perpetrators to commit the crime through their music and lyrics. After a lengthy process, the band was acquitted of all allegations in 2001. The responsible judge E. Jeffrey Burke stated that he did not consider Slayer's music to be harmful to minors. Kerry King was relieved by the acquittal:
“If at some point a judge condemns a band for something for which others are responsible, I will withdraw from the music business. Because then an avalanche is set off, the consequences of which cannot be foreseen. "
The seventh studio album Diabolus in Musica was released in 1998 and reached number 31 on the US charts. Slayers tried to modernize their sound and incorporated some elements of Nu Metal into their songs. This led to indignation among fans from the very beginning. The modernized band logo on the album cover was also controversial. In addition to the album, the band recorded the song No Remorse (I Wanna Die) with Atari Teenage Riot for the soundtrack of the film Spawn and played a cover version of Hand of Doom for the Black Sabbath tribute album Nativity in Black II . In Germany, meanwhile, the album Divine Intervention was indexed on December 16, 1998 by the federal inspection agency for writings harmful to minors . A photo in the booklet shows a fan who has scratched the band logo on his arm with a razor blade .
Reunification (2002-2013)
The eighth studio album God Hates Us All was released after several postponements on September 11, 2001, the day of the terrorist attacks in the USA. It was delivered with a slipcase, which the original artwork - a Bible in which nails hidden - in the form of a pentagram were smashed. On the album, influences from bands like Slipknot , who known themselves as Slayer fans, became evident. Slayers were nominated for a Grammy for the song Disciple . However, the award went to the band Tool . The terrorist attacks on the day of publication threatened the start of the Tattoo-the-Planet tour in Europe. In addition to Slayer, Pantera , Biohazard, Static-X and Vision of Disorder should also perform on this tour . Eventually all bands except Slayer, Biohazard and Static-X withdrew their participation, so that the tour had to be postponed. The British band Cradle of Filth joined the tour. There was also another band, depending on the venue. Amorphis , In Flames and Children of Bodom , among others, were involved.
Shortly before Christmas 2001, Paul Bostaph left the band again for personal reasons. As the tour wasn't over yet, King Dave asked Lombardo if he would like to fill in for the rest of the concerts. Lombardo accepted and became a permanent member again. In the fall of 2003, Slayer played the entire album Reign in Blood during another tour . As a show effect, the band rained fake blood from the ceiling during the last song, Raining Blood . A concert in Augusta was recorded under the title Still Reigning as DVD releases. In addition, another DVD was released with War at the Warfield and a box set with Soundtrack of the Apocalypse . In 2004 Slayer appeared in an episode of the MTV series Viva La Bam . The band visited the main actor Bam Margera and played a concert in the garden of his parents' house.
The ninth studio album Christ Illusion was originally supposed to be released on June 6, 2006 - alluding to the number six hundred and sixty-six . However, the date was postponed and Slayer released the EP Eternal Pyre instead . Since then, Slayer fans have been celebrating the International Day of Slayer every year on June 6th . The album was finally released on August 4, 2006 and debuted at number five on the US album charts. It was the highest US chart position for the band to date. Slayers went on a world tour called The Unholy Alliance . This should actually start on June 6th, 2006, at the same time as the EP was released. Because Tom Araya had to undergo gallbladder surgery, the start of the tour was postponed. In Flames, Mastodon , Children of Bodom, Lamb of God and Thine Eyes Bleed , the band of Araya's younger brother Johnny, appeared alongside Slayer .
On October 30, 2006, the music video for the song Eyes of the Insane was released. The song was also used on the soundtrack of the film Saw III and earned Slayer a Grammy for Best Metal Performance. Since the band was on tour, they could not receive the trophy personally. In the summer of 2007 Slayer played at various festivals in Europe, such as the Download Festival and Rock am Ring / Rock im Park . On July 24, 2007, the album Christ Illusion was re-released with a new cover and a bonus track called Final Six . This song should actually appear as part of the first release. Because Araya had to undergo an operation on the gallbladder, the song remained incomplete. The song was finally re-recorded for the re-release. For Final Six , Slayer received the 2008 Grammy Award in the "Best Metal Performance" category.
From October / beginning of November 2008 the band was in a studio to record their new album World Painted Blood , which was released on October 30, 2009 in Germany. Two of these titles ( Psychopathy Red and Hate Worldwide ) were previously streamed on the Internet. This album earned them their fourth (2010 for the title Hate Worldwide ) and fifth (2011 for the theme song World Painted Blood ) Grammy nominations, each in the category "Best Metal Performance". 2010 Slayer a. a. at the Sonisphere Festivals together with Metallica , Megadeth and Anthrax for the first time . On October 29, 2010 the live DVD / Blu-Ray The Big Four Live from Sofia, Bulgaria was released . In 2011 the four bands were on tour together. In early 2011, guitarist Hanneman was bitten by a spider, from which he almost died because of the resulting infection. As a result, he paused and was unable to accompany the band on tour, let alone work on an album originally planned for 2012. Since then, Exodus’s Gary Holt and Cannibal Corpse’s Pat O'Brien have taken over his guitar playing at concerts.
Lombardo's exit, Hanneman's death and dissolution (2013–2019)
In February 2013 there were disputes between the manager, Kerry King and Dave Lombardo, among other things over a contract, which says that a large part of the band's tour income goes to the management. Lombardo tried to negotiate a new contract, which King refused. The drummer was kicked out of the band and temporarily replaced by Jon Dette for the Australian tour ( Soundwave Festival ) . On May 2, 2013, founding member and guitarist Jeff Hanneman died of liver failure at the age of 49 in a hospital near his home in Southern California . A short time later, former Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph was confirmed as the official successor to Dave Lombardo.
After Gary Holt stepped in for Hanneman in many concerts, he was considered a suitable replacement and finally accepted into the band. On April 24, 2014 Slayer released the song Implode on their website, the first song since the 2009 album World Painted Blood . It was also announced that this song would be featured on the new album Repentless , which was announced for September 11, 2015 . Before the release of Repentless , four more singles were released from April to September 2015. To promote the new album, Slayer gave concerts in Europe in October and November 2015 together with Anthrax and Kvelertak . They also toured the United States with Testament and Carcass in February and March 2016. On January 22nd, 2018, Slayer announced via Facebook and Twitter that they would break up the band after one last world tour. The band played their last concert on November 30, 2019 at The Forum in Inglewood .
style
music
Slayer along with Metallica often metal genre Thrash referred to as the founder of by the sound of the typical New Wave of British heavy metal- -Bands as Iron Maiden , but also by groups like Venom and Motorhead , took up and greatly accelerated. This influence is shown by a comparison of the Iron Maiden riff from Caught Somewhere in Time with the Slayer title Angel of Death ( ). Another example is Piece by Piece with his, for many Slayer title typical chromaticism and - popular even with Metallica - Metrumwechsel from 12 / 8 - for 4 / 4 -Stroke in tact. 5
The band's music is also characterized by its concentration on recognizable riffs and hooklines :
"Every song has a discernable hook and melody line, something that was lacking from many, particularly Euro bores."
"Every song has a recognizable hookline and melody, which is missing in many, especially European, boring music."
The band's style was also influenced by Hanneman's preference for punk music, which was particularly evident on the cover CD Undisputed Attitude . Slayer's genre-building music was shaped by the varied drumming ( ) by the Cuban drummer Dave Lombardo and the rhythm guitar riffs by Hanneman and King, mixed on separate channels for the first releases .
The band's early works were praised for their "breakneck speed" and "powerful instrumentation". The band mixed the structure of hardcore with the speed of speed metal . The album Reign in Blood is the fastest work in Slayer history with sometimes up to 250 beats per minute .
Slayer solos are often relatively short, but there are several of them in many songs, which often alternate quickly. Whether King or Hanneman plays a certain solo is indicated in many albums in the booklet between the lyrics. The solos themselves usually have very high speeds and strong dissonances such as chromaticism . King and Hanneman also make comparatively frequent and extreme use of harmonics in the context of extreme vibrato movements .
On the album South of Heaven , the band slows down significantly. In sluggish titles like Spill the Blood or the theme song South of Heaven , there is room for varied drum figures. On the albums Diabolus in Musica , the album title refers to the Latin expression for the three whole-tone interval ( tritone ) of the excessive fourth, long classified as diabolical and avoided , and God Hates Us All , Slayers experimented with more modern sounds. Korn in particular had a certain influence with lower-pitched guitars.
With the album Christ Illusion , Slayers returned to their classic style:
“It doesn't get any more furious or faster than on their 1986 album 'Reign in Blood'. Although they tried it for 20 years, they only got carried away in the heights of the gloomy arts and crafts in order to gratefully toast the old, lower limits today with 'Christ Illusion'. "
Texts
Most of the lyrics are written by Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman. Since the album South of Heaven , Tom Araya has also been involved in writing the lyrics. His texts are usually related to the real world. Araya gets inspiration from newspapers and the news on television . He was particularly fascinated by the acts of serial killers .
Kerry King's lyrics are of a purely fictional nature and are usually anti-Christian. However, he asserts that he does not hate anything or anyone. King describes himself as an agnostic and atheist . Jeff Hanneman also wrote mostly anti-Christian songs. He also wrote some controversially discussed songs such as B. Angel of Death .
Singer Araya presented himself as a devout Catholic shortly after the turn of the millennium . His confession sparked a discussion among fans about the extent to which Araya can credibly sing lyrics that are in stark contrast to his faith. Araya explains to rock-hard magazine:
“My beliefs don't forbid me to be part of Slayer. Conversely, my membership in Slayer doesn't prevent me from being who I am. […] I do not conform to many of King's texts, but my belief is very strong and words cannot harm him. [...] They are words that another person has written. I can still get it across with real passion. Just like an actor. [...] But I don't have to force myself to have this passion, because I love our music. "
The world interprets the band's lyrics as a radical moral challenge to any religion and its effects:
“Because if Motörhead lay politics in ruins in order to cement it again, Slayers do the same for religion. [...] Four songs earlier, the song Jihad as a rattling setting of the statute of 9-11 terrorists puts the patience of the Islamists to the test. "
optics
The band and especially Kerry King also set standards visually. King's stage clothing, consisting of studded boots, studded bracelets and leather, which in turn was heavily influenced by Judas Priest's optics, was copied countless times. King later started studding his bracelets with long nails. In doing so, he created the classic black metal image, which is still maintained today by many bands of this genre, although Slayers never played black metal.
The iconography used by the band through logos caused irritation . The band lettering used on most of the publications contains an S, which is similar to the Siegrune used by various National Socialist organizations ( Schutzstaffel , Deutsches Jungvolk ) . In principle, however, the use of this symbol is classified as apolitical. Likewise, a request from the Baden-Württemberg state parliament members Thomas Oelmayer and Hans-Ulrich Sckerl to the Ministry of Justice revealed that, due to the use of the rune in the band logo, no advertisements had yet been made due to the use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations . In addition to the original band logo, a band logo similar to the National Socialist Reichsadler and the name and emblem of the Slatanic Wehrmacht fan club became the object of controversy.
Other band logos were used on Diabolus in Musica and individual editions of God Hates Us All alone .
Influence and reception
Along with Metallica , Anthrax and Megadeth, Slayers are among the "Big Four" of Thrash Metal . All four bands became famous in the early 1980s and have made a huge impact on the genre. Slayer turned out to be the most extreme band in the quartet and remained largely true to their style until the album Divine Intervention (1994).
In addition to Thrash Metal, Slayer exerts a great influence on the Death and Black Metal scene. Many bands from these genres consider Slayers to be one of their main influences. Examples are bands such as Sepultura , Kreator , Machine Head , but also more modern bands such as Slipknot . In addition to tribute albums , various bands have recorded numerous cover versions of Slayer songs. Various bands outside of the metal scene have also covered Slayer songs. For example, the singer Tori Amos covered the song Raining Blood on her album Strange Little Girls in 2001 .
The fact that Slayers enjoy cult status in the metal scene to this day is also expressed by the so-called "Slayer call" (similar to the "Helga call" known from music festivals , instead of a long drawn-out "Helga!", "Slayer!" Makes the rounds) . This is a running gag , which is characterized by the constant shouting of the band name at festivals. This ritual can extend over the entire length of the event and is now an integral part of the Slayer cult.
MTV placed Slayer in sixth place on their list of "Greatest Metal Bands of All Time". The TV broadcaster VH-1 put them at number 50 on their list of the “100 greatest hard rock bands”.
The album Reign in Blood was published by the British magazine Kerrang! referred to as the heaviest album of all time. For Stylus Magazine, the album is a “genre definer”. In 2018 the British metal Hammer named Reign in Blood the best metal album of the last 20 years.
In the book “Best of Rock & Metal” by the German rock-hard magazine, which lists the 500 strongest metal and hard-rock albums of all time, according to the rock-hard editorial team, Slayer are represented with four albums : Reign in Blood is sixth, Hell Awaits 40th, South of Heaven 43rd and Seasons in the Abyss 53rd. The weekly newspaper Die Zeit reported in its September 27, 2007 issue about Reign in Blood as part of the series “100 classics of modern music ”.
Controversy
During their career, Slayers caused controversial discussions many times, especially in Germany. This was due mainly allusions to Nazism , engaged in various texts and by Schutzstaffel expressed sticker on the instruments. In addition, the official fan club is called Slatanic Wehrmacht .
The most famous controversy revolves around the song Angel of Death from the album Reign in Blood . The song, written by Jeff Hanneman, deals with the doctor Josef Mengele , who carried out human experiments on prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp . Mengele's acts are neither condemned in the text, nor does Hanneman distance himself from them through the song. Therefore, there were repeated accusations that the band sympathized with National Socialism. Other songs that deal with the subject of National Socialism are The Final Command (from the album Show No Mercy ), Behind the Crooked Cross ( English: 'Hinter dem Hakenkreuz ', from the album South of Heaven ) and SS-3 (from the album Divine Intervention ). The latter song is about Reinhard Heydrich , the organizer of the Holocaust . The title SS-3 refers to the license plate number of the car in which Heydrich was fatally injured by a hand grenade in an attack by Czech resistance fighters. The song was the main reason for the indexing of the album, along with the cover artwork and some other lyrics. The live video Live Intrusion shows video recordings from the Dachau concentration camp , which are underlaid with the Monty Python song Always Look on the Bright Side of Life .
The song Guilty of Being White , a cover version of the minor threat song of the same name, sparked further discussion. Araya changed the last line from “guilty of being white” to “guilty of being right” . Araya stated in an interview that there was no message behind this text change:
"I know what it is like to be discriminated against by the cops as a non-white person."
The band regularly rejects such allegations. They assert that their songs should be understood like documentaries that have no ideological background. The reason that the band write texts on this topic is due to their interest in the Third Reich . Jeff Hanneman, from whom most of the texts refer to National Socialism come, described himself in an interview as "Californian punk who has no political ambitions".
Furthermore, members of the band refer to the facts that Tom Araya is a native Chilean and Dave Lombardo was born in Cuba . Araya's wife and producer Rick Rubin come from Jewish families. Kerry King contributed a guitar solo to the song No Sleep Til Brooklyn in 1986 by the rap band Beastie Boys , whose members are also Jews. Eventually, the band recorded a song with African American rapper Ice-T in 1993 and collaborated with the clearly left-wing band Atari Teenage Riot in 1997 .
Texts about serial killers also caused controversy. Examples include Dead Skin Mask and 213 , which refer to Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer, respectively. The song Jihad from the album Christ Illusion deals with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The text is written from the perspective of one of the terrorists and does not include any evaluation.
The cover of Christ Illusion , which shows a mutilated Jesus Christ , caused an uproar among Christian and Muslim groups in India . After protests, the record company EMI recalled the entire edition.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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| 1983 |
Show No Mercy Metal Blade |
- | - | - | - | - |
First published: December 3, 1983
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| 1985 |
Hell Awaits Metal Blade |
- | - | - | - | - |
First published: April 19, 1985
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| 1986 |
Reign in Blood Def Jam Recordings |
- | - | - |
UK47 (3 weeks) UK |
US94  (18 weeks)US |
First published: October 7, 1986
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| 1988 |
South of Heaven Def Jam Recordings |
DE23 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK25th  (4 weeks)UK |
US57 (19 weeks)US |
First published: July 5, 1988
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| 1990 |
Seasons in the Abyss Def American |
DE19 (10 weeks) DE |
AT29 (1 week) AT |
- |
UK18 (3 weeks) UK |
US40 (23 weeks)US |
First published: October 9, 1990
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| 1994 |
Divine Intervention American Recordings |
DE18 (9 weeks) DE |
AT22 (3 weeks) AT |
CH15 (5 weeks) CH |
UK15 (4 weeks) UK |
US8th (9 weeks)US |
First published: September 27, 1994
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| 1996 |
Undisputed Attitude American Recordings |
DE45 (5 weeks) DE |
AT43 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
UK31 (3 weeks) UK |
US34 (5 weeks) US |
First published: May 28, 1996
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| 1998 |
Diabolus in Musica American Recordings |
DE32 (6 weeks) DE |
AT40 (6 weeks) AT |
- |
UK27 (3 weeks) UK |
US31 (6 weeks) US |
First published: June 9, 1998
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| 2001 |
God Hates Us All American Recordings |
DE9 (5 weeks) DE |
AT31 (4 weeks) AT |
CH44 (3 weeks) CH |
UK31 (2 weeks) UK |
US28 (6 weeks) US |
First published: September 11, 2001
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| 2006 |
Christ Illusion American Recordings |
DE2 (7 weeks) DE |
AT6 (7 weeks) AT |
CH11 (6 weeks) CH |
UK23 (3 weeks) UK |
US5 (6 weeks) US |
First published: August 8, 2006
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| 2009 |
World Painted Blood American Recordings |
DE7 (4 weeks) DE |
AT13 (3 weeks) AT |
CH14 (3 weeks) CH |
UK41 (1 week) UK |
US12 (5 weeks) US |
First published: November 3, 2009
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| 2015 |
Repentless Nuclear Blast |
DE1 (12 weeks) DE |
AT6 (5 weeks) AT |
CH3 (7 weeks) CH |
UK11 (3 weeks) UK |
US4 (4 weeks) US |
First published: September 11, 2015
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