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Graphic used by the band in the 1990s [9]. The lyrics of "Angel of Death" delayed the release of Reign in Blood which was originally scheduled for April 1986. [10] The band was signed to Def Jam Records, whose distributor, Columbia Records, refused to release the album due to its subject matter and artwork, which they believed were "too graphic". [2]
"Praise of Death" Jeff Hanneman Kerry King Hell Awaits: 1985 [8] "Pride in Prejudice" Kerry King Repentless: 2015 [9] "Psychopathy Red" † Jeff Hanneman World Painted Blood: 2009 [6] "Public Display of Dismemberment" Kerry King World Painted Blood: 2009 [6] "Raining Blood" † Jeff Hanneman Kerry King Jeff Hanneman Reign in Blood: 1986 [18]
Hanneman composed both music and lyrics for every Slayer album until his death in 2013. Born in 1964 in Long Beach, California, [2] [3] Hanneman listened to heavy metal and hardcore punk in his childhood and adolescence. He was working as a telemarketer in 1981 when he met Kerry King, with whom he founded Slayer.
Hell Awaits is the second studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on April 8, 1985, by Metal Blade Records.The band's 1983 debut Show No Mercy became Metal Blade Records' highest-selling release, and as a result, producer Brian Slagel desired to release a second Slayer album.
Undisputed Attitude is the seventh studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on May 28, 1996, by American Recordings.The album consists almost entirely of covers of punk rock and hardcore punk songs, and also includes two tracks written by guitarist Jeff Hanneman in 1984 and 1985 for a side project called Pap Smear; [2] its closing track, "Gemini", is the only original track.
God Hates Us All is the ninth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on September 11, 2001, by American Recordings.It was recorded over three months at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, and includes the Grammy Award-nominated song "Disciple".
South of Heaven is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on July 5, 1988, by Def Jam Recordings.The album was the band's second collaboration with producer Rick Rubin, whose production skills on their previous album Reign in Blood (1986) had helped their sound evolve.
I notice somebody's picked out about the lyrics, so here are a few possible sources to use; 1. From here; "With the song “Angel of Death,” about delusional and deific eugenics practitioner Josef Mengele, a Nazi doctor who performed experiments on concentration camp inmates, the band unwittingly garnered acolytes among skin-headed Neo-Nazis." 2.