Reign In Blood
by Slayer
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Reign In Blood is ranked as the best album by Slayer.
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Reign In Blood track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Reign In Blood rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  foxytreeko | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 35/100 | 65 |
| 2026 | Pavloss | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Strangel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 26 Music Albums of 1986 | 7/26 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | All Time Pt 3 | 47/100 | - |
| 2026 |  MetalMan67 | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s | 9/99 | 18 |
| 2026 | bobnickmad | Top 57 Music Albums of the 1980s | 13/57 | 16 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Missed The Cut- 1986 | 5/9 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 40 Music Albums of 1986 | 4/40 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 522 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,625 | |||
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Reign In Blood ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/03/2026 16:09 |  HoldenM | 1,883 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2026 15:33 |  Milhaud | 2,154 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2026 20:15 | Untitled | 1,802 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.5.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5414): By Graeme2 BestEverAlbums 08/01/2025 16:03 in Monthly overall chart movementsReign In Blood comments
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HoldenM 09/03/2026 16:10 | #315970
Goes kinda hard!
Cargusbralem 05/16/2023 01:21 | #296984
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After listening to this album a handful of times I have begun to love almost everything about it. Its fast paced, energetic and heavy, making it suit perfectly for the style of music they are going for. They literally don't even give you a second to breathe on here with loads of content being squeezed into the relatively short 30 minute run time but that means we are treated to all killer and no filler. Every song plays its role on here and combine to form the bigger picture. It flows brilliantly and is completely full of power which makes it such an enjoyable experience for the listener. However, there is room to improve on this album with their being an argument that it can be quite repetitive at times and some songs might be too similar to one another. Overall, an album that has its flaws but is still a lot of fun to listen to especially when played extremely loud and it has made me excited to look more into this genre.
Enjoyable classic thrash metal album, brutal lyrics with brutal riffs and very fast playing.
My favorite element of the record are definitely riffs and solos as I think they're fantastic, I typically don't enjoy this type of lyrics so I can't say I really like them. Definitely revolutionary album and I appreciate the sound.
Solid thrash record
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