Show No Mercy
by Slayer

Show No Mercy by Slayer
Year: 1983
Release date: 1983-12-03
Overall rank: 3,364th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 174 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (44th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (497th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,364th)

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Slayer bestography

Show No Mercy is ranked 4th best out of 15 albums by Slayer on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Slayer is Reign In Blood which is ranked number 471 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,617.

Slayer album bestography « Higher ranked (1,641st)
South Of Heaven
This album (3,364th)
Show No Mercy
Lower ranked (4,854th) »
Hell Awaits

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,364th | 1980s rank: 497th | 1983 rank: 44th

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 174 votes)
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02/19/2026 03:58 stareaterogni0n  Ratings distribution  47271/100
 
80/100
 
01/28/2026 14:31 Untitled  Ratings distribution  1,72077/100
 
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12/11/2025 09:12 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,96870/100
 
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09/01/2025 07:24 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  13,07273/100
 
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08/23/2025 09:39 Musicmister9988  Ratings distribution  20396/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.

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80/100
From 02/07/2023 18:46 | #293763
Grande começo do Slayer, peso e força.
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From 01/11/2020 15:27 | #246705
The best was yet to come, but this isn’t a bad metal record by any means. All the Rob Halford style screeching that Tom was doing felt a little forced and awkward, but the tunes are fun head banging, genre pushing heart pounders.
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75/100
From 04/30/2017 06:56 | #190050
A solid debut from one of the most influential metal bands of all time. A little inconsistent as an album, but has some of Slayer's best songs in Die By the Sword, Metal Storm/Face the Slayer, and Black Magic. Probably their third best album after Reign in Blood and Hell Awaits.
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