Decade of Aggression Album
- Release date: October 22, 1991
- Label: DefJam Records
- Running time: 85:28
- US highest chart position: 55
| Track listing - disc 1 | Song credits | Time | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01. Hell Awaits | (Hanneman/King) | 6:50 | read |
| 02. The Antichrist | (Hanneman/King) | 3:54 | read |
| 03. War Ensemble | (Araya/Hanneman) | 4:53 | read |
| 04. South of Heaven | (Araya/Hanneman) | 4:25 | read |
| 05. Raining Blood | (Hanneman/King) | 2:32 | read |
| 06. Altar of Sacrifice | (Hanneman/King) | 2:48 | read |
| 07. Jesus Saves | (Hanneman/King) | 4:12 | read |
| 08. Dead Skin Mask | (Araya/Hanneman) | 4:58 | read |
| 09. Seasons in the Abyss | (Araya/Hanneman) | 7:01 | read |
| 10. Mandatory Suicide | (Araya/Hanneman/King) | 4:01 | read |
| 11. Angel of Death | (Hanneman) | 5:20 | read |
| Track listing - disc 2 | Song credits | Time | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01. Hallowed Point | (Araya/Hanneman/King) | 3:37 | read |
| 02. Blood Red | (Araya/Hanneman) | 3:11 | read |
| 03. Die by the Sword | (Hanneman) | 3:17 | read |
| 04. Black Magic | (Hanneman/King) | 3:34 | read |
| 05. Captor of Sin | (Hanneman/King) | 3:28 | read |
| 06. Born of Fire | (Hanneman/King) | 3:00 | read |
| 07. Skeletons of Society (Metalbox ed.) | (King) | 4:50 | read |
| 08. At Dawn They Sleep (Metalbox ed.) | (Araya/Hanneman/King) | 6:25 | read |
| 09. Postmortem | (Hanneman) | 4:04 | read |
| 10. Spirit in Black | (Hanneman/King) | 4:21 | read |
| 11. Expendable Youth | (Araya/Hanneman) | 4:27 | read |
| 12. Chemical Warfare | (Hanneman/King) | 5:24 | read |
Album credits
Slayer - Producer, Design | Tom Araya - Bass, Vocals | Jeff Hanneman - Guitars | Kerry King - Guitars | Dave Lombardo - Drums | Jim Champagne - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant | Bill Dawes - Remixing | Brendan O'Brien - Mixing, Mixing Engineer | Rick Rubin - Producer | Chuck Smith - Guitar Technician | Tim Summerhayes - Engineer | Howie Weinberg - Mastering | Peter Yianilos - Engineer | Roland Young - Assistant Engineer | Michael Lavine - Photography | Alex Solca - Photography | Mark Leialoha - Photography | Doug Field - Engineer | Richard Kimball - Executive Producer | Kevin Estrada - Photography | Rick Sales - Design | Phil Kneebone - Engineer | Patricia Chavarria - Production Coordination
Album reviews
While the double-disc Decade of Aggression couldn't be expected to capture all of the unparalleled aggression of Slayer's live shows, this set comes pretty damn close. Most of the thrash metal pioneers' countless classics (including "Angel of Death," "War Ensemble," "Black Magic," "Hell Awaits," "Chemical Warfare," "Raining Blood," et al.) are featured here, but it is the sheer ferocity (and velocity) of the band members' performances which really stand out. Tom Araya's tortured screams never lose their potency, and though the unbelievable speed of guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman is shocking enough, drummer Dave Lombardo takes the cake with his double kick-drum precision and inventive fills. - Ed | All Music Guide |
Pandemonium, mayhem, madness-it's all in a night's work for the bays in Slayer, the world's doomiest, thrashiest, most notorious (and certainly most revered) speed metal band ever. Like gladiators who only live for the thrill each night of annihilating fresh enemies far the adulation of the roaring crowds, Slayer has also earned a reputation as one of metal's hardest-touring, biggest draws; that is, when they decide to do it (about once every two or three years) it's always a major spectacle, the metal equivalent of a solar eclipse or comet, or an elaborate production of Wagner's Ring Cycle. Interestingly what emerges from Decade (this band's equivalent of Arc-Weld?) is a broad, sweeping sense of the dynamics and drama culled mostly from the set list of last year's Clash Of The Titans tour. Disc one is as close as one can get to a definitive Slayer set on record, and though the sound is appreciably thinner than the originals, the animal intensity and unrelenting carnivorous frenzy shine through undimmed-now you too can experience the devastation and pestilence of a real live Slayer show in the privacy of your own home any time you'd like, just by slipping in this disc. Sorry, mosh pit not included; some assembly of blood-red lighting towers and gigantic rotating pentangle stage set-up required. | cmj.com |