Jacobin more prominent in leading France, the period when war was declared on Austria and Prussia, the monarchy was overthrown and the Republic created. In May 1793, the leaders of the Mountain faction led by Maximilien Robespierre succeeded in sidelining the Girondin faction and controlled the government until July 1794. Their time in government was characterized by high levels of political violence and for this reason the period of the Jacobin/Mountain government is also commonly referred to as the Reign of Terror. In October 1793, 21 prominent Girondins were guillotined. The Mountain-dominated government executed 17,000 opponents nationwide, purportedly to suppress the
Reign of Terror (Sleigh Bells album) ends up being a fatiguing reminder of how remarkable a feat "Treats" was. Sleigh Bells may have topped themselves here, but it's a case of more being less." Dan Weiss of "Paste" noted that the album lacked the hip-hop element their debut had that gave those songs energy along with the metal elements, concluding that ""Reign of Terror" plays like a band with original ideas who got stuck in quicksand." Michael Hann of "The Guardian" felt that the album was compressed with its songs' production lacking energy, concluding that "they're not actually noisy per se, merely uninterested in restraint, which