Reign of Terror June 1793 and the end of July 1794, there were 16,594 official death sentences in France, of which 2,639 were in Paris. There was a sense of emergency among leading politicians in France in the summer of 1793 between the widespread civil war and counter-revolution. Bertrand Barère exclaimed on 5 September 1793 in the Convention: "Let's make terror the order of the day!" They were determined to avoid street violence such as the September Massacres of 1792 by taking violence into their own hands as an instrument of government. Robespierre in February 1794 in a speech explained the necessity of
Reign of Terror (Sleigh Bells album) Reign of Terror (Sleigh Bells album) Reign of Terror is the second studio album by American noise pop duo Sleigh Bells. The album was released on February 21, 2012 by Mom+Pop. Following the critical success of their debut album "Treats", Sleigh Bells started writing new material for their next album while on tour for their debut album, and recorded it over the course of five months in 2011. While "Treats" used a mixture of guitars and beats that eschewed pop song structures for their overall sound, "Reign of Terror" emphasized more guitar sounds that follow structures with emotionally heavy lyrics.