Reign of Terror and Sardinia, began attacking France from all directions besieging and capturing ports and retaking ground lost to France. With so many similarities to the first days of the Revolutionary Wars, the French government with threats on all sides, unification of the country became a top priority. As the war continued and the Reign of Terror began, leaders saw a correlation between using terror and achieving victory. Well phrased by Albert Soboul, “terror, at first an improvised response to defeat, once organized became an instrument of victory.” The threat of defeat and foreign invasion may have helped spur the origins of
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