Reign in Blood
Many music critics and fans liked Reign in Blood. The album helped Slayer become more popular. The band became important in the heavy metal community. Kerrang! magazine said the record was "the heaviest album of all time," and an important album in thrash metal and speed metal. Reign in Blood is compared to many other important thrash metal albums made in the 1980s, such as Anthrax's Among the Living, Megadeth's Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, and Metallica's Master of Puppets. Many people think Reign in Blood is one of the most influential thrash metal albums ever made.