Decade of Aggression

Occupation

• Vocals, bass Tom Araya
• Guitar: Kerry King
• Guitar: Jeff Hanneman
• Drums: Dave Lombardo

Decade of Aggression is the second live album of the Californian thrash metal band Slayer. It is the last release with Dave Lombardo on drums released live DVD Still Reigning in 2004 up to the.

Background

The double album was recorded during the "Clash of the Titans " tour in Lakeland, Wembley Arena in London, and San Bernardino. All tracks on the first CD were recorded on July 13, 1991 at Lakeland Colloseum. For the pieces of the second CD recordings have been compiled from the other two concerts. Song 1, 2 and 7 are from the concert at Wembley Arena on October 14, 1990, the songs 3-6 and 8-10 are from the concert at the Orange Pavilion, San Bernardino, March 8, 1991. Editing the song recordings is the change of the recording location not be clear.

Compared to the best-of compilations of other artists of the time it is a pure live album. The band used exclusively original recordings and no overdubs. What is unusual about the mix is that in each case a guitarist throughout was on the left and put on the right stereo channel. The respective guitar playing is so clearly attributable. The album debuted on November 9, 1991, the Billboard 200, a, was a total of ten weeks in the charts and reached there place 55

Review

Billboard writes in his review:

"It's a double live album did Approaches the league of Ted Nugent 's Double Live Gonzo! , The Who 's Live at Leeds, and the Allman Brothers ' At Fillmore East When it comes to Representing a band perfectly. "

" When it comes to represent a band perfectly, owns this double live album in the league of Double Live Gonzo! Ted Nugent, Live at Leeds by The Who and At Fillmore East by the Allman Brothers. "

Bloodchamber.de keeps the album a milestone in the history of Metal. Thomas copper from Rock Hard wrote that the album " contains all the songs that have made possible the rise of Californians in the premier league of thrash bands ." Also ruled The Metal Observer, noting that the album would be a good opportunity to get acquainted with the older material of the band.

Title list

Disc 1

Disc 2

Limited Edition

There is a Limited Edition of Decade of Aggression, in which on the second disc still "Skeletons of Society " and "At Dawn They Sleep " are included between " Postmortem " and "Spirit in Black". This edition was limited to only 10,000 pieces.