Collection: Slayer Vinyl Records

Slayer defined one half of what thrash metal could be. Where Metallica moved toward songcraft, Slayer pushed the other way — into faster, more compressed, more aggressive territory — and Reign in Blood remains the genre's most influential single record. Across a thirty-five-year career and twelve studio albums, the band stayed truer to the original template than any of their peers.

The vinyl pressings, particularly the recent American Recordings reissues, are reference-quality. The Rick Rubin-produced records benefit hugely from the LP format — the drum-tracking and the guitar layers that flatten on compressed digital regain their definition.