Slayer - Reign in Blood

"Albums I should have bought years ago", Part 1. 

The first time I ever heard Reign in Blood was in middle school, in my friend's basement. Ah, middle school. That was the only time all my friends liked metal. The start of my lifelong journey, and little did I know it was just a phase for all those other preteen dweebs.

At this point in middle school I had recently discovered Sepultura and Obituary, and after all the hype about Slayer I think I just let out a big fart. It was no heavier than Metallica. I wasn't interested.

The next phase of my relationship with Slayer was high school, when my best friend Jimmy would constantly try to argue that they were better than Megadeth. I wasn't having it. He said it just depended on which band you "grew up" on. I said he was an idiot.

I appreciate Slayer more now than I did then. But I still can't imagine any of their albums usurping Rust in Peace, So Far...So Good...So What?, or Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? at the top of my thrash list (or Beneath the Remains). 

I actually bought South of Heaven last year and I still think that album may be better. But either way, Reign in Blood is a classic and everyone knows that. It's kind of laughable that it took me this long to add it to my collection.