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World Painted Blood - Slayer
  • Band Name: Slayer
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Nov 3, 2009
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Metascore
78 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 37 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: Greg Fidelman and Rick Rubin produced the latest disc for the thrash metal band.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. NOW Magazine
    100
    It's a bummer that Slayer's November 13 Air Canada Centre show, and their entire tour, has been postponed due to lead singer/bassist Tom Araya's back problems, but we can console ourselves with their excellent new album, which finds the dark-minded, serial-killer-obsessed California thrashers keeping all things in balance.
  2. The A.V. Club
    91
    Greg Fidelman does a better production job here than he did on Metallica's "Death Magnetic," perhaps due to oversight by Rick Rubin, who produced Slayer's best work.
  3. Q Magazine
    60
    More of the same, then, but such cold-blooded consistency should be commended. [Dec 2009, p. 126]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. seanK
    10
    Best Metal album of 2009, Not a bad song on it. My favorite tracks are: playing with dolls, title track, unit 731, hate world wide and snuff. This album is very well done and proves Slayer are still the bst Thrash metal band ever.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. Ikarus14
    10
    One of their best albums and an improvement over Christ Illusion. Prue aggression and metal shineyness from start to finish certainly can't be a bad thing.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. DylanD.
    0
    Absolutely terrible. Slayer has failed. Again.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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