{"id":930644,"date":"2026-10-12T20:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930644\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T20:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:24:09","slug":"dave-lombardo-reflects-on-slayers-reign-in-blood-it-still-gives-me-chills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930644\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Lombardo Reflects on Slayer’s Reign in Blood: “It Still Gives Me Chills”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Founding Slayer<\/a>\u00a0drummer Dave Lombardo<\/a>\u00a0reflected on the band\u2019s Reign in Blood to mark the 40th anniversary of the iconic album, saying, \u201cIt still gives me chills.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview with Loaded Radio<\/a>, Lombardo was asked about Reign in Blood, which landed at No. 3 on Consequence\u2018s 75 Best Metal Albums of All Time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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He responded, \u201cIt still gives me the chills when I listen to that album. The palms of your hands get sweaty, your heart rate increases, and you\u2019re in the moment. I performed those songs so many times in my life\u2026 When I listen to those songs, it triggers that adrenaline. I get charged. If I go into cardiac arrest, play \u2018Angel of Death\u2019 or \u2018Raining Blood\u2019 or something\u2026 watch me just pop up like, \u2018hey, what\u2019s going on?’\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lombardo also discussed the benefits of Slayer\u2019s raw approach to recording at the time, explaining, \u201cSince computer software, music recording software, a lot of the music has turned very sterile. And so you kind of miss that push and pull of those albums that were almost restless\u2026 When we were recording those songs, we would look at each other and say, all right, let\u2019s go. Come on, let\u2019s fuckin\u2019 kill it. Let\u2019s nail this one. Let\u2019s get this song faster. Play it just a little faster. Okay, let\u2019s go. Count four.\u2019 And the band would come in with \u2018angst and adrenaline. And anger. Anxious, angst, adrenaline, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also reflected on late Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman, the legendary songwriter of both \u201cAngel of Death\u201d and \u201cRaining Blood,\u201d among many, many others. \u201cHe was a great guy. He was funny. Amazing songwriter,\u201d Lombardo said. \u201cHe was a trailblazer, man. He was, for the band, self-taught, and took it from there, and created some of the most amazing music of our genre.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lombardo parted ways with Slayer in 2013, but remains one of the most in-demand metal drummers in the world, currently playing with the Misfits and Mr. Bungle, among other acts.<\/p>\n

Slayer, meanwhile, recently announced a \u201cblood\u201d-filled vinyl edition<\/a> of\u00a0Reign in Blood. The band has also been playing a series of shows in North and South America where they are performing Reign in Blood in its entirety, including an upcoming two-night stand at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on November 13th and 14th. Get tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See the full interview with Dave Lombardo below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Founding Slayer\u00a0drummer Dave Lombardo\u00a0reflected on the band\u2019s Reign in Blood to mark the 40th anniversary of the iconic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-930644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}