Slayer - Show No Mercy (2026 Reissue)

Released on Metal Blade, SLAYER's debut album acted as a powerful omen of what extreme metal would become. SLAYER wrote many of the songs for 'Show No Mercy' before they were signed. Once the Metal Blade deal was inked, the band finished writing and headed into the studio with a budget of $1500 and one intense week of production. The result was an uncompromising mix of punk and metal - heavier, faster, and darker than other bands had yet dared to try. Jeff Hanneman recalled, "I was just getting out of the metal thing with Priest and Iron Maiden, and I was listening to a lot of hardcore when we started. I was into the punk, but still loved the metal, and Kerry was into metal, and when we started writing together those influences all came together".