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"Angel of Death" is the opening track on American thrash metal band Slayer's 1986 album Reign in Blood. The lyrics and music were written by guitarist Jeff Hanneman.They detail the Nazi physician Josef Mengele's human experiments at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.
In 2005, the Slayer tribute band Dead Skin Mask released an album with eight Slayer tracks, including "Angel of Death". [73] The death metal band Monstrosity covered the song in 1999, [74] while the track was featured on the classical band Apocalyptica's 2006 album Amplified / A Decade of Reinventing the Cello. [75]
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Hanneman's favorite album was Reign in Blood, and he enjoyed performing the songs "Raining Blood" and "Angel of Death". [3] He contributed lyrics and music to every Slayer album, having formed a music and lyric writing partnership with Araya, which sometimes overshadowed King's creative input. [23]
Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, who recruited vocalist and bassist Tom Araya, and drummer Dave Lombardo. [1] Slayer's first two albums, Show No Mercy (1983) and Hell Awaits (1985), which were released on Metal Blade Records, did not chart in the United States. [2]
It should only contain pages that are Slayer songs or lists of Slayer songs, ... Angel of Death (Slayer song) B. Bloodline (Slayer song) C. Criminally Insane (song) E.
Slayer has been accused of holding Nazi sympathies, due to the band's eagle logo bearing resemblance to the Eagle atop swastika and the lyrics of "Angel of Death". [210] "Angel of Death" was inspired by the acts of Josef Mengele, [211] the doctor who conducted human experiments on prisoners during World War II at the Auschwitz concentration ...
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