Raining Blood
Slayer * Track #10 On Reign in Blood
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Album Reign in Blood
Raining Blood by Slayer
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SlayerWrited by
Kerry KingAbout
One of Slayer’s signature songs both concludes and gives its name to their most acclaimed album. Writers Kerry King and the late Jeff Hanneman have said it’s one of their favorite songs to play live, and it has been an almost permanent fixture in their live set lists for more than 30 years. Often, t...
Raining Blood Lyrics
[Produced by Rick Rubin]
[Instrumental Intro 00:00-01:22]
[Verse]
Trapped in purgatory
A lifeless object, alive
Awaiting reprisal
Death will be their acquittance
The sky is turning red
Return to power draws near
Fall into me, the sky's crimson tears
Abolish the rules made of stone
[Bridge]
Pierced from below, souls of my treacherous past
Betrayed by many, now ornaments dripping above
Awaiting the hour of reprisal
Your time slips away
[Instrumental Break 02:12-02:39]
[Chorus]
Raining blood
From a lacerated sky
Bleeding its horror
Creating my structure
Now, I shall reign in blood
[Instrumental Outro 02:50-04:15]
[Guitar Solo: Kerry King]
Raining Blood Q&A
Who wrote Raining Blood's ?
Raining Blood was written by Kerry King.
Who produced Raining Blood's ?
Raining Blood was produced by Rick Rubin & Slayer.
When did Slayer release Raining Blood?
Slayer released Raining Blood on Tue Oct 07 1986.
What did Slayer say about "Raining Blood"?
In the book Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces, two members of Slayer answer;
“What song has held up best?” with “Raining Blood.” Says guitarist Jeff Hanneman:
I still love playing that song live. You’d think we’d be tired of it – I mean, I’d love to...
What inspired the stage blood that often rains down during live performances?
Jeff Hanneman told KNAC.COM,
The raining part – the actual blood raining down on the stage – was something I think I came up with like two years after Reign In Blood came out, but it wasn’t feasible then – we didn’t have the money or the wherewithal to do it, but it was always in the back of my min...