Angel of Death (Slayer song)
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. The song drew accusations of racism, which the band has denied. The half-time riff was sampled by Public Enemy in their 1988 song \”She Watch Channel Zero?!
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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. The song drew accusations of racism, which the band has denied. Despite the controversy, the song remains a live favorite, and has appeared on all of Slayer’s live albums. The half-time riff was sampled by Public Enemy in their 1988 song \”She Watch Channel Zero?!. It is one of the longest songs on the album, which is 29 minutes and 51 seconds in total.
It has been described as highly influential in the development of Thrash metal or speed metal, and is highly regarded by some critics; AllMusic’s Steve Huey called it a classic and the album ‘the pinnacle of speed metal’ The song has also been compared to the song ‘Jihad’ from their 2006 album Christ has drawn comparison with ‘Angel of death’ The band has said that they do not condone racism and are merely interested in the subject of Nazi history. The band did not materialize to create a similar subject matter to that of Angel of Death, although it is expected that they would have done so.
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