World Painted Blood
World Painted Blood is the eleventh studio album by American thrash metal band, Slayer. World Painted Blood was released on November 3, 2009 through American Recordings and Sony Music Entertainment.[2] It is Slayer's last album to feature drummer Dave Lombardo who was fired and guitarist Jeff Hanneman who died of liver failure, both in 2013.[3][4]
| World Painted Blood | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 3, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | October 2008 and January-March 2009 at The Pass in Los Angeles[1] | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 39:51 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | American, Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Rick Rubin (exec.) Greg Fidelman | |||
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The album peaked at #12 on the Billboard 200,[5] #18 on the Digital Albums,[6] #2 on the Top Hard Rock Albums,[7] #4 on the Top Rock Albums,[8] and at #1 on the Top Tastemaker Albums charts.[9] In 2010, the song "Hate Worldwide" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Metal Performance.[10] The next year, the song "World Painted Blood" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the same category.[11]
Songs
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "World Painted Blood" | Tom Araya, Jeff Hanneman | Hanneman | 5:53 |
| 2. | "Unit 731" | Hanneman | Hanneman | 2:40 |
| 3. | "Snuff" | Kerry King | King | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Beauty Through Order" | Araya, Hanneman | Hanneman | 4:37 |
| 5. | "Hate Worldwide" | King | King | 2:52 |
| 6. | "Public Display of Dismemberment" | King | King | 2:35 |
| 7. | "Human Strain" | Araya, Hanneman | Hanneman | 3:09 |
| 8. | "Americon" | King | King | 3:23 |
| 9. | "Psychopathy Red" | Hanneman | Hanneman | 2:26 |
| 10. | "Playing with Dolls" | Araya, Hanneman, King | Hanneman | 4:14 |
| 11. | "Not of This God" | King | King | 4:20 |
Total length: | 39:51 | |||
| Limited bonus track | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length | |||||
| 12. | "Atrocity Vendor" | Araya, King | King | 2:53 | |||||
| Japanese bonus track | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length | |||||
| 12. | "Psychopathy Red" (Explicit Live Version) | Hanneman | Hanneman | 2:47 | |||||
