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 | |||
Slayer chronology | ||||
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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]
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]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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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 |