1988 - This Day In Metal

1988

Slayer – South of Heaven: Slayer Made Slower Sound More Evil

Released: July 5, 1988 Slayer had already proved they could go faster than almost anyone. Reign in Blood did that job. It was short, violent, and basically over before your brain caught up. After a record like that, the easy path would have been to chase speed again and hope

Death

Death’s Leprosy: Brutality Forged in Disease

Leprosy stands as one of death metal’s essential pillars: grim, heavy, atmospheric, and smarter than its crusty exterior lets on.

Metallica

Metallica’s ...And Justice for All: Thrash with a Thinking Man’s Trigger

More than three decades later, Justice still stands tall—not just as a product of its time, but as a timeless example of metal at its most daring.