Slayer
Reign in Blood is over in under half an hour and barely pauses for breath, a blur of Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman's tremolo-picked riffs and screaming, chaotic solos, Dave Lombardo's relentless double-kick drumming and Tom Araya's barked vocals.
Produced by Rick Rubin, it set the standard for thrash metal, and South of Heaven, which slowed things to a menacing crawl, and Seasons in the Abyss completed a formidable run.
Hanneman died in 2013, and after a farewell tour ended in 2019 the band returned in 2024 and has kept playing select shows since.
If you like Slayer you should check out: Metallica, Megadeth, Venom, Death, Cannibal Corpse, Mayhem, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath
