| Slaughter in the Vatican | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | December 1989 – August 1990 | |||
| Studio | Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida[1] | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 41:27 | |||
| Label | R/C | |||
| Producer | Scott Burns, Exhorder | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Rock Hard | 9/10[3] |
Slaughter in the Vatican is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Exhorder,[4] released in 1990 by R/C Records.[2] It was reissued by Roadrunner in 2003 in a double-disc package with the band's follow-up album The Law and reissued again in 2008.
The album saw the band compared with Pantera, with AllMusic commenting on its "death metal-style double kick drums, chugging guitar riffs played at both slow and blistering tempos, and, to top it all off, the gruff but very expressive lead vocals of frontman Kyle Thomas".[2] On May 25, 2018, Slaughter in the Vatican was inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.[5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Death in Vain" | Kyle Thomas, Vinnie LaBella, Chris Nail | 5:30 |
| 2. | "Homicide" | LaBella, Nail, Jay Ceravolo | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Desecrator" | Thomas, Ceravolo, LaBella, Nail | 6:08 |
| 4. | "Exhorder" | Thomas, Ceravolo, LaBella, Nail | 5:10 |
| 5. | "The Tragic Period" | Thomas, Ceravolo, LaBella, Nail | 7:05 |
| 6. | "Legions of Death" | Thomas, Ceravolo, LaBella, Nail | 4:30 |
| 7. | "Anal Lust" | LaBella, Nail | 2:34 |
| 8. | "Slaughter in the Vatican" | Thomas, LaBella, Nail | 7:19 |
| Total length: | 41:27 | ||
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