1986Released
4:15

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Interesting facts and trivia about Raining Blood. By Songfacts®.

This song is about becoming strong enough to overthrow heaven. The blood that's raining down is the angel's blood.

This song is featured in a South Park episode where Cartman plays it to scare off hippies claiming that there is nothing hippies hate more than "Death Metal." Whenever Kerry King is asked about "Raining Blood" being used in the South Park episode Die, Hippie, Die, he always mentions, "It was good to see the song being put to good use; if we can horrify some hippies we've done our job." We think "If we can horrify some hippies we’ve done our job!" might as well be the official motto of Slayer. Print it on T-shirts!

Along with "Angel of Death," this is almost always one of the first two songs on the band's live show set lists.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Raining Blood.
A♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
87BPM

Album

The album Raining Blood is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Raining Blood.
American Recordings Catalog P&D
© 1986 American Recordings, LLC
℗ 1986 American Recordings, LLC

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