Repentless is the twelfth and final studio album by thrash metal band Slayer, released on September 11, 2015. This is the band’s only album recorded without guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who died from liver cirrhosis in 2013 and was replaced by Gary Holt, and the first to feature drummer Paul Bostaph since God Hates Us All (2001). Repentless is also the only album the band released on Nuclear Blast and was produced by Terry Date, replacing Rick Rubin after twenty-nine years and nine studio albums as their producer or executive producer. The six-year gap between World Painted Blood (2009) and Repentless was the longest between two Slayer albums in their career, and it would be the band’s last studio album before disbanding in 2019, following the conclusion of their final world tour.
The album’s writing process started in November 2011, announced by Lombardo through Twitter. King later said that he and Lombardo had been working on music prior to the holidays and that they had completed three songs, in addition to three outtakes from the previous record. It was initially hoped that the album would be ready for release by summer of 2012, but this did not come to fruition. Frontman Tom Araya later said that the album would be pushed back to a 2013 release, but this idea fell through.
Tracklist:
- Delusions Of Saviour
- Repentless
- Take Control
- Vices
- Cast The First Stone
- When The Stillness Comes
- Chasing Death
- Implode
- Piano Wire
- Atrocity Vendor
- You Against You
- Pride In Prejudice
Slayer:
Tom Araya: bass, vocals
Kerry King: guitars
Gary Holt: guitars
Paul Bostaph: drums
Production:
Terry Date: production, engineering, mixing
Peter Mack: additional engineering
Derrick Stockwell: assistant engineering
Howie Weinberg: mastering at Weinberg Mastering, Los Angeles, CA
John Araya: studio bass and guitar technician
John Goss and Gene Provencio: studio drum technician
Artwork:
Marcelo Vasco: cover artwork
Marcelo Vasco and Rob Kimura: album layouts
Andrew Stuart: photography
Management:
Rick Sales, Kristen Mulderig and Ernie H. Gonzalez – management for The Rick Sales Entertainment Group
Scott D. Harrington: legal
Bill Vuylsteke, Shelley Venemann & Angela DeSimone: business Management for Provident Financial Group
Heidi Ellen Robinson Fitzgerald: North America publicity
Jaap Wagemaker: Worldwide publicity
Michelle Kerr: UK publicity
John Dittmar & Scott Sokol: North America booking for Pinnacle Entertainment
John Jackson: worldwide booking for K2
Markus Staiger, Gerardo Martinez, Tobias Pflectschinger: record label management
