Slaughter in the Vatican explained

Slaughter in the Vatican
Type:	studio
Artist:	Exhorder
Cover:	Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican.jpg
Released:	1990
Recorded:	December 1989  - August 1990 at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida^[1]
Length:	41:27
Label:	Roadrunner
Producer:	Scott Burns, Exhorder
Prev Title:	Get Rude
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	The Law
Next Year:	1992

Slaughter in the Vatican is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Exhorder.^[2] It was released in 1990 through Roadrunner Records. 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 the album's "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".^[3] On May 25, 2018, Slaughter in the Vatican was inducted into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame.^[4]

Personnel

• Kyle Thomas – vocals
• Vinnie LaBella – lead guitar, bass
• Jay Ceravolo – rhythm guitar, bass
• Chris Nail – drums

Production

• Arranged by Exhorder
• Produced by Exhorder and Scott Burns
• Recorded and mixed by Scott Burns at Morrisound Recording (Tampa, Florida)
• Mastered by Mike Fuller at Fullersound (Miami, Florida)
• All songs published by Roadrunner Music Publishing
• Photography by Kurt Coste; artwork and illustrations by Kent Mathieu

Notes and References

1. Slaughter in the Vatican . . 1990 . CD booklet . . RCD 9363 . New York, NY.
2. Book: Daniels . Neil . Reinventing Metal: The True Story of Pantera and the Tragically Short Life of Dimebag Darrell . 2013 . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
3. Web site: Rivadavia . Eduardo . Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican . . December 13, 2015.
4. Web site: Stewart-Panko. Kevin. Exhorder - "Slaughter in the Vatican". Decibel. May 25, 2018. May 29, 2018.