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Slaughter in the Vatican is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Exhorder, released on October 23, 1990 through Roadrunner Records.[1] 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.

Slaughter in the Vatican
Studio album by Exhorder
Released	October 23, 1990[1]
Recorded	December 1989 – August 1990 at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida[2]
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	41:27
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Scott Burns, Exhorder
Exhorder chronology
Get Rude (1986) Slaughter in the Vatican (1990) The Law (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rock Hard	9/10[3]

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".[1] On May 25, 2018, Slaughter in the Vatican was inducted into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame.[4]

Track listing

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

Personnel

• Kyle Thomas – vocals
• Vinnie LaBella – guitars, bass
• Jay Ceravolo – guitars, 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

References

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