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SLAYER
SHOW NO MERCY: 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
METAL BLADE
£51
PANNED AT THE time by cowards who knew nothing, Slayer’s seminal debut outlasted the critics who hooted and scoffed, while planting a permanent hoofmark on the face of heavy metal. This 40th anniversary edition of Show No Mercy goes all out, boldly choosing to hide the cover’s thewy goatman behind a classy, embossed slipcase and slapping the album’s 10 wild tracks across some tasty black and gold vinyl. Bundled with it you get a double-sided poster, a hefty 28-page booklet and a handsome slipmat, along with a couple of other neat-looking doodads. The only complaint? That this particular edition is limited to 6,000 copies –surely someone out there should’ve thought to round that up to a neat 6,660? tinyurl.com/nomercy-40