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Surgery, with no anesthesia Feel the knife pierce you intensely Inferior, no use to mankind Strapped down screaming out to die Angel of Death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Infamous. Destroying, without mercy To benefit the Aryan race. The song has been described as highly influential in the development of thrash metal or speed metal, and is highly regarded by some critics AllMusic's Steve Huey called it a classic and the album "the pinnacle of speed metal". Angel of Death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Sadistic, surgeon of demise Sadist of the noblest blood. Despite the controversy and the resulting delay in the release of Reign in Blood, the song remains a live favorite, and has appeared on all of Slayer's live albums. Chorus 1 Angel of death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Verse 2 Sadistic, surgeon of demise Sadist of the noblest blood Destroying, without mercy To benefit the Aryan race Surgery, with no.
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Although the lyrics describe Mengele's abuses rather than endorsing them, "Angel of Death" led to accusations of Nazi sympathizing and racism against the band, which they vigorously denied but which followed them throughout their early career. Angel of Death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Sadistic, surgeon of demise Sadist of the noblest blood Destroying, without mercy To benefit the Aryan race Surgery, with no anesthesia Feel the knife pierce you intensely Inferior, no use to mankind Strapped down screaming out to die Angel of Death Monarch to the kingdom of the dead Infamous. They detail the Nazi physician Josef Mengele's human experiments at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.
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The lyrics and music were written by guitarist Jeff Hanneman. "Angel of Death" is the opening track on the American thrash metal band Slayer's 1986 album Reign in Blood.