Die By The Sword
Limburghal, Genk, Belgium, Sept. 22, 1990
Halloween Records HW OO2
69:19
Given tracklisting: Correct tracklisting:
1. Raining Blood 1. Raining Blood
2. Black Music 2. Black Magic
3. War Ensemble 3. War Ensemble
4. Bloodred 4. Blood Red
5. Postmortem 5. Postmortem
6. Skeletons Of Society 6. Skeletons Of Society
7. Die By The Sword 7. Die By The Sword
8. Altar Of Sacrifice 8. Altar Of Sacrifice
9. Jesus Saves 9. Jesus Saves
10. Dead Skin Mask 10. Dead Skin Mask
11. Bury The Evil 11. Spirit In Black
12. Mandatory Suicide 12. Mandatory Suicide
13. Live Undead 13. Live Undead
14. South Of Heaven 14. South Of Heaven
15. Angel Of Death 15. Angel Of Death

The inserts list Genk as being in "NL." Geographically inept bootlegger I guess...

At the end of track 2, Tom addresses the crowd as "Brussels," who then proceed to boo and chant something (I can't make it out, but it's obvious they're sort of mocking him for not knowing where he is); Araya then yells at the crowd for booing ("Keep it up and we're not gonna do the fuckin' song!")

There is a fade-out/fade-in between tracks 10 and 11, and a possible jump at 4:46 of track 14.

Sound quality is relatively good, with raw, up-front guitars and vocals. The recording has a bit of an open-air gig feel to it, even though the Limburghal is enclosed. It's almost impossible to go wrong with pre-'94 Slayer live, and this is no exception. Interesting show since "Seasons in the Abyss" hadn't been released yet, and for whatever reason nothing from "Hell Awaits" is played.

The exact same recording is also on the "Live In Genk 22.09.90" CD.

Be warned that there is also a totally unrelated CD-R also called "Die By The Sword" which contains early '80s material.

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