Editing Decade of Aggression (section)

==Conception==
While touring on the Clash of the Titans tour to promote the 1990 [[studio album]] ''[[Seasons in the Abyss]]'', separate sections of the ''Decade of Aggression'' album were recorded on October 14, 1990, March 8, 1991, and July 13, 1991, however, [[AllMusic]] said that [[Rick Rubin]]'s [[record producer|production]] "seems to be in terms of shaping the live sound to make it sound like this is all one gig." Although it had a working title of ''Decade of Decadence'', it would be released as ''Decade of Aggression'' after [[Mötley Crüe]] copyrighted the name on their [[Decade of Decadence|1991 greatest hits album]].<ref name="McIver 142">McIver 2010, p. 142</ref> It was released through [[Def American Recordings]] on October 22, 1991.<ref>Abbott, Jim (1991-10-25). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121103111157/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/89032570.html?dids=89032570:89032570&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+25,+1991&author=Jim+Abbott+of+The+Sentinel+Staff&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=IN+THE+BIN&pqatl=google "In the Bin"]. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-08-03.</ref><ref>Bogdanov V. ''All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide To Popular Music'' (4th Edition). [[Backbeat Books]], 2001. p. 369.</ref>

{{cquote|The main disc was [disc] one and then we had other songs that we played a different night that we added to the package, and that was our first live experience, the first anyone could have Slayer live unless it was a tape-trading kind of thing from way back when. So it was kinda cool, you know, we were proud of it.|author=[[Kerry King]]<ref>{{cite web|title=SLAYER's KERRY KING Talks 'The Vinyl Conflict' (Video) (2:31—2:55) |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Search&searchtext=The+Vinyl+Conflict&x=0&y=0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910151635/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Search&searchtext=The+Vinyl+Conflict&x=0&y=0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-10 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |publisher=Borivoj Krgin |date=2010-11-15 }}</ref>}}

The release was intended to give them time to decide what their next album's style would be.<ref>Daniel Bukszpan, Ronnie James Dio. ''The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal''.</ref> Text in the book ''The Great Rock Discography'' said that it was released after the band had gained popularity, saying "Slayer had finally made it into the metal big league and summing up the first blood-soaked chapter of their career, the group duly released the live double set."<ref>[[Martin C. Strong]], John Peel. ''The Great Rock Discography: Complete Discographies Listing Every Track Recorded by More Than 1,200 Artists'' (7th edition). Canongate US, 2004. p. 1385. {{ISBN|1-84195-615-5}}</ref> It was also released to commemorate their 10th anniversary.<ref>[http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/slayer-soundtrack.shtml "Slayer: Soundtrack to the Apocalypse – PopMatters Music Review"]. PopMatters. 2004-01-23</ref>

The album does not feature an [[overdub]] of guitars. In ''The Rough Guide To Rock'', it was said to be "intense" and "put studio favorites through the live shredder in a brutal and definitive manner."<ref>{{cite book|title=The Rough Guide To Rock|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=1-84353-105-4|editor=Buckley, Peter|page=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/950 950]|url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/950|edition=3rd}}</ref> Most of the tracks were a selection from ''[[South of Heaven]]'', ''[[Reign in Blood]]'', and ''[[Seasons in the Abyss]]''.<ref name=allmusic/> The album's total duration is one hour, twenty-five minutes, and twenty-eight seconds (85:28).<ref name=allmusic/> Three of the album's tracks were included in the [[box set]] ''[[Soundtrack to the Apocalypse]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=SLAYER: 'Soundtrack' Box Set Contents Revealed |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=15808 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |publisher=[[Roadrunner Records]] |date=2003-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040119030700/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=15808 |archive-date=2004-01-19 }}</ref>

The album booklet includes a photo gallery with pictures dating back to 1982. The majority of the photos come from Kevin Estrada, who has said:
{{cquote|Usually I choose my favorite shots that I've taken, and then I give them to the band and they choose the ones they like best. It's funny, because you'd think Slayer would have a definite vision for what they want to do with the photos, but they don't. I say 'What do you want to do?' and they say 'I don't know, what do ''you'' want to do?' But it works well, because everything I do they're happy with. They like to work quick — they don't want to do any two-hour photo shoots — and our personalities work really well, because I work quickly too.<ref>McIver 2010, p. 144</ref>}}