Editing Still Reigning (section)

==Conception==
''Reign in Blood'' was released in 1986 and was Slayer's first album to enter the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]&mdash;at 94<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web
|title=Artist Chart History
|publisher=Billboard.com
|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/slayer/chart-history/
|access-date=March 25, 2007
|archive-date=November 21, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121090820/https://www.billboard.com/artist/slayer/chart-history/
|url-status=live
}}</ref>&mdash;and their first to be awarded [[RIAA certification|gold certification]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RIAA - Artist Slayer |publisher=RIAA.com |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |access-date=February 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |archive-date=June 26, 2007 }}</ref> Music critics praised the album; ''[[Kerrang!]]'' described it as the "heaviest album of all time",<ref name="Lostprophets scoop rock honours">{{cite web | title = Lostprophets scoop rock honours | publisher = [[BBC News]] | date = August 25, 2006 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5282780.stm | access-date = January 10, 2007 | archive-date = January 10, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120110205809/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5282780.stm | url-status = live }}</ref> while Steve Huey of [[AllMusic]] wrote that the album was a "stone-cold classic".<ref name="Reign In Blood - Slayer">{{cite web
  | title = Reign In Blood - Slayer
  | author = Huey, Steve
  | publisher = Allmusicguide.com
  | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/r18220
  | access-date = January 5, 2007
  | archive-date = August 4, 2011
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110804163853/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r18220
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref> The positive reception led to the band's European agent John Jackson, to suggest that the band play ''Reign in Blood'' in its entirety on the Jägermeister tour of 2003 and 2004, under the tour banner "Still Reigning".<ref name="A chat with Tom Araya of Slayer">{{cite web
|title=A chat with Tom Araya of Slayer|author=Fortes, Michael|publisher=bullz-eye.com|date=June 5, 2007|url=http://www.bullz-eye.com/music/interviews/2007/tom_araya.htm|access-date=July 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608115404/http://www.bullz-eye.com/music/interviews/2007/tom_araya.htm|archive-date=June 8, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Original drummer [[Dave Lombardo]], who recorded drums on the album, re-joined the band in 2001, after departing in 1991. This influenced the band's decision to play the album in its entirety, as they had the original members and all members regard the album as a high-point in their career.<ref name="RIFTROCK INTERVIEWS &mdash; Slayer">{{cite web| title = Riftrock Interviews &mdash; Slayer| author = Huffy, Dave| publisher = RIFTrock.com| date = September 19, 2004| url = http://www.riftrock.com/interviews.php?c=15| access-date = January 26, 2007| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120206062214/http://www.riftrock.com/interviews.php?c=15| archive-date = February 6, 2012}}</ref> The band was going to enter the recording studio to record their next album (''[[Christ Illusion]]''). However, the band's producer [[Rick Rubin]] insisted the band not enter the recording studio due to problems between himself and the band's record label, [[American Recordings (US)|American Recordings]]. The band's manager suggested they record a performance of one of the Jägermeister shows and release it on a DVD — the band agreed.<ref name="Knac.com interview with Jeff Hanneman">{{cite web|title=Knac.com interview with Jeff Hanneman |author=Davis, Brian |publisher=Knac.co |url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3153 |access-date=December 13, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928010337/http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=3153 |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref>

The final track of the DVD, "[[Raining Blood]]", culminates with the band drenched by stage blood. Guitarist [[Jeff Hanneman]] came up with the idea of the blood two years after ''Reign in Blood'''s release, but the band lacked the funding to do so.<ref name="Knac.com interview with Jeff Hanneman"/> The beginning of the film ''[[Blade (1998 film)|Blade]]'' (released in 1998) features a "bloodbath" with [[vampires]] dancing in a club with blood coming from the roof via a sprinkler system. The scene revived Jeff Hanneman and guitarist [[Kerry King]]'s interest, and since the band released a DVD the previous year &mdash; ''[[War at the Warfield]]'' &mdash; they decided to add something different for the new DVD &mdash; raining blood.<ref name="Knac.com interview with Jeff Hanneman"/> King asserted that since Lombardo was not on the previous DVD, this one was going to be important. Due to the short length of the DVD, director Dean Karr chose an additional bonus six songs from the same show as he thought certain members excelled in the performances.<ref name="GuitarKing">King, Kerry. "South of Heaven" column. Guitar World. Holiday 2004.</ref>