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==Reception== {{Music ratings |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|last=Jurek |first=Thom |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=decade-of-aggression-live-r18223|tab=review|pure_url=yes}} |title=Decade of Aggression β Slayer |website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref> |rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |rev2score = Bβ<ref name=ew>{{cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/12/20/concert-albums/ |title=Wild in the Seats |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=1991-12-20 |access-date=2012-12-01 |archive-date=2014-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028054456/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316555,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |rev3 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' |rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=q>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7468450&style=music |title=Slayer β Decade of Aggression Live CD Album |publisher=[[CD Universe]] |access-date=2012-12-01}}</ref> |rev4 = [[Robert Christgau]] |rev4score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}<ref name=christgau>{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=slayer |title=CG: Slayer |publisher=RobertChristgau.com |access-date=2012-12-01}}</ref> |rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' |rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=rs>{{Cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | pages = 741β742 | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&q=rolling+stone+slayer+album+guide&pg=PA741}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]'' | rev6score = 5/10<ref>{{cite book|last=Sandow|first=Greg |editor1-last=Weisbard|editor1-first=Eric|editor1-link=Eric Weisbard|editor2-last=Marks|editor2-first=Craig|chapter=Slayer|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|publisher=[[Vintage Books]]|year=1995|isbn=978-0-679-75574-6|pages=357β358}}</ref> }} Thom Jurek, a staff writer for [[AllMusic]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/thom-jurek-p154964/biography |title=Thom Jurek |website=AllMusic |date=1958-06-12 |access-date=2010-12-05}}</ref> gave the album a rating of three out of five stars. Jurek gave notice to the album's sound quality, telling readers that it does not "capture the sheer overblown intensity of the unit in a concert setting," but that it comes closer than one may imagine.<ref name=allmusic/> Jurek also gave note to how [[Rick Rubin]] made the two-discs sound like it were recorded at one gig, writing "Producer Rick Rubin stays out of the way; his production seems to be in terms of shaping the live sound to make it sound like this is all one gig."<ref name=allmusic/> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'}}s [[David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]] said that it was an "accurate aural snapshots of what it's like to be part of a crowd craning to see the action on a stage that seems two miles away."<ref name=ew/> Browne also said that "they're perfect examples of the sad current state of the once-proud live rock album."<ref name=ew/> [[Robert Christgau]] gave the album a star ("Honorable Mention is a worthy effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well like."),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php |title=CG 90s: Key to Icons |publisher=Robert Christgau |access-date=2010-12-08}}</ref> saying, "praise the LordβI can hardly understand a word they're singing (''Hell Awaits'')."<ref name=christgau/> Joel McIver, author of ''The Bloody Reign of Slayer'' said that it was regarded as one of the best live albums released by a [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band.<ref>McIver 2010, p. 145</ref> The album charted on three different charts. On November 9, 1991, it peaked at number 55 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="Billboard">[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=slayer|chart=all}} "Decade of Aggression: Live β Slayer"]. Billboard.com. Retrieved 2010-12-28.</ref> On January 13, 1992, the album entered the [[Media Control Charts]]. It peaked at number 35. It maintained a number on the chart until February 2, 1992, giving it a total of three weeks on the chart.<ref name="GER">{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-31841|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|language=de|access-date=October 24, 2021}}</ref> On December 2, 1991, it entered the [[UK Album Charts]], peaking at number 29. It stayed on the chart for two weeks.<ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24318/slayer/ |title=The Official Charts Company β Slayer|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=October 24, 2021}}</ref>
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