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''Reign of Terror'' is the second studio album by American noise pop duo Sleigh Bells. The album was released on February 21, 2012 by Mom+Pop.〔〔 Following the critical success of their debut album ''Treats'', Sleigh Bells started writing new material for their next album while on tour for their debut album, and recorded it over the course of five months in 2011. While ''Treats'' used a mixture of guitars and beats that eschewed pop song structures for their overall sound, ''Reign of Terror'' emphasized more guitar sounds that follow structures with emotionally heavy lyrics. The album received a generally positive reception from critics. ''Reign of Terror'' debuted at number 12 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and spawned only one single: "Comeback Kid". To promote the album, Sleigh Bells toured across North America and Europe. ==Writing and recording== The writing process for ''Reign of Terror'' began during the touring cycle for Sleigh Bells' debut album ''Treats'' in 2010.〔 The song writing for ''Reign of Terror'' was a more collaborative effort between group members Derek E. Miller and Alexis Krauss, as the majority of the songs on ''Treats'' were written solely by Miller before Krauss joined the group.〔 Krauss' musical background is primarily in pop music, and her contributions to the album included pop song structures such as bridges, counter-melodies and pre-choruses.〔 In addition to traditional pop music song structures, ''Reign of Terror'' also features a more guitar-centered sound. According to Miller, "With ''Treats'' it was less clear to me whether Sleigh Bells was going to be a guitar band or if we were going to do more sample-heavy stuff. With this record I had to pick sides. The beats are still important to me, but the guitar won."〔 Sleigh Bells also described the album as being heavy, immense, and huge,〔 and a press release described it as "the sonic equivalent of a beautiful shotgun to the head."〔 Lyrically, ''Reign of Terror'' features songs that are emotionally heavy, differing from the songs on ''Treats'' which were described as "party music" by Miller.〔 Sleigh Bells were rushed during the production of ''Treats'' and were unable to finish recording all of the songs they had written before they had to leave the studio to perform at scheduled tour dates. Not wanting to repeat this mistake, the duo set aside a lot of time in 2011 to record and produce ''Reign of Terror''.〔 Recording began on June 25, 2011〔 at SMT Studios in Manhattan, New York.〔 The album was produced by Miller〔 and engineered by Shane Stoneback, who also worked with Sleigh Bells on ''Treats''.〔 At SMT, Miller recorded his guitar parts in a reverberation room to achieve a "massive Def Leppard-influenced guitar sound."〔 Sleigh Bells also recorded a group of their friends stomping and clapping in the bleachers of a high school gym for the song "Crush".〔 Less than two months after the release of ''Reign of Terror'', Sleigh Bells already began writing a follow-up album. "(of Terror'' ) made me feel like we had so much more to do. I definitely didn't hear it and think, 'Okay, I'm satisfied.' I heard it and I thought, 'We didn't have to stop recording—we could do this, this, and this, right now.' So I feel like we made a very good record, but I want very much to continue to the next phase of our development," Krauss said.〔 A few unused demos and ideas from the ''Reign of Terror'' sessions, such as the instrumental track used in the album's trailer, could become part of the band's third studio album.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reign of Terror (Sleigh Bells album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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