really have that 'straight-for-the-throat' feel you'd expect from track one." Commercial World Painted Blood sold 41,000 copies in the United States in its first week, landing it at number twelve on the Billboard 200. It had sold 160,000 copies in the US as of February 2015. The album peaked at number seven in Germany and debuted at forty–one on the UK Albums Chart. "Hate Worldwide" was nominated for Best Metal Performance in 2009, and the title track was nominated for the same award a year later, but lost to Iron Maiden's "El Dorado". Release Marketing and artwork In June 2009, it was announced that the album would be released in the late summer of 2009. The album was released on November 3, 2009. The album's artwork was revealed on September 15, 2009. Four different covers were equally shipped for a standard that when put together, they create a world map covered in blood. The album has four special collector's edition CD covers, and each of them "display one-fourth of a provocative continental map illustrated with human skulls and bones; when placed together, the four images form a complete and grisly map of the world." Each album has a blood-red, transparent top panel, with the map displayed beneath it. The full map is also seen in a sleeve of the double-digipak edition of World Painted Blood. Release history Track listing Personnel Credits are adapted from AllMusic. Slayer Tom Araya – bass, vocals Kerry King – guitars Jeff Hanneman – guitars Dave Lombardo – drums Production Greg Fidelman – production, engineering, mixing Rick Rubin – executive production Dana Nielsen - engineer Sara Killion – assistant engineer Vlado Meller – mastering Rick Sales, Kristen Mulderig, Andrew Stuart – managers Dan Monti – digital editor Charts Certifications References External links 2009 albums Slayer albums American Recordings (record label) albums Albums produced by Rick Rubin Albums produced by Greg Fidelman