Year : 1994 (Limited Edition)
Style : Thrash Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 110 mb
Bio:
Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981, by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax. Slayer has never publicly revealed its worldwide sales, however between 1991 and 2004, the band sold more than 3.5 million albums in the U.S.Slayer's musical style involves fast tremolo picking, double bass drumming, riffs in irregular scales and shouted vocals. In the original line-up, King, bassist/vocalist Tom Araya and guitarist Jeff Hanneman contributed to the band's lyrics, and most of the band's music was created and arranged by King and Hanneman, with additional help from drummer Dave Lombardo and sometimes Araya.The band's lyrics and album art, which cover topics such as serial killers, insanity, Satanism, religion, anti-religion and warfare, have generated album bans, delays, lawsuits and criticism from religious groups and the public. Their music has been highly influential, often being cited by many bands as an influence musically, visually and lyrically.Since their debut album in 1983, the band has released two live albums, one box set, six videos, two extended plays, a covers album and ten studio albums, four of which have received gold certification in the United States. The band has received five Grammy nominations, winning one in 2007 for the song "Eyes of the Insane", and one in 2008 for the song "Final Six" (both from 2006's Christ Illusion). Slayer has played music festivals worldwide, including Unholy Alliance, Download and Ozzfest.
Album:
Divine Intervention is the sixth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on September 27, 1994, by American Recordings. The album's production posed a challenge to the label, as its marketing situation drew arguments over its explicitness; to give them time to decide over its style, the band released the live album Decade of Aggression.[1] Since it was released nearly four years after its predecessor Seasons in the Abyss (1990), vocalist Tom Araya said there was more time spent on its production compared to the band's previous albums.Divine Intervention was the band's first album to feature Paul Bostaph, replacing original drummer Dave Lombardo, who left the band in 1992. Its songs' origins came not only from television shows, but were also inspired by various other subjects including Rush Limbaugh, Holocaust architect Reinhard Heydrich, and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Its cover artwork was painted and designed by Wes Benscoter as a re-imaging of the band's early "Slayergram" graphic. Although so much time was spent on its production, Kerry King has expressed his disapproval over the album's final mix, saying it should have had more attention.Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, Divine Intervention peaked at number eight on the US Billboard 200 and number 15 on the UK Albums Chart, selling over 93,000 copies in its first week of sales. It was later certified gold in the United States and Canada, and was followed by the EP Serenity in Murder.This was Slayer´s mid 90's attack. Many people see this as the new "Reign in Blood" that appeared in the middle of the last decade...Well, i personally think this has gone beyond "Reign in Blood", because in the 80's we had a brutal band with speed and in the 90's we had a brutal band with speed...and technique..."Divine Intervention" is without a doubt one of their best releases, a really angerful album, filled with some good riffs and an impressive sense of speed...Slayer here remembered a little bit of the speed metal roots they had and that have been forgotten in the last few years before the edition of this album.This was also an important album for another reason, being it the first time another drummer recorded something with the guys. Great transition made at the time, after all we are talking about Dave Lombardo being replaced for Paul Bostaph, and it came to be a replacement of a god for another...Bostaph is even the one who kicks the action on, making the ferocious drum solo of "Killing Fields" intro, a great song, really heavy going from a progressive slow part to a more paced up one, managing to create a great vibe. "Sex, Murder, Art" is next and it has one of the most amazing riffage of this album, being followed by Kerry King´s "Fictional Reality" and the probably fastest song on this album, "Dittohead", in which every sound of that drum pounding is like a heavy thunder crack, hitting you really hard with that speed. This song has also some of the fast riffing of the album...Next comes up " Divine Intervention", one of the greatest tunes on this album, with both Jeff and Kerry showing the highlights of their presence in this record. The intro is very good, being followed by a calm guitar interlude that antecipates the total devastation of the song´s rhythms."SS-3" has some good riffs but it could be better in those parts before the higher pace breaks in, "Serenity in Murder" is another of Hanneman and King´s odes to speed, really another highlight on this album...The last two songs are the doom-melancholic sounding "213", something really original, something i´ve never heard Slayer playing before, being really a high quality tune and the total thrash finisher "Mind Control" with some amazing blast beats.The boys really got themselves together again, having recorded one of the 90's best metal albuns, and kept a little hope for their fans to see Slayer return to their speed/thrash roots, hope that that beginned to disappear years later with the edition of "Diabolus in Musica".This is a must have for any thrash maniac. If you don´t have this album (or Reign in Blood) then you´ll not deserve to be called like that...
Line-Up:
Tom Araya - Vocals, Bass (1982-2019, 2024-present) - See also: ex-Tradewinds
Jeff Hanneman (R.I.P. 2013) - Guitars (1981-2013) - See also: ex-Pap Smear
Kerry King - Guitars (1981-2019, 2024-present) - See also: Kerry King, ex-Megadeth (live)
Paul Bostaph - Drums, Lyrics (track 5)
Production:
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At – Sound City Studios
Mixed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Mastered At – Precision Mastering
Glass Mastered At – Allied Record Company
Pressed By – Allied Record Company
Art Direction, Design – Dirk Walter
Engineer [Additional] – Jim Champagne, Jim Scott
Engineer [Assistant] – Brian Pollack, Super Dave Brock, Jeff Sheehan
Engineer, Mixed By, Co-producer – Toby Wright
Executive-Producer – Rick Rubin
Illustration [Front Cover] – Wes Benscoter
Lyrics By – Hanneman* (tracks: 5, 7), King* (tracks: 3 to 6, 10), Bostaph* (tracks: 5), Araya* (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8 to 10)
Management – Rick Sales
Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen
Music By – Hanneman* (tracks: 5, 7 to 10), King* (tracks: 1 to 8, 10)
Photography By [Arm] – Stephen Stickler
Photography By [Band] – Daniel Tinney, Neil Zlozower
Photography By [Portraits] – Annalisa
Producer – Slayer
Tracklist:
01. Killing Fields 03:57
02. Sex. Murder. Art. 01:50
03. Fictional Reality 03:37
04. Dittohead 02:30
05. Divine Intervention 05:33
06. Circle of Beliefs 04:29
07. SS-3 04:06
08. Serenity in Murder 02:36
09. 213 04:51
10. Mind Control 03:04
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