South of Heaven is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer. It was released on July 5, 1988 by Def Jam Recordings. The cover of Judas Priest’s “Dissident Aggressor” is the first cover version to appear on a Slayer studio album. It became Slayer’s second album to enter the Billboard 200, peaking at number 57.
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South of Heaven is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer. It was released on July 5, 1988 by Def Jam Recordings. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, California with Reign in Blood producer Rick Rubin. South of Heaven became Slayer’s second album to enter the Billboard 200, peaking at number 57. Some critics praised the change in the band’s sound, others more accustomed to the style of their earlier efforts were disappointed. The songs “Mandatory Suicide” and the title track have since become permanent features of theband’s live setlist. The cover of Judas Priest’s “Dissident Aggressor” is the first cover version to appear on a Slayer studio album. The song was chosen due to its war-themed lyrics. It is one of the only two Def Jam titles to be distributed by Geffen Records through Warner Bros. The band has been critical of the album in general, describing it as one of their least favorite Slayer albums. It has also been heavily criticized by guitarist Kerry King who said that he hates the track “Cleanse the Soul” The album has been certified gold by the RIAA in 1992. The album is available on CD, vinyl, cassette, and digital download. The box set includes four songs off the album, along with an early version of the early track “The Sound of the Apocalypse” and four songs from the album’s boxset “The Apocalypse”, along with four other Slayer songs off of the box set “The Slayer Sound of The Apocalypse” The boxset also includes four other songs from Slayer’s previous album, “Reign in Blood” The band have not released a live performance of the song “Mandatory suicide” since the release of “The Song of the Devil” in 2005.
The group has not released an album since “The Godfather” in 2007, and they have no plans to do so in the near future. They have also not released any more live performances of the songs from “The Lord of the Rings” or “The Master of the Universe” since “Ascension” in 2010. The first two songs on the album were recorded at the same time as “The Lords of Olympus” and “The Power of the Damned” in the early 1980s. The third and fourth songs were recorded in the late 1980s at the home of guitarist Jeff Hanneman. The fourth and fifth songs were written at the beginning of the 1990s at Hanneman’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. The last two songs were “The Devil of the Demon” and “The Last Laugh” which was recorded at his home in the summer of 1991.
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