Diabolus in Musica
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| Studio album by Slayer | ||
| Released | June 9, 1998 | |
| Recorded | 1997 - 1998 Oceanway Studios Hollywood Sound, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Genre | Thrash metal | |
| Length | 40:30 | |
| Label | American Recordings | |
| Producer(s) | Slayer Rick Rubin |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Slayer chronology | ||
| Undisputed Attitude (1996) |
Diabolus in Musica (1998) |
God Hates Us All (2001) |
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Diabolus in Musica is the eighth album by the thrash metal band Slayer. It was released June 9, 1998 through American Recordings. This is the second of three albums Slayer released with Paul Bostaph as the drummer.
This album presents a slower, darker, and more disturbing musical style, almost groove metal in approach, mixed with Slayer's traditional thrash roots.
Kerry King had stated that, during the creation process of the album, he was starting to hate the music scene, which is the main reason almost all the music on the album was written by Jeff Hanneman (a counter-action to the previous album Divine Intervention, in which King wrote the majority of the music)
It is the only original Slayer album in which the title of the album is not either the title of one of the songs or is mentioned in one of the songs.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Bitter Peace" (music & lyrics: Hanneman) – 4:32
- "Death's Head" (music & lyrics: Hanneman) – 3:34
- "Stain of Mind" (music: Hanneman; lyrics: King) – 3:24
- "Overt Enemy" (music & lyrics: Hanneman) – 4:41
- "Perversions of Pain" (music: Hanneman; lyrics: King) – 3:33
- "Love to Hate" (music: Hanneman; lyrics: Hanneman/King) – 3:07
- "Desire" (music: Hanneman; lyrics: Araya) – 4:20
- "In the Name Of God" (music & lyrics: King) – 3:40
- "Scrum" (music: Hanneman; lyrics: King) – 2:16
- "Screaming from the Sky" (music: Hanneman; lyrics: Araya/Hanneman/King) – 3:12
- "Wicked" (music: Hanneman/King; lyrics: Araya/Bostaph) – 6:00
- "Point" (music: Hanneman; lyrics: King) – 4:11
The European and Japanese versions of this album have the song "Wicked" between "Screaming from the Sky" and "Point". The Japanese version also includes the song "Unguarded Instinct"
[edit] Credits
- Slayer - Producer
- Tom Araya - Bass, Vocals
- Jeff Hanneman - Guitar
- Kerry King - Guitar
- Paul Bostaph - Drums
- Rick Rubin - Producer
- Howie Weinberg - Mastering
- Greg Gordon - Engineer
- Brian Davis - Assistant Engineer
- John Tyree - Assistant Engineer
- Sebastian Haimerl - Assistant Engineer
- Allen Sanderson - Assistant Engineer
- Exum - Photography
- Frank - Art Direction
- Wade Goeke - Assistant Engineer
- Recorded at Oceanway Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Additional recording and mixing at Hollywood Sound, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Additional mixing at Groove Masters, Santa Monica, California, USA
- Mastered at Masterdisk, New York City, USA
[edit] Charts
[edit] Album
Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1998 | The Billboard 200 | 31 |
[edit] See also
- Tritone - "The Devil's interval"
| Slayer |
| Tom Araya | Jeff Hanneman | Kerry King | Dave Lombardo |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: Show No Mercy | Haunting the Chapel | Hell Awaits | Reign in Blood | South of Heaven | Seasons in the Abyss | Divine Intervention | Undisputed Attitude | Diabolus in Musica | God Hates Us All | Eternal Pyre | Christ Illusion |
| Live albums: Live Undead | Decade of Aggression |
| Compilations: Soundtrack to the Apocalypse |
| Videos and DVDs |
| Live Intrusion | War at the Warfield | Still Reigning |
| Songs |
| Angel of Death | Jesus Saves | Raining Blood | Behind the Crooked Cross | Blood Red | Dead Skin Mask | Seasons in the Abyss | Eyes of the Insane | Jihad |
