Diabolus In Musica [PA]

Performer: Slayer
Engineer: Greg Gordon; Allen Sanderson; Brian Davis; John Tyree; Sabastian Haimerl; Wade Goeke
Producer: Slayer; Rick Rubin
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Slayer: Tom Araya (vocals, bass); Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King (guitar); Paul Bostaph (drums). Principally recorded at Oceanway Studios, Los Angeles, California. Slayer: Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King (guitars); Tom Araya (bass guitar); Paul Bostaph (drums). The sledgehammer rhythms and churning guitars of Slayer remain in full effect on DIABOLUS IN MUSICA. Seldom has an album been more aptly titled, as the ominous, minor key riffs and modalities that power the band's compositions are the aural personification of darkness and evil, engendering an inescapable sense of foreboding. The tunes here, from "Bitter Peace" to "In The Name of God," are streamlined metal, containing only the essential elements necessary to drive the band's message home. One aspect of the band's sound that makes them unique among their peers is that no matter how harried charcoal-throated vocalist Tom Araya's vocals become, they are always intelligible, revealing Slayer's preoccupation with politics and social, as well as personal turmoil.

Q (11/00, p.133) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Remains a timely reminder of their brute musical force..."

When death metal is mentioned, you can't help but automatically think of the genre's originators--Slayer. By merging brutal speed metal and scream-singing with disturbingly dark tales of death, the occult, and serial killers, the California quartet hatched a zillion copycat bands after its formation in 1982. Despite accusations of Nazism and instigating violence, the band continues to play, and outrage, into the 21st century.

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