Slayer South Of Heaven Raritan
General CommentTom Arraya is a lyrical genious. While everyone is thinking this song is about hell, It is clearly about the demoralization of America and the darker side of human existence. Domineering Deity is the Media, and The Immoral Obeservance is the public feeding into the lust and sex that the media has portrayed for people. The 'forgotten children' are the generation of youth that can only look up to their 'promiscuous mothers and incestuous fathers'. The third verse refers to a society that has lost all moral believes and has corroded into hatred.
On and On South of Heaven is referring to a society (USA) that has fallen to humanities darker yearnings. Slayer rules.
Slayer South Of Heaven Raritan Park
South of Heaven (4:58)2. Silent Scream (3:06)3. Live Undead (3:50)4. Behind the Crooked Cross (3:14)5.
Mandatory Suicide (4:05)6. Ghosts of War (3:53)7. Read Between the Lies (3:20)8.
Cleanse the Soul (3:02)9. Dissident Aggressor (Judas Priest cover) (2:35)10. Spill the Blood (4:49)Total Time: 36:54Line-up/Musicians- Tom Araya / bass, vocals- Jeff Hanneman / guitar- Kerry King / guitar- Dave Lombardo / drumsAbout this releaseLabel: Def Jam RecordingsReleased: July 5, 1988Recorded: December 1987–February 1988Studio: Hit City West, Los Angeles, California and Chung King, New York, New YorkProducer: Slayer, Rick RubinThanks to, for the updates Buy SLAYER - SOUTH OF HEAVEN music. When it comes to the “big four” of thrash metal, I’ve always been a huge fan of Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax, yet, for reasons unexplainable, I’ve never been able to get into Slayer. 1986’s ‘Reign in Blood’ is often hailed as one of the all-time greatest metal albums, though, other than it’s absolutely killer opening and closing tracks, I find the record to be mindless drivel (ooh, controversial.).Yet here we are; 1988’s ‘South of Heaven’, the album where the band infamously “slowed down”.
Admittedly, the songs are a bit more polished here, and the riffs are more than just open-string chugging away. Although the album as a whole is still pretty repetitive, and doesn’t sound any different than anything the band have done before.Still, I’ll give Slayer their due. ‘South of Heaven’ is better than anything they had released beforehand, and if vocalist Tom Ayara could somehow implement just a little bit of melody in his singing, they could really be onto something. Instead, as always, while the musicianship is of a high standard, I find the vocals tend to just sit on top of the riffs, without really fitting in too well.If I had to pick any highlights out, I’d say the title track, as well as ‘Silent Scream’, ‘Live Undead’ and ‘Mandatory Suicide’ are all decent enough, and there’s ‘Behind the Crooked Cross’, which I instantly recognized due to its use in 8-bit midi glory in the video game ‘Doom’ (a game I played religiously in my childhood, years before I should have been allowed to). But as is always the case with Slayer, I’m just not that big a fan, and would much rather listen to any other member of the big four. Imagine, after listening to the short, rapid, frantic, and brutal assault of Reign in Blood, picking up the next Slayer album.
You expect another fast as hell thrash-fest, but what's this? Something has happened, it's still fast, but not completely. So what is this difference that changes the sound quite noticeably? The band slows it down at the right times.Huh?
You may be thinking that can't make much of a difference, but if you just compare the opening title cut with any songs from Reign in Blood and you'll notice. Just slowing the tempo down makes it sound so much darker and more menacing. The slow and brooding piercing riffs that open up the album really let you know that you've gone South of Heaven. Don't think it doesn't get fast though, Slayer wouldn't be Slayer if they weren't fast. However, the band really makes their music that much darker just by adding in brooding dirges of punishing riffing.The whole album is a masterpiece, but if I had to pick highlights, those picks would be the title cut, 'Silent Scream', 'Behind the Crooked Cross', 'Mandatory Suicide', 'Spill the Blood', and the cover of the Judas Priest classic 'Dissident Aggressor'. The title cut, as described above, and 'Mandatory Suicide' are perfect combinations of brutal thrashings and devilish dirges.
'Silent Scream' is pure thrash deliciousness, while The Crooked Cross brings a catchy as hell groove. The Priest cover is faithful but at the same time the band gives it their own sound.Tom Araya's vocals are as commanding and powerful as ever, Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King's riffs shred and tear, the solos are fast and screeching as always, and Dave Lombardo's drums will kick your ass. Drums roll for the slow passages and go anywhere when it's time for a thrash assault. One listen to this album is proof of him being one of the best drummers out there, and pretty much the Neil Peart of thrash metal. Stark menacing riffs, drumming that packs a punch, and a pounding groove close out the album with finale 'Spill the Blood'.South of Heaven shows how just changing the tempo can make all the difference. For me Reign in Blood through Divine Intervention represents the holy tetralogy of Slayer's discography, and truly represent some of the best albums out there. If you haven't heard this album yet and are a metal fan, you must see the light for 'Before you see the light, you must listen to South of Heaven'.
Hope you found this review helpful, feel free to comment! It was 1984, I believe, when I first heard Slayer. 'Haunting the Chapel'.
I was into Venom and then this whole thrash scene came along and Slayer was just the right blend of thrash with lyrics about Hell and Satan. Thirteen years old and this sounded awesome. 'Hell Awaits' was perhaps even better!I totally missed 'Reign in Blood'. Yeah, I know!When 'South of Heaven' came out, I bought it right away. But something had changed. Not the band so much. I just couldn't get into the music except for 'Mandatory Suicide'.
A couple of years later, I sold all my 'Satan! Music cassettes to a girlfriend's older brother.And now I am back here in 2016, and though 'Reign in Blood' made it into my CD collection last year and was quietly left aside after a listen or two, I am perhaps at last back to being interested in Slayer. Ready for Slayer! So I ordered 'South of Heaven' on CD.And I think I finally get the band, or at least get them as they were during their classic run. It strikes me that Slayer need to be heard as Slayer. Not mixed with lots of other stuff.
Put on an album. Put on a mixed playlist of Slayer songs. But Slayer are an original band that created their own kind of work space. Tom Araya doesn't even try to sing (unlike Hetfield and Mustaine who actually can and have).
He's fine to just bark a string of words like he's trying to give instructions over a jet plane's turbine engines, managing a sudden high scream that is always in the same note but sounds just awesome. I like Tom Araya and I like his vocal style.
Many of the guitar riffs are just blistering through but there are plenty of mid-tempo (or at least not supersonic tempo) riffs that allow you to check out the view for a moment or two. Guitar solos shred and wail like an attack.
Forget the subtleties of phrasing and smooth style. Slowhand is a nickname not ever given to anyone in Slayer. Guitarists Hanneman and King attack the strings with a force equivalent to trying to torture the instrument and remove its soul with their fingers. And Dave Lombardo seems to do on the drums what other drummers routinely do except that he does it so quickly, you would miss it if your ears could blink.
'Was that a drum fill?' It sounded like something falling down the stairs in 4x speed.' Okay, so I've described Slayer's sound as I perceive it. Then what about this album? Well, it's not 'Hell Awaits' and it's not 'Reign in Blood' but it is still a Slayer album and you can be sure that all the reasons to love the band are here and present.
I think that they have tried not to careen through the songs like they did on much of 'Reign in Blood' and instead they do take a little more time to craft the music. Like 30 seconds to a minute more per song. For me, it makes the album more interesting though as I can appreciate what is being played more when the tempo is a tad slower. Tom Araya seems to attempt shouting less and singing a bit more though not with the actual singer's ability that Hetfield and Mustaine possess. As I understand it, the band intentionally tried to do something different after the speed burner 'Reign in Blood'.Two songs to point out: Slayer's cover of Judas Priest's 'Dissident Aggressor', which they cover very well by playing it with Slayer's strengths and knowing when to veer away from trying to copy the song as accurately as possible. The other song is my old favourite 'Mandatory Suicide'.
Now as it so happens, I recently listened to one of my favourite Metallica songs, 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'. You know where this is going, right?' Mandatory Suicide' has an intro that seems remarkably as though it was based on the Metallica song. It's faster, higher toned, and more raw than Metallica's bomb-you-out-of-the-water, heavier-than-thou approach. But the intro is really similar. Both songs begin with power chord hits that are followed by a lead instrument melody.
Metallica does it with bass, Slayer with guitar, though he melodies are different from one another. After the first four repetitions, the drums go into a regular beat for four repetitions, and then the lead melody is dropped but the power chords and drums continue (in the Metallica song the bass then plays the upcoming guitar riff) for four repetitions. And then both songs deliver an ominous, muted guitar riff that I have always considered (considered of 'For Whom the Bell Tolls') as one of the coolest riffs in metal. After this though, the songs diverge.
Metallica take a little more time to get to the lyrics and they never repeat that awesome riff. Slayer launch quickly into the lyrics and the riff resurfaces more than once. Both songs are also about war, though the Slayer version is probably lyrically closer to Metallica's 'Disposable Heroes'.Curious, I searched the Net a bit but mostly just found squabbles about which band has the better song, the opinions being very subjective. I only found a Danish site where someone pointed out the similarities without any opinion for or against. Does anyone know why the Slayer song resembles the Metallica song? Was it intentional? A coincidence?
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Cryptomnesia?So, in conclusion, I think this is a great album to follow 'Reign in Blood' and now I have to order 'Seasons in the Abyss' as well to get the trilogy. Slayer are Slayer. They do that extremely well.
Slayer followed up Reign In Blood, their fastest album, with a series of songs exploring the slower side of their sound - an aspect which, apart from a song segment here or there, they had almost completely neglected up to this point. Climaxing with an excellent cover of Judas Priest's Dissident Aggressor, South of Heaven sees the band really unpack their sound, using the slower pace to take the listener deep inside their intricately-constructed riffs to see how they're built. I don't think it is quite as essential as Reign In Blood, but it surely isn't very far behind at all.
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