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Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention is the sixth
studio album by American
thrash metal band
Slayer. Released on
September 27,
1994 through
American Recordings, it was the first album Slayer recorded with
drummer Paul Bostaph. Debuting at #8 on the
Billboard 200 chart,
Divine Intervention became the band's highest chart position in America, until the release of the album
Christ Illusion which peaked at #5.
Recording
Almost all the music on the album was written by guitarist
Kerry King. Drummer
Paul Bostaph disliked the album, noting the guitars were not loud enough, and the band moved to several recording studios. Halfway through recording drums, the band moved to a studio with a new producer—known for his work with
Tom Petty—who had no experience with heavy metal. Half way through the producer changed to
Toby Wright, Bostaph stated; "it never had any consistency to it although a lot of fans still like it", deeming it his least favorite Slayer album he recorded drums on.
Lyrical themes
Some of the albums lyrical themes were not without controversy. "213", for example, was famed serial killer
Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment number and is the inspiration for the lyrics in the song of the same name. The title of "SS-3" was taken from the license plate number of the car
Reinhard Heydrich was traveling in when he was assassinated. The band courted controversy by featuring a picture of a fan's arms, into which he'd carved the Slayer logo. The outer album sleeve originally sold with the CD has a cut-out of the Slayer logo and has been said to be used to carve the Slayer logo into your arm like the album picture. The
CD inlay features a collage which includes newspaper clippings of cases where music had been blamed for violence or murder.
The album sleeve features for the first time the
backronym
Satan
Laughs
As
You
Eternally
Rot.
Reception
Divine Intervention was released on
September 27,
1994 and peaked at number 8 on the
Billboard 200 album chart, selling over 93,000 copies in its first week.
Track listing
"Killing Fields" (music: Kerry King) (lyrics: Tom Araya) – 3:57
"Sex. Murder. Art." (music: King) (lyrics: Araya) – 1:50
"Fictional Reality" (King) – 3:38
"Dittohead" (King) – 2:31
"Divine Intervention" (music: Jeff Hanneman, King) (lyrics: Hanneman, King, Araya, Paul Bostaph) – 5:33
"Circle of Beliefs" (King) – 4:30
"SS-3" (music: Hanneman, King) (lyrics: Hanneman) – 4:07
"Serenity in Murder" (music: Hanneman, King) (lyrics: Araya) – 2:36
"213" (music: Hanneman) (lyrics: Araya) – 4:52
"Mind Control" (music: Hanneman, King) (lyrics: Araya, King) – 3:04
Personnel
Tom Araya - bass, vocals
Jeff Hanneman - guitar
Kerry King - guitar
Paul Bostaph - drums
Production
Dave Brock - assistant engineer
Jim Champagne - engineer
Stephen Marcussen - mastering
Rick Rubin - executive producer
Jim Scott - engineer
Jeff Sheehan - assistant engineer
Toby Wright - producer, engineer, mixing
Dirk Walter - art direction, design
Neil Zlozower - photography
Stephen Stickler - photography
Brian Pollack - assistant engineer
Annalisa - artwork
Wes Benscoter - artwork, cover illustration
Rick Sales - managementFurther Information
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