South Of Heaven by Slayer

Genre: Trash Metal
Year: 1988

South of Heaven is the fourth studio album by the American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on July 5, 1988, the album was the bands second collaboration with record producer Rick Rubin, whose production skills on Slayers previous album Reign in Blood had helped the bands sound evolve. South of Heaven was Slayers second album to enter the Billboard 200, and their last to be distributed by Def Jam Records. The release peaked at number 57 and in 1992 was awarded a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. In order to offset the pace of the groups previous album, Slayer deliberately slowed down the albums tempo. In contrast to their previous albums, the band utilised undistorted guitars and toned-down vocals. While some critics praised this musical change, Read full article at wikipedia.org

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