Divine Intervention

Artist: Slayer
Label: American Recordings
Category: Music

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Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 731458680024
EAN: 0731458680024
ASIN: B000062Y91

Release Date: 2002-03-12

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Tracks:

Killing Fields
Sex. Murder. Art.
Fictional Reality
Dittohead
Divine Intervention
Circle Of Beliefs
SS-3
Serenity In Murder
213
Mind Control

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Customer Reviews:

Please!!.......2006-08-08

Get over your Lombardo vs. Bostaph rants and recongnize that Bostaph is every bit as brutal and Slayer worthy as Lombardo. This album absolutely crushes. Tom's vocals are so high and forced, they finally sounds as tortured as the guitars behind him. This album is every bit as fast, heavy, sick and twisted as the albums before it, maybe even more so. I personally think it's better than Seasons and South, but to each his own. I can listen to this album from start to finish and never once be tempted to skip a track. Give this album a chance and you won't be disappointed. It's production is one of it's charms as well. It just sounds fuller, heavier, more stadium worthy. Slayer's thrashy punk roots really shine through, and the slower darker tracks contain some of the sickest imagery of the bands career.

Everything that's done today will be tomorrow's curse.......2006-08-05

Even though Dave was gone with this release, Slayer stayed strong. While it isn't as good as their first 5 albums, it is still worthy of 5 starts and amazing. This was the last Slayer album I bought, simply because I listened too everybody else too much. I figured if it was like Reign in Blood part 2, I wanted nothing to do with it. Simply because If I wanna listen to Reign in Bl0od then well, i'll listen to Reign in Blood. However, I don't really see it, this album stands as a strong but sadly over looked Slayer classic. Jeff and King seem like they may slow it down a little bit here, which at first was annoying, i'd be sitting listening to this album, grinding my teeth waiting for it to speed up (i.e. ss-3) Once I got over that though, it seems that the speed might have done more wrong than right for this album. Don't get me wrong, it is still quite fast. Vocal wise, this is up there with South of Heaven as one of Tom's best vocal performances. While dave is missed (welcome back!!!) Paul does a steady job of filling in, as he would for years. All in all, don't let the few nay sayers stop you from purchasing this album. It's Slayer, never dissapointed. Never anything less.

Killing Fields - 5/5 Talk about starting an album off with an anthem. This is one where I could only imagine how crazy the crowd is at a live show while this one is being played. The first 25 seconds can't even begin to prepare you for what happens next. To think, this is only the first song.

Sex. Murder. Art. - 5/5 A fast one and definetly a good one. A good opening riff leads into killer lyrics/vocals. I feel the drums slow it down a little too much in the start of things but after about 20 seconds, that is not a problem. Definetly a personal favorite of mine. Also a wonderful song name. Tom flows quite well with his vocals here. Should please any thrash maniac.

Fictional Reality - 5/5 Reminds me of a faster version of "Killing Fields" the main riff here, is one of the most memorable from this album. Probably Pauls best work is here. He really helps the flow of the song click well.

Dittohead - 4/5 The intro riff tells you one thing. "This song is going to be short and fast" which is pretty much what it is. One of the fastest here. Part of me thinks they tried to make it too slow and sped it up a bit too much and maybe should have added another 45 seconds or so to this one.

Divine Intervention - 5/5 A song that lets you take a small break. A bit long for the normal Slayer song, over 5 + minutes. Really sets the mood for the second half of the album. Not one to be missed. I love the dark almost depressing feel of the outro for this song.

Circle of Beliefs - 4.5/5 Right away, Tom starts belting it out with his vocals, I wish this song had more of an intro to it. Other than that I can't think of anything else wrong with this. It has one of the best solos on the album. It almost has a "distant" feel which gives it more atmosphere when a solo isn't being played.

SS-3 - 6/5 A song that took me some getting used to. When I did though, it became one of my favorites if not my favorite. The riffs here are the darkest you will find on this album. a song that w ill beat you jsut as hard as any other Slayer track but jsut doing it a bit slower. Enoguh to agonize.

Serenity in Murder - 4.5/5 The song name says it all, I don't think I need to say anything more. This is the type of asylum patient violence we've come to love from Slayer. only here, Tom does some really good singing, which could be called "Spooky" definetly adds something to the song. The guitars hold back here, that doesn't kill the song though.

213 - Definetly the song with the most atmosphere here. The string intro is just great. One of the best songs here. Not one to be passed over. The chorus is a bit choppy but other than that it is great.

Mind Control - 4.5/5 One of the fastest songs here. Can't go wrong with that. A good way to go out. Tom seems to put a little more venom into his vocals here. Great guitar solos as well.

So once again, you can never go wrong with Slayer. Enjoy.

THERES NO LOMBARDO WAH WAH WAH.......2006-08-05

Its sinful that such a great album doesnt have a 5 star average. This is quality thrash metal right here, with a slightly refined sound to it. All the songs have blistering solos, crazy as hell riffs, and of course, Paul Bostaphs inhuman drumming, which brings me to another a point. PAUL BOSTAPH IS JUST AS GOOD AS DAVE LOMBARDO YOU F-ING RETARDS!!!!!! GET IT THROUGH YOUR F-ING SKULLS.

Sorry, I had to get that out. But seriously, just listen to the crazy intro to Killing Fields, his crazy pummeling in Dittohead, and his double bass madness in SS-3. This is Slayer, quality Slayer, and all the b-chin needs to stop. Im betting about half of you who are trashing this album havent even listened to it, like the retards reviewing Load/ReLoad (which isnt as abysmal as people say). If your like those Sepultura and Anthrax fans who refuse to move out of the 80s and early 90s, than so be it. Your loss.

As for me, my favorite tracks are Killing Fields, SS-3, Mind Control, 213, and Dittohead.

If my review has convinced you to have a positive attitude about change, get Diabolus in Musica, this, and God Hates Us All. Also get some of Pauls work with Exodus, Forbidden, and Testament if you need further proof of his excellency.

Not their best, but a great intro for beginners.......2006-06-13

The problem with Divine Intervention is timing. Had this album been released after Reign in Blood or even after South of Heaven, it would have been considered a masterpiece, one of Slayer's finest. But having been released in 1994, it has far too much of a "been there, done that" feel to it, making it difficult to pinpoint any standout tracks. However, with that said, Divine intervention is a very exciting, aggressive LP that IMHO is the album Seasons in The Abyss should have been. This is undoubtedly one of their fastest efforts, although it is not simply a case of "Reign in Blood Redux"; most of the lyrics (with heavy contributions from Tom Araya) deal with the theme of criminal pathology and the breakdown of society, being Slayer's first album with no reference to "Satan." Despite the somewhat rough production values (the band did this one themselves) the balance of strong musicianship, intelligent lyrics and a variety of tempos with a bias toward extreme speed makes this a nice introduction for newcomers to the band. Furthermore, whatever creative rut Slayer found themselves in with this album would be more than compensated for on their next effort, Diabolus in Musica. My personal favorites: Killing Fields, Fictional Reality, Dittohead and Serenity in Murder.

good but a little choppy.......2006-06-10

First things first.Lombardo is not on here.Bostaph is a very good drummer but he isn't the right drummer for slayer.That title belongs to Lombardo and him only.Now to the review.This a good album and now a bit overlooked and forgotten.It still has some slamming songs but this is the last Slayer I usually reach for.To their credit the sound is actually heavier than ever but the songs are just not the classics of the previous three.This still belongs in any Slayer collection.This is Slayer in transition.A new drummer and new decade and now competing with the death metal movement.The best song is the title track.

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