Diabolus in Musica

Artist: Slayer
Label: American Recordings
Category: Music

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

UPC: 731458680123
EAN: 0731458680123
ASIN: B000062YBZ

Release Date: 2002-03-12

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Tracks:

Bitter Peace
Death's Head
Stain Of Mind
Overt Enemy
Perversions Of Pain
Love To Hate
Desire
In The Name Of God
Scrum
Screaming From The Sky
Point

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Customer Reviews:

Diabolus in Musica.......2007-02-06

This Slayer CD is great. It is the closest of the new albums to the old ones (reign in blood, seasons in the abyss, south of heaven), which is why I like it. Awesome!!

its ok.......2006-07-09

this is an ok cd, ill listen to it if im bored or something, slayer isnt at all a really good band, but they did something here, they made there music sound ok, slayer is getting stronger.....

A pretty weak album - 2.5 stars .......2006-06-28

Slayer released Diablos in Musica in 1998. This is a decent thrash album, but definitely not up to Slayer's standards. Yeah, some people think Slayer sucks and they say they are over-rated. These people are entitled to their opinion. That being said, Diablos really is Slayers weakest album. Maybe Tom Araya was able to sing in 1988, but his singing 10 years later just ruins the music. His normal vocals are ok, but when he sings or tries a spoken word section, it really shows that he should stick with what he knows (if only James Hetfield took my advise; his voice makes me want to puke now). Songs like Death's Head, Stain of Mind, Love to Hate are probably the worst Slayer songs they wrote up to this point.

This is the Slayer album I listen to the least. There are song good songs: Bitter Peace, Overt Enemy, Scrum and Screaming From The Sky. Too bad the rest of the album is rather boring.

100% Solid Effort, Slayer's most creative work to date.......2006-06-13

After falling into a creative rut with Divine Intervention, Slayer desperately needed to put out new material to prove their relevancy. The band succeeded in their effort, releasing Diabolus in Musica, one of Slayer's finest works yet. Despite the unfortunate number of negative reviews, this album has it all for any true fan with an open mind: superb production (you can hear the bass-thank you Rick Rubin!!!), good lyrics (mostly dealing with war and other forms of violence, suffering) and a fresh approach to the guitar work courtesy of Hanneman and King. Do not be deceived: this is in NO way a "mainstream" or "sell out" effort. On the contray, it is one of their heaviest to date. Even one of the most common complaints about this album, the lack of speed, does not hold up; for while the album is certainly not as fast as Reign in Blood or Divine Intervention, it is ultimately no slower than South of Heaven or Seasons in The Abyss. For example, check out "Bitter Peace," a much stronger opening track than "Killing Fields" and IMHO an equal to "War Ensemble." Other outstanding tracks include "Death's Head," "Perversions of Pain," "Scrum" and "Point." Yet there really is no "filler" on this album. Each member shines: Hanneman and King continue their wild, off the wall riffs and solos, while at the same time exploring new tones and effects; Paul Bostaph proves once again that he is (or was) more than an andequate replacement for Lombardo, while Tom Araya is ultimately the showcase here, showing off (for once!) his bass chops and pushing the limits of his vocal stylings. At the end of the day, the genius of Diabolus is the (very limited) incorporation of contemporary heavy metal genres with an otherwise solid thrash foundation. One final note: Best album cover to date! Far better than the lame covers on Divine Intervention and God Hates Us All, while avoiding the cool, but overdone demonic artwork of earlier LPs.

Slayer's WORST album (or their "least" inspired one).......2006-05-15

I'm gonna get some flak for this but I had to get it out: This is probably SLAYER's wrost album. Maybe "wrost" is being a bit too extreme; let's say it is their least inspired. After releasing the thrash masterpiece "Reign In Blood", many fans wondered wher SLAYER would go next. So the band started to flirt with less screamed-out vocals and some slow songs for a change. "South Of Heaven" and the subsequent "Seasons In The Abyss" showed SLAYER maturing AND changing while still being loyal to thrash. The songs themselves became a bit more intricates and the melodies more memorable and even haunting. But drummer Dave Lombardo's exit and a 4 year hiatus made a lot of us fans wondered what was going to happen to the mighty SLAYER. In the interim, Death Metal took over and bands like CARCASS, ENTOMBED, MORBID ANGEL and DEICIDE were determined to steal SLAYER's extreme metal crown. So when their "comeback" album was released, all the progression and maturity shown on their 2 previous albums were flushed down the toilet in favor of a more stripped down sound. "Divine Intervention" tried to bring back "Reign In Blood" tactics along with a few melodies left over from "Seasons...". The album was more like a statement aimed at the new pretenders of extreme metal. This brings us to "Divine's" follow up, "Diabolus in Musica". Forget the frantic, unrelenting thrash of thier earlier albums. Forget the haunting and creepy melodies of "South of Heaven" and "Seasons...". What SLAYER gave us here were probably left overs from "Divine". It is clear that both, King and Hanneman were NOT particularly inspired while writing this album. "Bitter Peace" is an OK opener in typical SLAYER fashion and "Desire" tries to evoke the creepy melodies of "Seasons..." . The rest (and I feel REALLY bad in saying this) is "generic" to say the least.
A lot of metal fans give METALLICA a hard time for their musical experimentation but no one dares to say anything bad about SLAYER just because they never turned their amps down. Very few of the riffs you'll hear on "Diabolus in Musica" are particularly memorable and at times I even felt cheated by one of my all time favorite bands. You only have to see one of their current concert set lists to find out there AREN't any songs from this album....maybe one.
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