Diabolus in Musica [Explicit Content] | Mint (M)

Slayer: Tom Araya (vocals, bass); Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King (guitar); Paul Bostaph (drums). Principally recorded at Oceanway Studios, Los Angeles, California. The sledgehammer rhythms and churning guitars of Slayer remain in full effect on DIABOLUS IN MUSICA. Seldom has an album been more aptly titled, as the ominous, minor key riffs and modalities that power the band's compositions are the aural personification of darkness and evil, engendering an inescapable sense of foreboding. The tunes here, from "Bitter Peace" to "In The Name of God," are streamlined metal, containing only the essential elements necessary to drive the band's message home. One aspect of the band's sound that makes them unique among their peers is that no matter how harried charcoal-throated vocalist Tom Araya's vocals become, they are always intelligible, revealing Slayer's preoccupation with politics and social, as well as personal turmoil.

 

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Label: American Recordings – 314 586 801-2

Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo

Country: US

Released: 2002

Genre: Rock

Style: Thrash

1                          Bitter Peace

Music By, Lyrics By – Hanneman*

4:32

2                          Death's Head

Music By, Lyrics By – Hanneman*

3:34

3                          Stain Of Mind

Lyrics By – King*

Music By – Hanneman*

3:24

4                          Overt Enemy

Music By, Lyrics By – Hanneman*

4:41

5                          Perversions Of Pain

Lyrics By – King*

Music By – Hanneman*

3:33

6                          Love To Hate

Lyrics By – Hanneman*, King*

Music By – Hanneman*

3:07

7                          Desire

Lyrics By – Araya*

Music By – Hanneman*

4:20

8                          In The Name Of God

Music By, Lyrics By – King*

3:40

9                          Scrum

Lyrics By – King*

Music By – Hanneman*

2:16

10                        Screaming From The Sky

Lyrics By – Hanneman*, King*, Araya*

Music By – Hanneman*

3:12

11                        Point

Lyrics By – King*

Music By – Hanneman*

4:11

Marketed By – Island Def Jam Music Group

Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.

Manufactured By – Island Def Jam Music Group

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – American Recordings, LLC

Copyright © – American Recordings, LLC

Copyright © – Pennemunde Music

Copyright © – Molosser Music

Copyright © – SS810 Music

Made By – UML

Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording

Recorded At – Hollywood Sound Recorders

Mixed At – Hollywood Sound Recorders

Mixed At – Groove Masters

Mastered At – Masterdisk

Art Direction – Frank*

Co-producer [Co-produced By] – Slayer

Drums – Paul Bostaph

Engineer [Assistant Engineer] [Groove Masters] – Sabastian Haimerl*

Engineer [Assistant Engineer] [Hollywood Sound] – Brian Davis*, Wade Goeke

Engineer [Assistant Engineer] [Oceanway] – Allen Sanderson, John Tyree

Engineer [Engineered By] – Greg Gordon

Guitar [Guitars] – Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King

Management – Rick Sales, Rick Sales Management

Management [Manager Assistant] – Nick John (2)

Mastered By – Howie Weinberg

Photography By – Exum

Producer [Produced By] – Rick Rubin

Vocals, Bass – Tom Araya

Issued in a standard clear tray jewel case with a 10-panel folded booklet.

 

Actual track durations differ slightly from those printed on the release.

 

Tracks 1, 2, 4: © 1998 Pennemunde Music (ASCAP)

Tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 11: © 1998 Pennemunde Music/Molosser Music (ASCAP)

Track 7: © 1998 Pennemunde Music/SS810 Music (ASCAP)

Track 8: © 1998 Molosser Music (ASCAP)

Track 10: © 1998 Pennemunde Music/SS810 Music/Molosser Music (ASCAP)

 

Recorded at Oceanway Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Additional Recording and Mixing at Hollywood Sound, Los Angeles, CA

Additional Mixing at Groove Masters, Santa Monica, CA

 

Booklet:

© 1998 American Recordings, LLC.

 

Tray inlay and disc:

℗ © 1998 American Recordings, LLC.

Barcode (Text): 7 31458 68012 3

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: CD
• Genre: ROCK
• Released: 03/12/2002