Seasons in the Abyss by Slayer

Seasons in the Abyss, Slayer's fifth studio album, came out on October 9, 1990, with Rick Rubin producing. Sessions started that March at Hit City West and Hollywood Sound and wrapped in June at the Record Plant in Los Angeles. Tom Araya on bass and vocals, Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman on guitars and Dave Lombardo on drums: it was the last time the original four made an album together until Christ Illusion in 2006.

Critics heard it as a meeting of the band's previous two records, the savagery of Reign in Blood and the dread of South of Heaven, and that's about right. At 42:27 it's also the longest album Slayer ever made. It peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200 and went gold in the US and Canada. The title track later showed up on a countdown.

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