SLAYER — Divine Intervention (review)

SLAYER — Divine Intervention album cover Album · 1994 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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The gap between Seasons In The Abyss and Divine Intervention was the longest the band had gone in between trips to the recording studio at this stage of their career. Such a gap often results in a band retooling or changing their sound, but once Slayer found their sound in the mid 80’s they stuck with it.

There’s something about the production of the album that makes me think this one is worse than it really is. The guitars sound rather muddy, and the drums don’t sound nearly as sharp as they should be. Overall, it’s bad for their standards, but still listenable for the most part.

Dave Lombardo left Slayer a few years earlier, but replacement drummer Paul Bostaph shows he’s up to the task with his playing on “Killing Fields” and “Dittohead”. Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman continue writing riffs in the same successful mould, and their squealing solos are just as effective. They’ve written some slower material before, but songs such as the album’s title track and “213” have a different vibe that what was on South of Heaven. I think the production actually makes them sound darker.

There are no songs I’d call a Slayer classic, but Divine Intervention is a pretty consistent album with nothing that stands out as filler. I’ll classify this one as a good but not essential release.
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