Artist: SLAYER
Album: DIVINE INTERVENTION (CD)

Release date: 1994
EAN/UPS: 0602537352227
Media type: CD

Divine Intervention is the sixth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on September 27, 1994 through American Recordings, it was their first album featuring Paul Bostaph, replacing the band's original drummer Dave Lombardo. Several of the songs on the album were inspired by television shows. The production posed as a challenge to the record company, as its marketing situation drew arguments over the album's explicitness. The band used the Decade of Aggression live album to give them time to decide the album's style. Since it was released nearly four years after Seasons in the Abyss, vocalist Tom Araya said that there was more time spent on production compared to the band's previous albums. The cover was painted and designed by Wes Benscoter as a re-imaging of the group's early "Slayergram" graphic.

Even though so much time was spent on production, Kerry King said that the mixing and mastering should have had more attention. The song's origins not only come from television, but were also inspired by various other things, including Rush Limbaugh, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, and Araya's wife. Araya concluded that the album "came out of the past four years of hating life." In 1998 the album was banned in Germany due to the lyrics of "SS-3", "Circle of Beliefs", "Serenity in Murder", "213" and "Mind Control".

Divine Intervention received mixed reviews by critics, with AllMusic giving it three out of five stars, and The Deseret News giving it a positive review. The album sold 93,000 copies in its first week. It peaked number eight on the Billboard 200 and charted at number 15 on UK Albums Chart. It was rewarded a Gold in the United States and in Canada. An extended play entitled Serenity in Murder was released shortly after the album.

TRACKLIST:
No. Title Lyrics Music Length 

1. "Killing Fields"   Tom Araya Kerry King 3:57
2. "Sex. Murder. Art."   Araya King 1:50
3. "Fictional Reality"   King King 3:38
4. "Dittohead"   King King 2:31
5. "Divine Intervention"   Araya, Hanneman, King, Paul Bostaph Jeff Hanneman, King 5:33
6. "Circle of Beliefs"   King King 4:30
7. "SS-3"   Hanneman Hanneman, King 4:07
8. "Serenity in Murder"   Araya Hanneman, King 2:36
9. "213"   Araya Hanneman 4:52
10. "Mind Control"   Araya, King Hanneman, King 3:04