SLAYER Diabolus in Musica [Explicit Content] The Batman Yellow Text Both are widely regarded as

Both are widely regarded as transcendent masterpieces and very much befitting of the title “holy grails”

" the phrase implied by their acronymic band name

Rumbling bass overlaid with piercing synths mixes with field-recorded Ovimbundu folk song and a distant waterfall

The muddy analog a cappella intro of "Eat Your Heart Out" sets the tone for tongue-in-cheek double entendres updating "Shout It Out Loud" with slightly different lyrics but the same bell-bottomed irreverence

Back To The Swamp is a heady tussle between their incorrigible DIY ethics and new responsibilities

SLAYER Diabolus in Musica [Explicit Content] The Batman Yellow Text Both are widely regarded asSlayer: 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