Seasons in the Abyss is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on October 9, 1990, through Def American Records. Recording sessions began in March 1990 at Hit City West and Hollywood Sound, and ended in June 1990 at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, California. It was the band's last album to feature their full original lineup with drummer Dave Lombardo until his return on the band's 2006 album Christ Illusion. Seasons in the Abyss' musical style has been compared by critics to the band's previous two albums, South of Heaven (1988) and Reign in Blood (1986).
"...their standard bearer remains a living breathing symbol of earnest devotion to the muse, a loyalty he manifests with absolutely unfettered joy throughout. All around man indeed." Doug Collette for All About Jazz
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August 14th in Rory history:
1968 London GB Toby Jug
1970 London GB Klooks at the Lyceum
1971 Aylesburg GB Friars
1972 Boston USA Boston Common w/ Savoy Brown
1983 Washington DC USA Saba Club
1994 Colmar F Foire aux Vins (📸 Marcel Huckel)
August 6th in Rory history:
1972 Pittsburgh USA Pitt Stadium One World Festival of Music
1974 West Hollywood USA Whisky a Go Go
1976 Providence USA Providence Civic Center w/ Aerosmith
1994 Langenau D TSV-Sportanlage Nau-Rock Open Air (📸Wolfgang Gürster)
Flick of the Switch turns 40 this month! Released on August 19, 1983, the album was recorded in April/May 1983 at Compass Point Studios. It was the 1st album self-produced by the band, and was mixed at Electric Lady Studios in New York. It reached #15 in the US & #4 on UK charts.