Christ Illusion

Occupation

• Vocals, bass Tom Araya
• Guitar: Kerry King
• Guitar: Jeff Hanneman
• Drums: Dave Lombardo

Christ Illusion is the tenth studio album by the thrash metal band Slayer and the first in the original cast Slayers since 1990. It was published on 4 August 2006 with American Recordings and was produced by Josh Abraham.

Formation

There was also an eleventh song called " Final Six " written. This made ​​it but not on the album because it did not succeed in the band, completely record the song. Therefore, he appeared on a later "Enhanced Edition".

Cover

The cover was designed by Larry Carroll, who had also designed by the Reign in Blood, South of Heaven and Seasons in the Abyss. He also designed a censored version because the original image by some sellers was perceived as " too offensive ".

Style & Content

The lyrics criticize religious extremism. The song Jihad, which describes the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 from the perspective of the terrorists, can also be understood as a critique of the reactions of the government at that time.

Musically represents Christ Illusion a return to the style of the earlier albums (particularly Reign in Blood, South of Heaven and Seasons in the Abyss ) dar. The reviewer Chad Bowar emphasizes the drumming and finds that Dave Lombardo the song an " explosion of adrenaline " miss. The guitar riffs are " striking and shocking ."

Reception

The website stylusmagazine.com praises the progress of the stagnation of the previous albums, even if "progressive would be too strong a word to Slayer at least still being developed. " Even Allmusic praised the album, it was " furious [ ... ] Heavy Metal fused with hardcore thrash "and" essential for any interested in the genre. "

For the song Eyes Of The Insane Slayer received the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Metal performance.

The album reached high in the charts in several countries.

Title list

"Enhanced Version"

On 27 July 2007 a ​​new version of the album, which also includes the song Final Six appeared. In addition, it is accompanied by a DVD featuring both the music video for Eyes of the Insane, as well as excerpts from the Unholy Alliance Tour 2007 can be seen. On the elaborate cover of the digipack a shaky picture can be seen showing a rising hand with a hole in the palm of your hand in front of the Slayer logo.