Description
Slayer – Christ Illusion / American Recordings Audio CD 2006 / 9362-44300-2
UPC 093624430025
Christ Illusion is the tenth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on August 8, 2006 by American Recordings. It was the band's first album featuring all four original members in over sixteen years. Slayer's drummer, Dave Lombardo, performed with the band for the first time since Seasons in the Abyss (1990).
Depicting a mutilated Christ painted by longtime collaborator Larry Carroll, the album's graphic artwork courted controversy; an alternative cover was issued to conservative retailers who felt uncomfortable with the original, and the band also put out a censored cover without the offensive artwork. Lyrics, particularly in the song "Jihad", describe the September 11 attacks from the perspective of a terrorist. Following protests, all Indian stocks of the album were recalled and destroyed by EMI India.[3]
Christ Illusion received generally favorable critical reviews, and entered the US Billboard 200 at number 5, making it the band's second highest U.S. chart position as of 2015. The album includes the Grammy Award-winning songs "Eyes of the Insane" and "Final Six".
| Label: | American Recordings – 9362-44300-2 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
Aug 4, 2006 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Thrash |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Flesh Storm | 4:14 | |
| 2 | Catalyst | 3:07 | |
| 3 | Skeleton Christ | 4:22 | |
| 4 | Eyes Of The Insane |
3:23 | |
| 5 | Jihad | 3:31 | |
| 6 | Consfearacy | 3:07 | |
| 7 | Catatonic | 4:54 | |
| 8 | Black Serenade | 3:16 | |
| 9 | Cult | 4:40 | |
| 10 | Supremist | 3:51 |
- A&R – Dino Paredes
- Art Direction, Design – t42design
- Bass, Vocals – Tom Araya
- Booking [The World For] – K2 (28)
- Booking [The World] – John Jackson (18)
- Booking [USA For] – Pinnacle Entertainment
- Booking [USA] – John Dittmar, Scott Sokol
- Coordinator [A&R] – Richard Csabai
- Cover [Art] – Larry Carroll
- Drums – Dave Lombardo
- Engineer – John Ewing Jr.
- Engineer [Assistant] – Brian Warwick, Dave Colvin
- Engineer [Mix] – Ryan Williams
- Executive-Producer – Rick Rubin
- Guitar – Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King
- Legal – Scott D. Harrington
- Lyrics By – Hanneman (tracks: 5, 8), King (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 7, 9, 10), Araya* (tracks: 4, 5, 8)
- Management – Kristen Mulderig, Nick John (2), Rick Sales
- Management [Business At] – Provident Financial Management
- Management [Business] – Angela Desimone, Bill Vuylsteke, Shelley Venemann
- Management [For] – Sanctuary Artist Management
- Management [Publicist] – Heidi Ellen Robinson Fitzgerald
- Mastered By – Vlado Meller
- Music By – Hanneman (tracks: 4, 5, 8), King (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 7, 9, 10)
- Photography By – Josh Victor Rothstein, Josh Victor Rothstein
- Producer, Mixed By – Josh Abraham
- Technician [Studio Drum] – Norm Costa
- Technician [Studio Guitar And Bass] – Armand B. Crump
