Seasons In The Abyss
by Slayer
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Seasons In The Abyss is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Slayer on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Slayer is Reign In Blood which is ranked number 466 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,629.
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Seasons In The Abyss track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Seasons In The Abyss rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1990s Pt 4 | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 80/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 25 Music Albums of 1990 | 4/25 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 301-400 | 100/100 | - |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 18 Music Albums of 1990 | 14/18 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 83/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1990 | 29/100 | - |
| 2026 | Sonoffatboy | Top 70 Greatest Music Albums | 19/70 | 72 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 55/100 | 44 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 220 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,120 | |||
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Seasons In The Abyss ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 48 hours ago | xhitmanx | 1,573 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2026 00:34 | Untitled | 1,796 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 09:27 |  DommeDamian | 7,699 | 48/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5384): By ssteve
pedro1976 10/09/2024 11:29 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 02/16/2024 21:00 in Album of the day (#4807): Seasons In The Abyss by SlayerSeasons In The Abyss comments
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VictorVale 02/01/2023 15:35 | #293474
Marco do thrash!
Slightly more relaxed than "Reign in blood", which makes it more accessible and easier to appreciate their musicianship. Overall, 70/100.
not a long album, but it was a taxing few listens for me because it's so uniform a package. vocals, instrumentals, and rhythm to a point feel redundant, broken finally by the title track. I appreciate the production, the dark and heavy atmosphere, and that the vocals aren't overly histrionic, which i find with some other metal albums. But I'm not much of a metal head so take my opinion w a grain of salt
Daba sus últimos coletazos de calidad el Thrash Metal y Slayer no podían quedarse al margen de lo que se estaba cocinando. 'Seasons in the Abyss' es un disco mucho menos burro que el célebre 'Reign in Blood', pero no me cabe duda de que es un trabajo más elaborado a nivel de composición. Mientras que en 1986 los americanos se dedicaban a soltar esos riffs y solos de infarto a velocidad de vértigo, aquí tenemos a una banda más madura haciendo mejor música desde el punto de vista técnico. Hay canciones con mucha melodía, tempos a una velocidad inferior, pero, por descontado, este disco es una auténtica joya del Thrash Metal. Por supuesto, no podemos obviar el gran trabajo instrumental que hacen todos y cada uno de sus miembros; desde el genuino Dave Lombardo hasta el trabajo vocal de Araya pasando por King y Hanneman.
The last of the 'classic' trilogy after, reign, and, heaven, seasons in the abyss, is another strong Slayer album. They really were at their peak in the late eighties/early nineties, and this record is the proof.
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