South Of Heaven
by Slayer

South Of Heaven by Slayer
Year: 1988
Release date: 1988-07-05
Overall rank: 1,649th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 272 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (25th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (251st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,649th)

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Slayer bestography

South Of Heaven is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by Slayer on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Slayer is Reign In Blood which is ranked number 463 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,657.

Slayer album bestography « Higher ranked (1,495th)
Seasons In The Abyss
This album (1,649th)
South Of Heaven
Lower ranked (3,123rd) »
Show No Mercy

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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South Of Heaven track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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South Of Heaven rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,649th | 1980s rank: 251st | 1988 rank: 25th

South Of Heaven collection

South Of Heaven ratings

Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 272 votes)
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05/07/2026 07:14 undiesclawfoot  Ratings distribution  1100/100
 
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04/28/2026 21:29 cestuneblague  Ratings distribution  8,24180/100
 
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03/22/2026 14:50 Untitled  Ratings distribution  1,72777/100
 
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03/13/2026 09:51 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,92970/100
 
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01/12/2026 23:32 VictorVale  Ratings distribution  3,85181/100

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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 80.8/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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90/100
From 02/03/2022 16:09 | #280566
Most representative heavy metal band ever.
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I dont understand ryms hipster bias having other slayer albums higher rated then reign in blood wtf.
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80/100
Thrash supreme. 'South of Heaven' and 'Silent Scream' being my picks for favorite on this
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90/100
One of their best
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80/100
A strong follow up to, reign in blood. South of heaven, is a slightly slower record, obviously the band knew that had taken 'speed' to it's natural conclusion and made something no less exhilarating, but less about tempo. Good record.
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80/100
This was the perfect follow up to Reign in Blood. They were never going to top the fury of that album, but by taking it down a notch they showed a different side and it worked well.
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