South Of Heaven
by Slayer

Album
South Of Heaven by Slayer
Year: 1988
Release date: 1988-07-05
Overall rank: 1,674th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 275 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (26th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (259th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,674th)

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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 480 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,526.

Slayer album bestography « Higher ranked (1,484th)
Seasons In The Abyss This album (1,674th)
South Of Heaven Lower ranked (3,195th) »
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South Of Heaven track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Track pick (880 - 87 votes)
South Of Heaven
Average Rating: 88 (87 votes)Comments: View 0
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Silent Scream
Average Rating: 83 (61 votes)Comments: View 0
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Live Undead
Average Rating: 82 (53 votes)Comments: View 0
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Behind The Crooked Cross
Average Rating: 86 (65 votes)Comments: View 0
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Track pick (870 - 68 votes)
Mandatory Suicide
Average Rating: 87 (68 votes)Comments: View 0
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Ghosts Of War
Average Rating: 82 (56 votes)Comments: View 0
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Read Between The Lines
Average Rating: 79 (46 votes)Comments: View 0
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Cleanse The Soul
Average Rating: 80 (48 votes)Comments: View 0
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Dissident Aggressor
Average Rating: 82 (48 votes)Comments: View 0
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Spill The Blood
Average Rating: 84 (56 votes)Comments: View 1

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South Of Heaven rankings

South Of Heaven rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,674th | 1980s rank: 259th | 1988 rank: 26th  Overall chart history
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South Of Heaven ratings

Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 275 votes)
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70/100
 !		38 hours ago AlexandreSilva  Ratings distribution  13969/100
 
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 !		10/18/2026 23:39 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,48670/100
 
90/100
 !		10/10/2026 06:30 Artem  Ratings distribution  87277/100

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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 80.6/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.


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South Of Heaven forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSea
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by ExTeaSea () 1. by by (1982) 3. by (1980) 4. (1981) 5. by (1981) 6. by by (1981) 8. by (1980) 9. by by (1985) 11. by (1983) 12. by (1987) 13. by (1986) 15. by (1988) 16. (1986) 17. by by (1982) 20. (1982) 21. by by by by by (1981) 27. by…”
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From Mercury 07/02/2022 20:11 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!
“recent listening and relistening (last couple weeks, 0-5 scale and the ranges are basically idk how high or low I could see this going depending on how I’m looking at it.) 77 Live Les Rallizes Dénudés/1991/3.7-4ish. It's wildly explorative and ahead of its time. Also 90+ minutes and drags a bit.…”
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From 11/20/2014 12:51 | #127504 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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. (Edited)
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From 06/20/2016 16:20 | #169260 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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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From 11/18/2019 11:47 | #244969 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of their best (Edited)
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From 01/23/2022 05:47 | #279879 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I dont understand ryms hipster bias having other slayer albums higher rated then reign in blood wtf.
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From 09/18/2020 04:43 | #258367 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Thrash supreme. 'South of Heaven' and 'Silent Scream' being my picks for favorite on this
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