South Of Heaven (studio album)
by Slayer
Slayer bestography
South Of Heaven is ranked 3rd best out of 15 albums by Slayer on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Slayer is Reign In Blood which is ranked number 459 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,757.
(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
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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South Of Heaven rankings
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South Of Heaven ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/17/2025 21:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 1,905 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2025 18:33 | Jparce | 217 | 82/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2025 09:39 | Musicmister9988 | 203 | 96/100 |
| ! | 08/21/2025 17:58 | traistboar | 1,432 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2025 12:49 | robertoveltri | 757 | 79/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
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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IlMala 02/03/2022 16:09 | #280566
Most representative heavy metal band ever.
I dont understand ryms hipster bias having other slayer albums higher rated then reign in blood wtf.
Thrash supreme. 'South of Heaven' and 'Silent Scream' being my picks for favorite on this
jeremy9 11/18/2019 11:47 | #244969
One of their best
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.
Decurso 11/20/2014 12:51 | #127504
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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