A complete departure from the relentless speed of Reign In Blood, South Of Heaven delivered the gut-punching power that the band had become known for, but with more nuanced songwriting at a steadier tempo that was more accessible to fans worldwide. Tom Araya described the album as “a late bloomer - it wasn’t really received well, but I guess it kind of grew on everybody later. It was something that we purposely did different. It wasn’t fast, and it didn’t have that Reign in Blood effect.”
Some thirty years after its release, Decibel called the album “emblematic of everything we love about the devil’s music.”
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