Originally Posted by LeHetfield James

How the **** can any honest-to-god fan of slayer say South of Heaven is their best release? I don't care if you think it's great, that's not the point of what I'm saying, the point is: How could it POSSIBLY be anywhere NEAR as good as the masterpiece that is reign in Blood? Araya's performance on Heaven is GARBAGE, and makes most of the songs just absolutely putrid. He singlehandedly ruins "Behind the Crooked Cross," along with just about every other song on that album where the instrumentation is otherwise fine.