Vinyl Record

Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss album cover

Buy Slayer’s Seasons In The Abyss on remastered 180g vinyl from Kilmorna in Listowel—a landmark thrash-metal LP of speed, menace and control.

LP · Metal · 1990

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1990 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection Metal shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel, ship within Ireland from EUR 5.95 per record or outside Ireland from EUR 12.00 per record.

Seasons In The Abyss captures Slayer at a particularly potent midpoint between breakneck attack and ominous, controlled tension. “War Ensemble” opens with ruthless speed and precision, but the album continually varies the pressure: “Blood Red” and “Expendable Youth” grind forward with disciplined weight, while “Spirit In Black” turns sharp rhythmic changes into sustained menace. Its slower material is just as central to the record’s identity. “Dead Skin Mask” builds an unnerving atmosphere through repetition and restraint, “Skeletons Of Society” lands with a heavy, deliberate pulse, and the title track closes the album in a brooding haze before gathering force. Tom Araya’s bark, Dave Lombardo’s exacting drums and the cutting guitar interplay give every tempo a dangerous edge. This 2025 remastered 180g LP reissue keeps the ten-track sequence intact, offering a substantial vinyl edition of an essential American thrash-metal album.

The album unites the velocity of Slayer’s fiercest work with the slower dread and structural control explored elsewhere in their catalogue. That balance made it a defining thrash record: brutally direct in “War Ensemble,” deeply atmospheric in the title track, and consistently precise throughout.

This 2025 American Recordings reissue is a remastered single LP pressed on 180g vinyl, catalogue number 0600753441633. It carries the complete ten-track album across two sides. The heavyweight specification and current remaster make it an accessible listening copy rather than an original pressing.

Razor-edged thrash guitars, tightly controlled bass and drums, hostile vocals and abrupt shifts between extreme speed, stalking mid-tempo riffs and bleak atmosphere.

Is this Slayer’s complete Seasons In The Abyss album? Yes. The LP contains the complete listed ten-track sequence, from “War Ensemble” through the closing title track. What distinguishes this vinyl edition? It is a 2025 remastered reissue on one 180g LP, released by American Recordings under catalogue number 0600753441633. Which major tracks are included? Key selections include “War Ensemble,” “Dead Skin Mask,” “Skeletons Of Society” and “Seasons In The Abyss.”