What is Seasons in the Abyss?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Album | name = Seasons in the Abyss | type = studio | artist = [[Slayer]] | cover = | released = October 9, 1990 | recorded = January – June 1990 at:<br>Hit City West<br>Hollywood Sound<br>[[Record Plant Studios|Record Plant]]<br>([[Los Angeles]], [[California]]) | genre = [[Thrash metal]] | length = 42:27 | language = [[English language|English]] | label = [[American Recordings (record label)|Def American]] | producer = [[Rick Rubin]], [[Andy Wallace (producer)|Andy Wallace]], Slayer | Reviews = | prev_title = [[South of Heaven]] | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = [[Divine Intervention]] | next_year = 1994 }} '''''Seasons in the Abyss''''' is the fifth [[studio album]] by American [[thrash metal]] band, [[Slayer]]. ''Seasons in the Abyss'' was released on October 9, 1990 through both [[American Recordings (record label)|Def American Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/seasons-in-the-abyss-mw0000690378/releases|accessdate=2015-02-28|title=Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer - Releases|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> The album debuted at #40 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/279575/Slayer/chart?f=305|accessdate=2015-02-28|title=Slayer - Chart history|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=2017-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424041116/http://www.billboard.com/artist/279575/Slayer/chart?f=305|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Seasons in the Abyss'' was certified [[RIAA certification|Gold]] by both the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in the United States and the [[Canadian Recording Industry Association|CRIA]] in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Seasons+in+the+Abyss%22|accessdate=2015-02-28|title=Gold & Platinum: Slayer|publisher=RIAA}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?fwp_gp_search=Slayer|accessdate=2015