I’ll happily admit to being biased here. This is one of my favourite albums of all time. It’s melodic, brutal, unsettling and relentlessly exciting. A perfect balance of everything that makes Slayer so fucking… Slayer!

The opening assault of Killing Fields sets the tone immediately, before Sex. Murder. Art. and Fictional Reality keep the pressure firmly on. Then comes Dittohead, a two-and-a-half-minute exercise in absolute fucking chaos.

But there’s more to Divine Intervention than speed and aggression. The title track is a wonderfully dark, groove-heavy monster, while Circle Of Beliefs and SS-3 demonstrate just how inventive Hanneman and King could be with their riffs.

Serenity In Murder brings a wonderfully twisted melodic edge, and 213 is genuinely unsettling, building an atmosphere that’s as disturbing as anything Slayer have recorded. Finally, Mind Control brings the whole thing to a suitably brutal conclusion.

There’s a surprising amount of melody buried in all that violence. The guitars have a real character to them, the riffs are instantly recognisable, and Paul Bostaph’s drumming is absolutely ferocious.

And then there’s the runtime. Around 36 minutes. No padding, no unnecessary detours, no fucking about. Just ten tracks that get in, do their damage and get out.