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Slayer – Screaming from the Sky (1998) | Track profile | Dork

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Screaming from the Sky

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Screaming from the Sky

Release date: 8th June 1998

From Diabolus in Musica

About This Track

"Screaming from the Sky" is a track by Slayer, from the album Diabolus in Musica , released 8th June 1998. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Slayer.

About the Artist

Slayer

Slayer

Lyrics

Screaming from the Sky

[Verse 1]

I stalk, close in from above

Silent wings will test your faith

Death will never hear me pass

Launch attack, you're too late

I hear flak inside my head

Deafening thunder, cities burn

Carpet-bombing laid to waste

Throned inside a death mask

[Chorus]

Holy cross embedded in your tomb

Casualties are buried through your mind

Certain death is screaming from the sky

[Verse 2]

I live to destroy below

Hunted victims are unseen

Flying wrath, a fortress hell

War machine to kill all

I leave carnage in my wake

Choking, bleeding for your life

Faceless prey has been erased

Silence reigns, you're dead now

[Chorus]

Holy cross embedded in your tomb

Casualties are buried through your mind

Certain death is screaming from the sky

[Guitar Solo: Kerry King]

[Bridge]

Listen to the rhythm of a dead man walking

Silent is the heartbeat of the predator stalking

Hear the sound of air, feel the warmth touch your neck

Reality is not fair, no time to second-guess

Hear the distant ringing of the blade as it cuts your neck

Silent is the cry, lying on your mattress of blood

An easy mark for a veteran of execution

[Outro]

I walk step by step with death

Where all bludgeoned bodies lie

You will see my face of rage

Cut your heart out of your chest

Leave impaled the consummation of mankind

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Track details

From Diabolus in Musica

1998

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Album

Diabolus in Musica

Release year

1998

—Perversions of Pain
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—Point
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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King, Tom Araya
Producer: Rick Rubin
Co-Producer: Slayer
Engineer: Greg Gordon
Bass: Tom Araya
Drums: Paul Bostaph
Guitar: Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King
Vocals: Tom Araya
Assistant Engineer: Allen Sanderson, Bryan Davis, John Tyree, Sebastian Haimerl, Wade Goeke
Mastering Engineer: Howie Weinberg