Divine Intervention is the sixth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on September 27, 1994 by American Recordings. The album's production posed a challenge to the label, as its marketing situation drew arguments over its explicitness; to give them time to decide over its style, the band released the live album "Decade of Aggression". Since it was released nearly four years after its predecessor "Seasons in the Abyss" (1990), vocalist Tom Araya said there was more time spent on its production compared to the band's previous albums.