As part of their monthly MP3 album deals, Amazon has Slayer‘s South Of Heaven on sale for only 5.00 in MP3 format. (If you’d like a physical copy of the album, the CD is available for $11.38 and is an AutoRip, which means with the CD purchase you’ll also get a FREE MP3 download of the entire album.)

Released in 1988, South Of Heaven — Slayer’s fourth full-length studio — slows down the pace from its groundbreaking predecessor Reign In Blood, but keeps the brutality and intensity going with songs like “Mandatory Suicide,” “Spill The Blood,” “Ghosts Of War,” and the eerie title track, “South Of Heaven.” Featuring the classic line-up of Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman on guitars; Dave Lombardo on drums; and Tom Araya on bass and vocals, South Of Heaven is another perfect album from the legendary thrash titans and elite members of the Big Four. The album is a must-have, especially at this low price.

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Jeff Hanneman, original guitarist and songwriter for the band Slayer, died today of liver failure in a southern California hospital, according to a posting on Slayer’s official Facebook page. He was 49 years old.

Born in 1964, Hanneman helped found the popular thrash metal band Slayer in 1981 along with fellow guitarist Kerry King. The band has been putting out albums consistently since its 1983 debut, Show No Mercy, and Hanneman has played rhythm and lead guitar on each of them, including their most recent effort, 2009’s World Painted Blood.

Hanneman had been on medical leave from Slayer since early 2011 after he contracted necrotizing fasciitis, a rare, quick-spreading flesh-eating disease. His bandmates had been optimistic during his recovery and rehabilitation and were hopeful that their he would eventually rejoin them for a new album and tour.