Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/South of Heaven

South of Heaven

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 5, 2023 by Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:12, 7 June 2023 (UTC)



South of Heaven is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer (pictured) released on July 5, 1988, by Def Jam Recordings. The album was the band's second collaboration with producer Rick Rubin, who produced their previous album Reign in Blood. Given the frenetic pace of their previous album, Slayer deliberately slowed down the tempo on South of Heaven and utilized undistorted guitars and toned-down vocals. South of Heaven was the band's last album released by Def Jam, although the rights were transferred to Rubin's new label Def American Recordings after Rubin ended his partnership with Russell Simmons. South of Heaven peaked at number 57 on the Billboard 200. While some critics praised the change in the band's sound, others more accustomed to the style of their earlier efforts were disappointed. The songs "Mandatory Suicide" and the title track have become permanent features of the band's live setlist. South of Heaven was later certified gold by the RIAA in 1992.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Bleed American is scheduled for June 25
 * Main editors: is the FAC promoter.
 * Promoted: 15 December 2007
 * Reasons for nomination: 35th anniversary of album's release. Part of the Slayer discography good topic.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 21:47, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose Support - we're running another album just 10 days after another appears in the front? Granted, that FA in question is jointly mine, and I had another date in mind and found out literally today it was running in June. I'm working on pushing that back myself, and was thinking July 24 (its release), but this date is far more significant and I will concede the period to South of Heaven if I must. If I get Bleed American moved back (thinking maybe November), then I will strike my oppose. UPDATE. I didn't know that Bleed American had been so swiftly rescheduled. I no longer have any objection to this. As for the reply below, I appreciate the gesture, but no, I insist that this runs in July instead. The album is arguably more culturally significant, or at least as much, to its respective scene as Bleed is to its own, and 35 years is the bigger anniversary. (Honestly, I'm astonished this has never been front page, I've known about this FA for years and thought it had run before I arrived on Wikipedia nine years ago.)  danny music editor  oops 00:03, 2 May 2023 (UTC)


 * I think in the comment above you are talking about Bleed American, which was scheduled for June 24 but was replaced a couple of hours ago. I am fine with South of Heaven not running this year, and Bleed American going for July 24. I suggest opening a TFA request at WP:TFAR so that the co-ords know that you want that date, and listing articles at WP:TFAP if there are other articles that you have dates in mind to run. Z1720 (talk) 23:32, 1 May 2023 (UTC)