Divine Intervention is the sixth studio album by Slayer. Released on September 27, 1994, through American Recordings, it was their first album to feature Paul Bostaph, replacing the band’s original drummer Dave Lombardo. The production posed a challenge to the record company, as its marketing situation drew arguments over the album’s explicitness. The band used the Decade of Aggression live album to give them time to decide the album’s style. Since it was released nearly four years after Seasons in the Abyss, vocalist Tom Araya said that there was more time spent on production compared to the band’s previous albums. The cover was painted and designed by Wes Benscoter as a re-imaging of the group’s early “Slayergram” graphic. Even though so much time was spent on production, Kerry King said that the mixing and mastering should have had more attention. The song’s origins came not only from television shows, but were also inspired by various other things, including Rush Limbaugh, and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. In 1998 the album was banned in Germany due to the lyrics of “SS-3”, “Circle of Beliefs”, “Serenity in Murder”, “213” and “Mind Control”. Divine Intervention received mixed reviews by critics. The album sold 93,000 copies in its first week. It peaked number eight on the Billboard 200 and charted at number 15 on UK Albums Chart. It was rewarded gold in the United States and Canada. An EP entitled Serenity in Murder was released shortly after the album.