Christ Illusion is the tenth
studio album by the American
thrash metal band
Slayer. Released on August 8, 2006, the album received generally favorable critical reviews, and it entered the
Billboard 200 at number 5—the band's highest U.S. chart position to date.
Christ Illusion includes the
Grammy Award-winning songs "
Eyes of the Insane" and "Final Six", and is the band's first studio album to feature original drummer
Dave Lombardo since 1990's
Seasons in the Abyss. It is also the first time since
Divine Intervention that they recorded songs in D# tuning. The songs "Jihad", "Flesh Storm", "Catalyst" and "Consfearacy" were recorded in D# tuning, while the songs "Catatonic", "Eyes of the Insane", "Skeleton Christ" and "Supremist" were recorded in Drop B tuning. The remaining songs were recorded in C# tuning.