Slayer Behind the Crooked Cross Live NYC August 31,1988 

After this tour Slayer rarely played this song because Jeff hated it. It's always been one of my favorite songs.

Lombardo insane drumming, the best!

This song is defenetly one of the best Lombardo performances with slayer, this song is an eternal mid tempo with amazing fils all over the place, and Lombardo flawless drumming fells like a pure jam session for the guy. Incredible. This live performance during their peak is pure gold.

THE BEST SLAYER SONG EVER!!!!

crazy as fuck!!! lombardo is the greatest drummer ever! perfect act!!! miss you jeff… rest in peace…

Dave is unchained !

Dave is just headbanging, I FUCKING EYEGASM WHEN I SEE IT MAN!!!

The drums are crushing. A sonic storm of destruction.

One of the best anti-war songs ever.

LOMBARDO...!!!

Lombardo was always a beast, but on South of Heaven and Seasons he reached his absolute peak. His drumming just was incredible.

the chorus to this song is sweet, cool drumming.

Doom baby, fu**ing Doom! \m/

"Time melts away in this living inferno, Trapped by a cause that I once understood. Feeling a sickness building inside of me, Who will I really have to answer to. March on through the rivers of red. Souls drift, they fill the air. Forced to fight, behind, the crooked cross!"

my fav slayer song, ive seen them 10 times and never seen it :(

araya's voice is insane here

I actually had this on bootleg way back. This is the show where everyone starts tearing the seats out and shit. It was awesome.

I’m forever grateful to Doom for getting me into thrash metal

Miss you Jeff.

Loved them since i was 15 yrs old. Im 47 now, Still love them! RIP Jeff🤘🖤❤️

Very underrated song

So fucking happy I got to see this very tour at LA’MOUR BROOKLYN! EARS ARE STILL RINGING!

Two walls of Marshalls emblazoned with inverted crosses - doesn’t get more Slayer than this!!

omfg K.K, with hair..almost forgot what that looked like.Awesome fukkin song..

Never got to hear Ghosts Of War or Live Undead - my fave tracks from SOH

Nothing can top "South of Heaven" as masterpiece of art. Both sides are conceived as Classical suites, the sequence of pieces obbey a coherent order. Thank you Rick Rubin!

Great song and great album - my fav.

One of the best songs of the album, and yet Jeff hated it. I can't understand why. It makes no sense to me.

Just seen it awesome bro

LOVE that guitar riff!!!

A rare gem

Best slayer song

amazing

timeless

Kerry hates Cleanse the Soul and Jeff hates this one.

Fuckin' A. Still my favorite album

Did you youngsters know that some of the in game music from the classic game DOOM was based on parts of heavy metal songs. This is one of them. Episode 3 Mission 3 of Doom has you killing the demons of hell to a digitized version of this song. Another reason why Doom was such an essential part of my existence.

Dave wanted to play faster but the band couldn't keep up.

TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY!

i was 3 months old:)

Saw this tour

thats weird thta he doesnt lke this its one of my favorite slayer songs

kickass song, kickass performance... \m/¸

Take note: This is a real live show. The Felt Forum in NYC, underneath MSG.

Why don't they play this one anymore? Fucking killer.

en todo SLAYER

I'm sure cleaning up after this gonzo thrash crowd was a joy.....Lombardo amazes

I love This Fucking Song...I love!!!

RIP Hanneman

RIP Jeff \m/

The drums in this song are fucking insane

The Video is out for 4 years and there is only 1 dislike! YES!

Aaaarraaghhh!!!

Tom araya is a vibe

One song at a time please.

3:40 the guy recording is like "wait whos playing the solo" haha he just shows them both. haha

IS THAT A HUGE UPSIDE DOWN CROSS.............thats soo fucking badass

E3M3 ! \m/ fuck yeah !

Such a cool fucking riff.

@whiskeywilliams Yeah! I told my friends, that this song was put into DOOM ... in midi :).

@ Alex Carrasco... Jeff hangs his up, after he read your Comment...!!!

fucking brilliant!!!!

My year and my month \m/. Day: 6+6+6= 18 18/8/1988 hahaha

I would really like a proper live Slayer album, with really good sound quality. Think "Live After Death" or "Priest ... Live."

One person EPICALLY FAILS AT LIFE!!! SLAYERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

slayer fuckin rulz \m/

aka Deep Into The Code from DOOM.

I wonder why Jeff hates this song? Its a pretty cool song

Think this was used on one of the doom levels

...and no fucking Smartphones

Didn't he write both the lyrics and the music to this song? I find it especially odd he would detest his own written music.

Tern skates back wards.

King says he can't stand the song so they don't play it. It's a shame.

Great Track,can' t really understand why Jeff hated it.

It's actually Jeff who hates it

Machine gun snare👌

wtf hanneman wrote the song and he does not like it?Dam its would be good if they play it live again

Laughs in DOOM 1993

This is slayer at their best 👌

I wonder if they downpicked the whole song

Doom ost

does anyone know why jeff hangman hates this song?

False, it's neither. You're referring to Cleanse the Soul.

ВСЛЕД ЗА ИЗОГНУТЫМ КРЕСТОМ время тает на глазах в этом Аду кромешном! - я в западне, вызванной тем, что я однажды осознал, что чувствую отвращения нагромождение внутри себя я - пред кем в действительности мне потом отвечать? пройдя по алым рекам, души стремятся, - они здесь заполонили всё, и вынуждены сражаться, следуя за изогнутым крестом!.. делаю лишь то, что от меня ожидают - без эмоций, - чувства подавлены мои!! слепое повиновение ведёт меня через это всё, совесть - лишь слово, что я учусь забывать!.. пройдя по рекам, полным крови, души стремятся, - они здесь везде! и вынуждены воевать, следуя за искривлённым крестом!!.. время тает на глазах в этом Аду кромешном! - я в западне, вызванной тем, что я однажды осознал - слепое повиновение ведёт меня через это всё, я делаю лишь то, что ждут от меня!! пройдя по алым рекам, души стремятся, - они везде!! и вынуждены сражаться, следуя за изогнутым крестом!!!

1:45 for the song

***** It's thrash metal, not heavy metal. But an interesting factoid.

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