OPEN TODAY 12 TO 7 ! ON THIS DATE IN 2008 ! Christ Illusion is the tenth studio alb** by the American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on August 8, 2006, the alb** received generally favorable critical reviews, and it entered the Billboard 200 at number 5—the band's second highest U.S. chart position as of 2015. Christ Illusion includes the Grammy Award-winning songs Eyes of the Insane and Final Six , and is the band's first studio alb** 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.