'' God Hates Us All '' was set for release on July 10 ; however , concerns regarding audio mixing , the album cover , and the band 's label — American Recordings — changing distributor , caused the release date to be delayed until September 11 , 2001 . The release drew a connection to the September 11 attacks , which was the second time Slayer caused controversy towards one of their releases — the video for " Seasons in the Abyss " was filmed in Egypt and released prior to the Gulf War . In its week of release , '' God Hates Us All '' debuted at number 28 on the '' Billboard '' 200 , and sold 51,000 copies . It entered the Canadian Albums Chart at number 9 , and debuted at number 18 on the top Internet album chart . As of August 16 , 2006 , the album has sold 304,000 copies in the United States
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
God Hates Us All