Talkin' Slayer: A Metal Podcast and Half-@ssed Audiobook

Today’s topic is Seasons in the Abyss... part 1.

This is episode #163 of 55. "Not back at it... STILL at it."

DEEZ NOTEZ:

Slayer's classic "Seasons in the Abyss" video: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DECp8LKurKs⁠

Evil sounding live version of "Seasons in the Abyss," live1992, Swedish radio broadcast: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DECp8LKurKs⁠

THE WHOLE DAMNED SHOW. I'LL TAKE THIS BOOT OVER DECADE OF AGGRESSION ANYDAY. ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR_pFJG1a24&list=OLAK5uy_kkteW8fJCx32Blk8QhZFIBUSaDpJsHR5I⁠

Video: most of "Seasons" live at Donnington, 1992: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSobKEwbqsQ⁠

Alternate version of "Seasons" with extra background music: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pscD2xHPKo⁠

"Seasons," just bass & drum tracks, from Rock Band --remember THAT? ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejVdPbDqMEQ⁠

"War Ensemble" official video, from Wembley: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqnC54vbUbU⁠

“War Ensemble" live in the 90s: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA4xOYor93w⁠

"War Ensemble" live, from the 2010 Bulgaria Big Four show: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NakAypNTNlw⁠

"Spirit in Black" cued to Jeff's first solo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7sEr9BFtVE&t=95s

ABOUT THE SHOW:

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

Plus...

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

Hey, all. This is another Linkisode... which is to say it's not a real episode.

The true content is in the following link, which is a full video of Slayer's most destructive, insane, infamous, legendary concert ever. Mass psychosis? Total bedlam. It's from the South of Heaven tour, in New York City, summer 1988:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00bYK3fzY3o&t=64s

Last week, Patreon supporters got a full episode about this show, featuring testimony from eye witnesses, plus other facts and myths about the landmark concert. It was the band's last appearance in NYC for some time. And no wonder, considering the big bill for the damages. It's one of the more popular chapters.

To hear it and more, you can sign up ap for under $1 an episode at ⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠.

Your next real episode will arrive eeearly Monday morning. It's Seasons in the Abyss, part 1. When Slayer reunited, they played more of this record than any other. The Patreon Slaytreon Team have it already,.

Until then, FEAST YR EYES.

See you then. Gratitude!

This is episode #161 of 55. We are deep in overtime. STILL.

This is your pal Ferris.

Today’s topic is SOUTH OF HEAVEN, the album and the time, plus a blood live show.

Next week, Patreon supporters get to hear about Slayer's definitive, most violent, criminally insane, legendary concert. Sign up for under $1 an episode at Patreon.com/SlayerBook.

DEEZ NOTEZ:

A SEED OF HORROR! The "South of Heaven" demo: JeffHanneman's instrumental 1985 demo that he sliced and diced into "South of Heaven" later. Available on the Soundtrack to the Apocalypse box set as “South Of Heaven (Early Version / Jeff Hanneman's Home Recording).” Also as heard on the Seeds of Horror demo compilation bootleg.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ozSxpqMYvc

Three of the best minutes of Slayer history caught on tape, even though there's no Slayer in it. A TV report that captures the chaos outside Slayer's 1988 LA show -- which, because of these events, would be their last hometown gig for 25 years. (Brownlee, Michael/Real TV. “ Fans Go Wild.” August 1988. Archived online as Posted 30 July 2011 by user gummybearcavity.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUjg3u-ljGc

Book The Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology, Volume II, featuring Chris Dick's "Chaos Rampant: The Making of South of Heaven" (from March 2013's issue #101). https://store.decibelmagazine.com/products/the-decibel-hall-of-fame-anthology-volume-ii

I posted some of this before, elsewhere, I think. Enjoy a littletaste of the live chaos to come as the tour continues. 1989 BBC feature "BBC - Heavy Metal Heaven - Thrashed To Death • 1989" with four pro-shot clips: South of Heaven, Raining Blood, Silent Scream, and Mandatory Suicide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts5uy7HORUA

Judas Priest, "Dissident Aggressor," original:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntvF-VZ-ppQ

Halestorm covering "Dissident Aggressor" live in Belguim,2013. Interviewed Lzzy and RJ when they were just kids, in the demo phase. Good band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abr2mh56k1A

Halestorm studio cover from Renimate: The Covers EP 2.0:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZOb45FNxvo

Giuffria, "Call to the Heart"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNqATBMH6IM

ABOUT THE SHOW:

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

Plus...

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

This is episode #157 of 55. We are deep in overtime. STILL.

This is your pal Ferris.

Today’s topic is the ongoing affair of attrition that wasthe Reign in Blood tour. This week: Dave Lombardo is out, and T.J. Scaglione is in. Spoiler: It doesn’t last long.

Last week, in the shownotes, Patreon supporters got a link to all four Slayer drummers over the years, playing the “Angel of Death” double bass drum break. And they got another chapter about Reign & blood & the road.

This is week 7 or 8 covering Reign in Blood, depending on how you want to count my report from the concert this month, wherein the band played the entire album. There’s one more week to go. That’s for the Patreon/Slaytreon heads only, too.

DEEZ [SHOW]NOTES:

Slayer live in Cleveland, 1987. The video lists a differentdate, but the ad for the show says it was 3 February 1987. Unclear whether this unusual set list is the full set or just what was caught on video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J9ZgykLXdw

ABOUT THA SHOW:

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

Plus...

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

Hey there, true believers & Slaytanic pals.

This is not a proper episode. This is another linkisode.

Tomorrow — Monday — you'll get another full-on episode about Reign in Blood. But for today...

Today's topic -- AGAIN -- is more REIGN IN BLOOD.

Today's content is not in the audio portion. It's in the link below.

Stefan Ekström breaks down Reign in Blood... and plays it too:

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_8YOysNB5I&t=1s⁠

I am not a musician. If anything is lacking in my extensive coverage of Reign in Blood, it's technical musical analysis. THIS guy -- Sweden's Stefan Ekström -- breaks it down in great detail in this YouTube video.

He makes a couple incorrect suppositions about the band & their history & how they did a couple things in the studio. But, hey, nobody bats 1.000. He's still worth listening to. And he has my book now... so his extensive knowledge bank has been updated.

This is episode #158 of 55 Talkin' Slayer. We're running over a little bit. Free listeners miss more than half the content. To learn more about getting every single episode, including the bonus stuff, visit here. Packages start under $1 per episode.

https://Patreon.com/SlayerBook

For today's programme, click the link above.

Enjoy.

Gratitude.

— Your Pal Ferris

This is the kind of thing Patreon supporters get more frequently. Learn more at

⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠

...as always, free listeners get an episode every OTHER week. Patreon supporters get one EVERY week, and then some.

ABOUT THE SHOW:

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

Plus...

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

Hey there, true believers & Slaytanic pals.

This is not a proper episode. This is another linkisode.

Today's content is not in the audio portion. It's in the link below.

Because I thought it was rad and I wanted to share with you.

This is the kind of thing Patreon supporters get more frequently.

That said, this week, members of the Patreon / Slaytreon also got another episode about the Reign in Blood tours, which forever altered the group's trajectory & chemistry. The episode also features links to all four Slayer drummers playing the "Angel of Death" drum break... and other cool links.

Learn more at

https://Patreon.com/SlayerBook

...as always, free listeners get an episode every OTHER week. Patreon supporters get one EVERY week, and then some.

For today's programme, click the link below.

Enjoy.

Gratitude.

— Your Pal Ferris

Slayer, live in Philly, at the Troc[adero], 1999. This is from the Diabolus tour, when Slayer was gloriously ripping up clubs again — as was the mighty Iron Maiden and many an other metal varsity band:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXk6LbURU8M

ABOUT THE SHOW:

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

Plus...

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

This is episode #153 of 55. We are deep in overtime.

SLAYER IS BACK.

Your pal Ferris delivers a long recap of the band's first live concert of 2026...

...which included the classic thrash album Reign in Blood, in its entirety.

The episode opens with some notes on the Minneapolis/Shakopee openers, plus the Rocklahoma show too.

The blow-by-blow recap of Minneapolis starts around 23:00.

Patreon supporters have access to a series of posts about the show, including a 70-image photo gallery and more links. Learn more here.

DEEZ NOTES:

If you're a full-on Patreon supporter, here's a photo gallery with like 70 images from the show.

Photos: Gallery by Andy Wilcox, a Minneapolis photographer who shoots on 35mm film.

Click for video: The entire Slayer set from Minneapolis, September 4 2026. This is the show we’re mostly talkin’ ‘bout.

Video: The full Reign in Blood set segment, live in Minneapolis

Video: More Minneapolis Slayer clips

Video: Down clips from Shakopee/Minneapolis

Video: ST at Minneapolis

Video: 20 minutes of Hatebreed at the show

Video: Reign in Blood live at Rocklahoma, part 1 of 2

Video: Reign in Blood live at Rocklahoma, part 2 of 2

Video: Slayer clips from Rocklahoma

Audio: Ferris’ recap of the 2024 Riot Fest show, Slayer’s first concert since 2019

Audio: From 2025, the Talkin’ Slayer recap of Slayer’s mini fest in Hershey, PA

ABOUT-A DA SHOW:

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

Plus...

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

Today's topic is Reign in Blood. In week 3 of many, learn about Blood in America, where the Reign in Blood tours begin. This is the beginning of the end, right here in 1986.

DEEZ NOTEZ: Material referenced in the week's episode...

Slayer & Megadeth thrash spotlight on MTV, 1986. Kerry appears in his "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" outfit. ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDagVjE3V_c⁠

Video: Slayer live at the Ritz, NYC, 6 December 1986. Playing under threat of death! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBF-j6OVcfc&t=3205s⁠

Audio: Slayer live in San Diego. This probably is the bestSlayer bootleg. 2-1-86, Adams Avenue Theater. ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW4nIRmF0sI⁠

Theme music band Chupacabra on Bandcamp: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://chupacabrametal.bandcamp.com/album/fortified-with-ashes⁠⁠⁠⁠

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

Plus...

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

Today's topic is Reign in Blood, Part 1 of many: Prelude to the album, plus Enter Into the Realm of Def Jam... Recently inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Rick Rubin enters the chat!

Last week, Patreon supporters got two versions of reviews & analysis of the "Expanded" edition of From Hell I Rise, the debut release by the Kerry King band.

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

DEEZ NOTES: Things referenced in this episode...

Audio: Slayer live at "Lamorz," November 1985. This setchanged everything. ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aHdu-RU_B0⁠

Slayer, Reign in Blood demo tape, round 1. JeffHanneman's bedroom tapes. Made with a drum machine. Back in the day, Chris Bade mailed me a TAPE of this. Youtube had NOT been fully stocked yet. ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWVCJ47DMo0⁠

Slayer, Reign in Blood demo tape, round 2. With the full band and Tom vox: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmncxIvHhRE&t=587s⁠

J. Bennett on Reign in Blood, short version: ⁠https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2004/11/02/slayer-reign-in-blood/⁠

Look for the magazine's Metal Hall of Fame book collections here: ⁠https://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/db-books⁠

Plus...

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

Today's topic is Hell Worldwide, the international campaign that was the Hell Awaits tour. This episode features my favorite moment from the book... and Slayer's career. All looks lost. And then...

Last week was good episode. But... after episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows & content. Free listeners will only get an episode every OTHER week, and they'll miss half the story.

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

DEEZ NOTES: Things referenced in this episode...

Decibel declared Slayer & Venom & Exodus' The UltimateRevenge roadshow the most metal tour of all time. Read about it here. From DecibelSpring 2017 special issue The Top 100 Metal Tours of All Time. By Greg Pratt, “Decibel Presents: That Tour Was Awesome: Ultimate Revenge Tour,Venom/Slayer/Exodus (1985).” Decibel online. 22 February 2017.

This oral history segment features recollections from Lombardo, Holt, and Venom drummer Anthony “Abaddon” Bray.https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/02/22/that-tour-was-awesome-ultimate-revenge-tour-venom-slayer-and-exodus/

The Combat Tour Live: The Ultimate Revenge Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g_6tos-vPo

The full video of Slayer's first European show:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmKcKURNzAA

Your man Ferris unboxing the new Hell Awaits reissue, which, long story short, is GREAT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KCOF-0W7-g

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

Today's topic is Live Undead... the shows around it, the album, and the cover art.

After episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows & content. Free listeners will only get an episode every OTHER week, and they'll miss half the story.

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

DEEZ NOTES: Things referenced in this episode...

The official mini-documentary Fans Rule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5pn8m5csXA&t=7s

Slayer live at the Rio Theater, Halloween 1984: https://youtu.be/IclFZZach0c?si=GMbRFsSVPXrm_bUz

Dennis Dread's “The Occult Roots Of Metal Iconography,” which shows some of the direct inspiration for the Live Undead cover art (4 May 2011). http://dennisdread.blogspot.com/2011/05/occult-roots-of-metal-iconography_896.html

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

Today's topic is primal crossover: Slammin' to Slayer... Metal Enters the Pit (Chapter 11). Metal and punk collide. Cuts, bruises, busted bones, and broken noses ensue. And, yeah, it's totally worth it.

After episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows & content. Free listeners will only get an episode every OTHER week, and they'll miss half the story.

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

DEEZ NOTES: Things referenced in this episode...

The Pap Smear demo, featuring Dave, Suicidal Tendencies guitarist Rocky George, and Jeff on guitar AND vox: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP_gESKuTzk⁠

Slayer Live 1984 at the Keystone in Berkeley, California Full Show: ⁠http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taTrf3U01PY⁠

Slayer - Live at The Country Club - Reseda, CA - 9/1/1984. ST's Mike Muir introduces the band: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHQf3it_GNo⁠

⁠Spotify playlist of songs with Slayer guest appearances, plus influential tunes and jams referenced this week: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2i6SOz4xeI54L4XwMqXNEs?si=741da9b86c3c4698⁠

Interview with Sum 41's Cone McCaslin; he talks about collaboratingwith Kerry King, at about 13 minutes: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Absv70CB2vBhKRY4NW269?si=1f76fcc3689d4b58⁠

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

HEY PALS.

Here's a little taste of something I'm doing now, exclusively for Patreon supporters... mostly.

Long story short, it's a new type of mini-episode I'm experimenting with. I'm calling 'em Linkisodes. Until I think of something better.

The true content here isn't what you can listen to. It's what you can click below.

Here's the deal:

1) Linkisodes are normally for Patreon supporters & friends of the program only.

2) They're a way to deliver some of the cool stuff I post on the Patreon page — except this way, you don't even have to visit the Patreon page and see what I posted. You can just click the link in the shownotes. Like THIS:

Click here for BRUTALITISTIC* LIVE SLAYTANIC ACTION IN COLOR VIDEO...

SLAYER – Diabolus in the East! Japan, Tokyo, 1998 | Ultra‑Rare Pro-Shot Concert

https://youtu.be/4LY6rNWalco?is=0ODGGtNOGTE5ScnZ

Decent idea, right?

Do you agree?

ps. All the Patreon supporters have access to this week's episode right now. You don't get it until Monday.

Anyhow... Let me know if you want more... videos, interviews, cover songs, other cool stuff. All comin' to you in your podcast feed.

https://Instagram.com/Slayerbooks

https://Patreon.com/Slayerbook

Slayerbook@gmail.com

...and I talk about it at slightly more length in this mini-link-isode.

I hope you dig it.

MASSIVE GRATITUDE.

* "Brutalitistic" is not a word. Don't be unliterate.

Today's topic is Metal Moonlighting: Slayer team captain Kerry King signs on to play in the very first lineup of Megadeth, briefly apprenticing under one of his heavy metal heroes, Dave Mustaine.

Is Kerry on the way out of his own band? Was it influential for Megadeth? Was it influential for Slayer? The answers are no, no, no, and “Yes, but…”

This week is the final episode that is free for all. After episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows & content. Free listeners will only get an episode every OTHER week, and they'll miss half the story.

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

BONUS SLAYAGE TALK: NoFriender & The Thrash Metal Show are back — for now — and talkin’ the Hell Awaits reissue. Click here to hear it.

DEEZ NOTES: Things referenced in this episode...

Killer video of a near-complete Megadeth set featuring Kerry King — thevideo says it's the first Megadeth show, though it is not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2XTzxgX3c0

From the killer documentary Get Thrashed, ex-Megadeth bassist DaveEllefson bassist's take on Kerry's time in the band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rLw_Ro1IUo

Trailer for Murder in the Front Row, the thrash documentary you NEED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiEQF2aXoY4

Trailer for Born in the Basement, Rat Skates' Overkill early days /thrash documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twLdbDKnqGY

Unless otherwise noted, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage, of UK metal band ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chupacabra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

Today's topic is Slayer's first record deal and album: Show No Mercy, released on the hall of fame metal foundry that is Metal Blade.

VIDEO: Slayer, live, 1983.

Next week is the final episode that is free for all. After episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode. Free listeners will only get an episode every OTHER week, and they'll miss more than half the story.

Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠.

Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?

Unless otherwise noted, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage, of UK metal band ⁠⁠⁠⁠Chupacabra⁠⁠⁠⁠.

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

Today's topic is the International Day of Slayer... which is today if you're listening in a timely manner.

For the first time, Slayer Day founder Jeff Tandy reveals the myths, facts, and misdirections behind the scenes of your favorite hesher holiday. You pal Ferris interviews Tandy in this co-production between the International Day of Slayer and your favorite metal show, Talkin' Slayer. Ferris covers it in the book... and now he's covering it MORE.

Our new bud Jeff is also the host of underground metal podcast Metalenema. And after a lifetime of shredderation & destructionality, he now plays in Imprecation, a Satanic death metal band from Texas.

Then the Slaytanic history resumes next week.

If you like the interview & you want more, let us know by responding to the episode's poll.

Unless otherwise noted, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage of UK metal band ⁠⁠⁠Chupacabra⁠⁠⁠.

This is an unusual episode. Normally, for the next year or so, every week, subscribers will get a chapter or two of D.X. Ferris' Slaytanic history book...

"Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

...Season 4 is — mostly — the complete, annotated audio version, broadcast for the first time.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook, which is available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot.

Talkin' Slayer Season IV: Return of the New & Improved presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

Mostly, in season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Thank you for listening.

Talkin' Slayer & Ferris on the Instagram: https://⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠

Talkin' Slayer on Patreon, where the key to all the episodes is CHEAP: https://⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠

The annotated, affordable audiobook version of Ferris' band history, "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography, or, How Fkin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss (4th Edtion: REBORN)": ⁠Slayerbook.Bandcamp.com⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood: ⁠http://SlayerBooks.com⁠

This is not an episode. Not a proper episode. But...

Today’s topic is some absolutely killer, very old Slayer footage that is bustin’ out all over the internet. This is probably the best Slayer video I have ever seen. And I’ve seen most of it.

It's live footage. It's a long, long interview. It’s live from the Slaytanic inner sanctum. It’s ALL. It’s everything. And it’s from a truly historical junction for the band: in that zero-gravity moment between when Reign in Blood was finished and released.

Click the link below to watch ⁠Markit Aneight⁠'s breathtaking act of Indiana Jones-level Slaytanic archeology. The YouTube music content foundry unearthed an hourlong 1986 episode of the TV show Heavy Metal Mania.

You want to see where Slayer and Reign in Blood came from? Block out an hour. And click right here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUjV0Uyn5lM

And/or listen to this little mini-episode to hear me explain why it's such a big deal.

Tune back in Saturday, 6/6/26, for a very special look at the most hesher holiday, The International Day of Slayer. This is a whole new kind of episode. Different how? Tune in and find out. Tell a friend.

F'n Slayer, friends.

— Ferris

Talkin' Slayer & Ferris on the Instagram: Instagram.com/Slayerbooks

Talkin' Slayer on Patreon, where the key to all the episodes is CHEAP: Patreon.com/SlayerBook

The annotated, affordable audiobook version of Ferris' band history, "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography, or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked F*kin' @ss (4th Edtion: REBORN)": Slayerbook.Bandcamp.com

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood: SlayerBooks.com

Today's topics are Jeff Hanneman (again), the State of California's billion-dollar thrash incubator, and the hard-partying major ragin' scene that spawned Slayer, Metallica, many a metal throwdown & countless hesher hangovers.

Unless otherwise noted, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage of UK metal band ⁠⁠Chupacabra⁠⁠.

For the next year or so, every week, subscribers get a chapter or two of D.X. Ferris' Slaytanic history book...

"Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

...this is the complete, annotated audio version, broadcast for the first time.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook, which is available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot.

Talkin' Slayer Season IV: Return of the New & Improved presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

Mostly, in season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

F[ARG]IN' SLAYER. JEFF RIP.

Thank you for listening.

AND WE ARE BACK, aces high.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED...

Click here for a video of Ferris unboxing the Hell Awaits 40 megabox set. You axed for it. Here it is.

Anyhow...

Today's topics are GOAT metal drummer Dave Lombardo and Slayer team captain Kerry F.N. King. And where they grew up. And where Slayer came from, the world that shaped the band.

As mentioned on the show: video of Dave Lombardo KILLING IT with Metallica, so much so that Lars worried about the band kicking him out and keeping Dave.

Unless otherwise noted, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage of UK metal band ⁠Chupacabra⁠.

For the next year or so, every week, you get a chapter or two of D.X. Ferris' Slaytanic history book...

"Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

...this is the complete, annotated audio version, broadcast for the first time.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook, which is available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠.

The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot.

Talkin' Slayer Season IV: Return of the New & Improved presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

Mostly, in season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

F[ARG]IN' SLAYER. JEFF RIP.

Thank you for listening.

AND WE ARE BACK. The time: two minutes to midnight.

Today's topics are Slayer founder — if not mastermind — Kerry King and frontman Tom Araya.

Unless otherwise noted, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage of UK metal band Chupacabra.

For the next year or so, every week, you get a chapter or two of D.X. Ferris' Slaytanic history book...

"Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*Kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

...this is the complete, annotated audio version, broadcast for the first time.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook, which is available CHEAP at

⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠.

The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot.

Talkin' Slayer Season IV: Return of the New & Improved presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

Mostly, in season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

F[ARG]IN' SLAYER. JEFF RIP.

Thank you for listening.