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Slayer Megathread

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    While I'll be sad to see Slayer call it a day when the tour wraps, I'll be glad to see Gary redirect his attention to Exodus and the follow up to Blood In, Blood Out..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,570 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Ya I'm interested to see what Kerry does next. Tom is done though everything I've read is he's had enough.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Be interesting to see where Paul ends up too...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    rob316 wrote: »
    Ya I'm interested to see what Kerry does next. Tom is done though everything I've read is he's had enough.

    I would not write off King continuing with the Slayer name... From what I read back around when Hanneman first got sick, King was very much "the show goes on"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭zcorpian88


    mloc123 wrote: »
    I would not write off King continuing with the Slayer name... From what I read back around when Hanneman first got sick, King was very much "the show goes on"


    Nah I wouldn't listen to Slayer without Tom Araya, bands rarely stay relevant once their lead singer departs and the albums and performances that come after just become mediocre. Tom just has a presence onstage. I mean, without Tom there would just be one longtime original member (Kerry King) and Bostoph that has stepped in and out over the years and Gary Holt, it would be a joke with a new singer.

    It sucks that they are retiring but I'd rather see them retire than see them go on without Araya. Kerry will probably form a supergroup, maybe him and Phil Anselmo or something?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭Liam McPoyle


    zcorpian88 wrote: »
    Kerry will probably form a supergroup, maybe him and Phil Anselmo or something?

    Man that would be the grouchiest metal band of all time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭Degag


    Hoping there is a small chance they'll be added to the Slane line-up. Think they are playing some festival in France/Belgium the week after so it would be possible!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 874 ✭✭✭devildriver


    Found this one on Youtube, Obituary "Slowly We Rot" onstage cam.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭grames_bond


    Degag wrote: »
    Hoping there is a small chance they'll be added to the Slane line-up. Think they are playing some festival in France/Belgium the week after so it would be possible!!

    they are playing Graspop in Belgium alright on Friday 21st of June, maybe they are just finishing up with the festival circuit


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    they are playing Graspop in Belgium alright on Friday 21st of June, maybe they are just finishing up with the festival circuit

    Can't imagine the majority of slane goers would enjoy Slayer.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 875 ✭✭✭mean gene


    Degag wrote: »
    Hoping there is a small chance they'll be added to the Slane line-up. Think they are playing some festival in France/Belgium the week after so it would be possible!!

    so far the support acts for slane is a sh1tfest need someone good like slayer


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,473 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    mean gene wrote: »
    so far the support acts for slane is a sh1tfest need someone good like slayer

    Did you not go last week?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Gary Holt temporarily leaving Slayer's European Tour, former Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel is stepping in while Gary takes a leave of absence.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5t1LTAJg5/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭Degag


    Degag wrote: »
    Hoping there is a small chance they'll be added to the Slane line-up. Think they are playing some festival in France/Belgium the week after so it would be possible!!
    Well that small chance is pretty much gone as they're playing Rock am Ring.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭Degag


    Final show on tonight. Real end of an era and the first of the Big 4 to hang up their boots.

    May have to listen to a few songs later on for the nostalgia factor


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,366 ✭✭✭thebourke


    listening to slayer at the moment....cant believe its the end....first saw them at donnington 92...one of my mates was at the gig last night in the LA Forum....legends..what more can i say....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,871 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Degag wrote: »
    Final show on tonight. Real end of an era and the first of the Big 4 to hang up their boots.

    May have to listen to a few songs later on for the nostalgia factor

    Ah Motley Crue done a 'final show' and are now back

    Maybe Netflix might bring out a slayer biopic


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,968 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Ah Motley Crue done a 'final show' and are now back

    Maybe Netflix might bring out a slayer biopic

    Nah, think this is the real deal, Tom has been wanting to retire for some time and had to be heavily persuaded to do such a long farewell tour


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,570 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Slayer just ended. ****
    What a band, enjoy retirement Tom. I have a lot of respect for someone going out at the top.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭Degag


    scudzilla wrote: »
    Nah, think this is the real deal, Tom has been wanting to retire for some time and had to be heavily persuaded to do such a long farewell tour

    I would tend to agree. At the same time though i wouldn't be surprised if they did some festival gigs in a few years if they were offered big bucks to do so.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 230 ✭✭Marty Xavier


    rob316 wrote: »
    Slayer just ended. ****
    What a band, enjoy retirement Tom. I have a lot of respect for someone going out at the top.

    To be fair they are 20 years past their best but I'm not complaining, they continued to put out some decent stuff in the last two decades. Their 4 albums Hell Awaits , Reign in Blood, South of Heaven and Seasons in the Abyss are amongst the best 4 albums ever released by a metal band.
    I'm glad to have grown up when these albums were being release, hearing them while newly released and the reviews weren't even published was great.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,570 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    To be fair they are 20 years past their best but I'm not complaining, they continued to put out some decent stuff in the last two decades. Their 4 albums Hell Awaits , Reign in Blood, South of Heaven and Seasons in the Abyss are amongst the best 4 albums ever released by a metal band.
    I'm glad to have grown up when these albums were being release, hearing them while newly released and the reviews weren't even published was great.

    I think most of this genre peaked in the 80's but I was more referring to the live act. Its a top live act still, saw them a few times in the last couple years and they haven't missed a beat. Incredibly tight musically.
    If they wanted they could tour another 10 years and go at it half arsed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Personally, I think when Jeff died they should have nipped it in the bud (and I say that as a huge fan of Gary). It just wasn't the same after that.

    I really hope Tom enjoys his retirement, he more than deserves it at this stage.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,570 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    Personally, I think when Jeff died they should have nipped it in the bud (and I say that as a huge fan of Gary). It just wasn't the same after that.

    I really hope Tom enjoys his retirement, he more than deserves it at this stage.

    Kerry King has kept Slayer going longer than Tom wanted. I agree when you lose a founding member that should of been it. And yes also think Gary is awesome


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    I'd say it's going to be an ending that sticks. Tom can enjoy his retirement, Kerry will probably go the solo route, Paul will be in demand, and Gary has Exodus to focus his attention on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭Bassfish


    I could see Kerry King going out with a backing band playing Slayer songs in a couple of years. Doesn't seem like the type to put his feet up in retirement.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭Degag


    To be fair they are 20 years past their best but I'm not complaining, they continued to put out some decent stuff in the last two decades. Their 4 albums Hell Awaits , Reign in Blood, South of Heaven and Seasons in the Abyss are amongst the best 4 albums ever released by a metal band.
    I'm glad to have grown up when these albums were being release, hearing them while newly released and the reviews weren't even published was great.

    Dunno about that. I still watch their performance in Download in 2005 on Youtube. One of the best performances i've ever seen. They were amazingly tight. Lombardo i think was just back again and was in absolute beast mode.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,664 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    Degag wrote: »
    Dunno about that. I still watch their performance in Download in 2005 on Youtube. One of the best performances i've ever seen. They were amazingly tight. Lombardo i think was just back again and was in absolute beast mode.

    Think that was 2006, when Lombardo filled in for Ulrich for part of their set, when he got sick...?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭Banzai600


    i thought Slayers gig in the 3 arena Nov 2018 was spectacular. Ive been around / played music many years, and they completely blew the roof off, from theatrics to the sound / production and overall performance.

    i think there are some aspects to the " Repentless " album that throw light into some of the old riffs etc. It is raw too.

    i dont think you'll see them going global with tours again, i could be wrong, but i reckon it will be mainly the US , thats IF they do gig again.


    This is an interview worth reading and funnily enough touches on what i said above re the Repentless album

    https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/slayer-interviewed


    Bostaph is a slick stick man, Lombardo very much his own man and way of playing. The whole Lombardo split and the way it went on both sides wasnt great, its a real shame. And i think i did read somewhere that they never considered Dave a full time member of the band!?! Two very different drummers, so its down to personal choice who you like, not who is better.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,704 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    Banzai600 wrote: »
    This is an interview worth reading and funnily enough touches on what i said above re the Repentless album

    https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/slayer-interviewed

    Must say I always like reading / hearing interviews with Tom over the last while, and they're often surprisingly candid. Seems a very genuine, down to earth guy who's got his priorities in order and just wants to spend time with his grandkids. And does he ever stop laughing?!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭Degag


    Think that was 2006, when Lombardo filled in for Ulrich for part of their set, when he got sick...?

    Dunno, the one i'm referring to is definitely 2005 anyway.


    Banzai600 wrote: »


    Bostaph is a slick stick man, Lombardo very much his own man and way of playing. The whole Lombardo split and the way it went on both sides wasnt great, its a real shame. And i think i did read somewhere that they never considered Dave a full time member of the band!?! Two very different drummers, so its down to personal choice who you like, not who is better.

    He never seems to nail the double bass solo in Angel of Death which kinda annoys me. Maybe i'm just too used to Lombardo standards.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭Beekay


    Think that was 2006, when Lombardo filled in for Ulrich for part of their set, when he got sick...?

    That was 2004 that Lombardo and others filled in for Ulrich, when Slayer had to play the second stage because their gear got delayed or something


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,589 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    scudzilla wrote: »
    Nah, think this is the real deal, Tom has been wanting to retire for some time and had to be heavily persuaded to do such a long farewell tour

    Maybe he will feel differently after a few months of retirement. Also with the money that will be thrown at them , i can definitely see them coming out of retirement for a few festival dates.

    You heard it hear first: Slayer to play Wacken in 2021!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,664 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    Beekay wrote: »
    That was 2004 that Lombardo and others filled in for Ulrich, when Slayer had to play the second stage because their gear got delayed or something

    I deffo remember Ulrich getting sick a couple of hours before they were due to go onstage in 06(Donington) and Joey Jordison, Lombardo, and others filled in for him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    I deffo remember Ulrich getting sick a couple of hours before they were due to go onstage in 06(Donington) and Joey Jordison, Lombardo, and others filled in for him.

    No that was definitely 2004 when Lars couldn't appear, and Metallica drafted in guest drummers. Your thinking of Jonathan Davis from Korn and 2006.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭Degag


    Kerry King’s first song off his debut album came out yesterday…. And it’s undeniably Slayer. So much so that i’d say he specifically tried to get a singer who sounded exactly like Tom Araya. Decent song at the same time i guess.

    Had a few choice words to say about Tom too (not majorly surprising) and Dave Lombardo (not at all surprising). Just massively pissed that Tom called quits on the gravy train i’d say.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭Banzai600



    long live the king, its a fast track. i spotted bastoph by his snare drum a mile off. not mad about the vocals....



    good article


    king and Arya havent spoken since 2019 . says it all, and im surprised king sai "he's dead to me" about lombardo...wtf?!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,473 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    Turns out they weren't immune to the ol retirement fakeout.

    He mightn't have Spoken to Tom since 2019 but he's certainly agreed to play with him as they've been booked & announced for 2 North American festivals in the autumn.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Was always gonna happen. Play limited gigs each year, get paid handsomely and Tom doesn't have a full tour schedule.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭Degag


    Had thought after 5 years they were probably definitely done. Tom seemed content in retirement.

    Obviously bullshit by Kerry saying they hadn’t spoke in so long. They’d have had to really to get back up and running again.

    Few select dates every year i think. Don’t think we’ll see them on these shores again.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,754 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    ...they probably didnt talk for most of that 5 years, 40 years together is longer than most marriages, by that stage you probably dont want to be talking to each other....

    ....not exactly surprised by this, have to agree with the few gigs a year and nice pay out, id say playing live is as addictive as any drug....



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭Degag


    yeah but he explicitly said last week that there wasn’t so much as a text in 5 years.

    If they were coming back then they’ve obviously conversed in recent weeks/months.

    Or so one would have thought.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,754 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    ...may not have been communicating directly, but via management, lawyers etc, i get the feeling there hasnt been a whole lot of direct communication between them for a very long time, even before they finished up....



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,570 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Its not really a reunion or tour, I always thought they'd do a few festivals every few years and get paid a boat load.

    Someone like system of a down are broken up nearly 20 years, dont like each other and still do a few dates a year.



  • Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,980 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle
    Brundlefly


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 854 ✭✭✭human 19


    FYI, SOAD UK cover band playing in Dublin start of April, IE cover band palying in Athlone this weekend. Slayer cover band playing at Roackathon, dont know anything about them



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