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Slayer Megathread

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  • #152
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users 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..


  • #153
    rob316
    Registered Users Posts: 17,936 ✭✭✭✭rob316


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


  • #154
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


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


  • #155
    mloc123
    Registered Users 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"


  • #156
    zcorpian88
    Registered Users 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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  • #157
    Liam McPoyle
    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.


  • #158
    Degag
    Registered Users Posts: 9,952 ✭✭✭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!!


  • #159
    devildriver
    Registered Users Posts: 874 ✭✭✭devildriver


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

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqdl1021FEU


  • #160
    grames_bond
    Registered Users 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


  • #161
    mloc123
    Registered Users Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    grames_bond wrote: »
    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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  • #162
    mean gene
    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


  • #163
    Wrongway1985
    Registered Users Posts: 6,348 ✭✭✭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?


  • #164
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users 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/


  • #165
    Degag
    Registered Users Posts: 9,952 ✭✭✭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.


  • #166
    Degag
    Registered Users Posts: 9,952 ✭✭✭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


  • #167
    thebourke
    Registered Users Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭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....


  • #168
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,751 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #169
    scudzilla
    Registered Users Posts: 11,908 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #170
    rob316
    Registered Users Posts: 17,936 ✭✭✭✭rob316


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


  • #171
    Degag
    Registered Users Posts: 9,952 ✭✭✭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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  • #172
    Marty Xavier
    Registered Users 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.


  • #173
    rob316
    Registered Users Posts: 17,936 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Marty Xavier wrote: »
    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.


  • #174
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users Posts: 10,799 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #175
    rob316
    Registered Users Posts: 17,936 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #176
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users 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.


  • #177
    Bassfish
    Registered Users Posts: 903 ✭✭✭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.


  • #178
    Degag
    Registered Users Posts: 9,952 ✭✭✭Degag


    Marty Xavier wrote: »
    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.


  • #179
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users Posts: 10,634 ✭✭✭✭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...?


  • #180
    Banzai600
    Registered Users Posts: 273 ✭✭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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  • #181
    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,531 ✭✭✭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?!


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