BIG episode this week. IT'S GOIN' DOWN!! Two topics: 1) Things come to a head between Dave and the band. Dave thinks he has them right where he wants them.. BUT... And then a little palate cleanser, something different: 2) Friend of the show Gino Bambino shares his experience traveling from the backwoods to the big city to see Slayer play a little roller rink on the South of Heaven tour.

Only eight more episodes of Talkin' Slayer remain. And then the story and the show are DONE. Free listeners will miss half of them. And they WILL be things you will miss. Join the Patreon supporters and don't miss nuthin'. Sign up at Patreon.com/Slayerbook. It's cheap. It's good.

DEEZ NOTES. Spoilers in 3, 2, 1...

Jon Dette rejoins Slayer. "Raining Blood" from his first show back, at Soundwave, Brisbane, Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkBZmHWOtQ

The tune from a different view, but from this angle, you can really see Dette KILL IT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A8njMeZ_GE

Same show: The pit wasn't big, but it was bonkers. Australians do not f&k around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nn9kG-kA1U

Full set from Soundwave, Melbourne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WL3FdkCtag

Kerry talks to Artisan News Services about Dave's final exit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJA-3FKTnlw

Dave gives his side of things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPHjNG1m22I

Oldie but goodie: Dave shite-talks Kerry back in the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EliwklTRrI0

Dave talks to Eddie Trunk & That Metal Show about Slayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvJxCcVVQg8

Talkin' Slayer tells the story of the Los Angeles heavy metal institution, in chronological order: how the band happened, when things fell apart, how they put them back together, and what it all meant — no, MEANS.

After Episode Nine, Patreon supporters receive every weekly episode. Free listeners get every other episode, every other week. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The Talkin' Slayer podcast program show is written, deeply researched, lightly edited, and mostly rehearsed, with some production value. This is an all-killer-no-filler podcast: The episode proper begins after roughly 60 seconds of introduction, tops. No need to skip the first 15 minutes. The music changes every week.

Ferris is an award-winning writer. He has worked for Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, The AV Club, and Decibel magazine. He is a fan. He has opinions. He is the author of something like nine books, depending how you count them. Two are about Slayer. The first one is an entire book about the classic thrash album Reign in Blood, which is part of the fairly prestigious 33 1/3 book series.

His bigger Slayer book, though, is the 2023 update of the full-on band biography "Slayer 66 & 2/3: A Metal Band Biography, POSTMORTEM Edition." (This is the third edition; it was previously known as "Slayer 66 & 2/3: The Jeff and Dave Years....").

And that book is mostly what he'll be talking about when we're talkin' Slayer. Most episodes are audio adaptations of chapters from that book. Some have original and/or bonus material.

Ferris' Slayer books at Amazon: 

SlayerBio.com