HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SLAYER. This episode features the origin story for this heavy metal holiday. And it also covers Christ Illusion... how the classic lineup got back to the business of making new music.

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Slayer’s “Eternal Pyre” EP, featuring “Cult,” “War Ensemble” live, and in-the-studio/behind-the-scenes footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44tcKdhlsJ4

Three clips from 2007 rehearsal, centered mostly on Jeff:

“Supremist,” 2007 rehearsal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUSP8wOZs_4

“Ghosts of War,” 2007 rehearsal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi8SkdJ4aAk

“Jihad,” 2007 rehearsal:
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Ao4rr8DGk

Official video, “Eyes of the Insane”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhwRunMCNAo

“Cult” live on the Henry Rollins Show, 2006:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZSbIwE_BKM

“Disciple,” unaired clip from the Henry Rollins Show, 2006:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wufl37-lKVI

Slayer interview on the Rollins show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwvq7pZd7qo 

Unholy Alliance tour video 2006, General Motors Place, Vancouver Canada. Slayer & Mastodon and…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilSTILZY3ZU

My Spotify playlist of the all-Kerry songs from Christ Illusion:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/10JGYS25ef6n2rEr3lHbIw?si=4b186f646f5d4325

Does Christ Illusion hold up? Tim Bianconi from Inside the Vinyl revisits it, as part of his Lost Classic series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Vf4RvSn-c