Hey, all. Welcome back to Talkin' Slayer. Today's topic is How To Not Miss Any Episodes of the Show, and What's in It for You If You Pitch In.
After episode #9, free listeners will receive basically every other episode of "Talkin' Slayer: A Metal Podcast and Half-Assed Audiobook." The show details the history and importance of your favorite Big Four thrash band.
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Here's what you're missing this week, in "Chapter 10: Haunting the Chapel and the Lombardo Learning Curve."
Slayer finished their debut album, and the hits kept comin'. To buy some time between records, the band record the Haunting the Chapel EP. As read by the author... Metal Blade staffers Bill Metoyer and DJ Will reflect on the band and label's goals for the stopgap release. Metoyer worries his work for Slayer will condemn his soul to the fiery pits of hell. And Slayer roadie / drum intern Gene Hoglan helps Dave Lombardo begin his growth from demolishing a single-bass-drum kit to becoming metal's most influential double-bass drummer.
SHOW NOTES, as referenced on this week's episode...
Slayer bootleg: Sons Of Satan (Rare Live And Rehearsal 1983): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFXAKdMxVWo
Video of the live portion of that bootleg, live at the Woodstock, Orange County, 28 March 1983: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hUFrTZWfJE&list=PL3CE42927DE3909FF
MISSION STATEMENT:
After some introductory episodes, 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.
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Every week, host D.X. Ferris presents another chapter — sometimes two or three — in the history of Slayer, from the groundbreaking group's pre-history in Chile to their hazy, fractured, mysterious end in 2019. Slayer was the first Big Four band to break up. Why? Well, it's a long story...
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.
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