Talkin' Slayer: A Metal Podcast and Half-@ssed Audiobook

Todays's topics include a detailed look at Rick Rubin, Slayer's enigmatic longtime producer, executive producer, label boss, and benefactor. Stay tuned, and you'll learn more about how the band made Reign in Blood... what fans think about it... what Jeff said about the, ahem, German content in "Angel of Death"... an update on what happened to the long-lost album cover artwork...

This episode is different kind of show. Today's topic is the Slaytanic Survey results as of October 28, 2024. It's a long chapter with a lot of numbers. What are your favorite tunes and records? How does you opinion compare to everybody else? Tune and find out. If this sounds boring, and you ’re jonesin' for your weekly fix of Slaytanic history, worry not. Check THIS out: Original Slayer drummer D...

⁠Patreon supporters⁠ hear an episode every week. Free listeners get one every other week. (Chapter 12, Part 2 + bonus Slaytanic speculation) DEEZ NOTES... SLAYTANIC SURVEYS The Slaytanic Surveys close March 31. Take them while you can. Following are the survey links. No registration necessary. They're all multiple choice questions. It only takes a minute. ⁠1) The Slaytanic Survey (Round 2): Tell u...

Back. Welcome to Talkin' Slayer, Season 2: "New Sh*t Has Come to Light." Season 2 presents the larger highlights from the new, extensively revised, massively expanded, thoroughly updated unofficial book that is SLAYER 66 2/3: A METAL BAND BIOGRAPHY... (4th Edition: Reborn + Re-Remastered) . Maybe you heard these chapters last time. But now they're bigger and better. Today's topic is "Metalstorm......

Back. Welcome to Talkin' Slayer, Season 2: "New Sh*t Has Come to Light." Season 2 presents the larger highlights from the new, extensively revised, massively expanded, thoroughly updated unofficial book that is SLAYER 66 2/3: A METAL BAND BIOGRAPHY... (4th Edition: Reborn + Re-Remastered) . Today's topic is The New York Invasion, Part 1. Before Slayer recorded the classic album Live Undead, the ba...

This week's topic is a report from the Kerry King band's headlining live set Friday, January 31 at the Cleveland House of Blues. The band were pretty good when they opened for Mastodon. Five months and one Slayer reunion later, are they better? Hear all about it. Check the Patreon page  for photos. By the end of February, Talkin' Slayer will return with new, regular, normal, weekly shows. Well, if...

Hey, pals. Ferris here. We're not exactly back, but we will be soon. This week, I tell you what's in the immediate future for the podcast. And I tell you about the massive, new, revised, expanded version of the book. Long story short... 1) Next week, I'm seeing the Kerry King band play headlining show. Then I'll drop an episode about it. 2) And shortly after that, we'll be back...

HEY YINZ! Here's some news, plus a quick recap of Slayer's second and final 2024 reunion show  at California's Aftershock  fest. Some links follow. This is another different kind of episode. And it's short. Here's the important stuff, moreso than the episode itself: DEEZ NOTES -- UPDDATED (Two Ds for a Double Dose of Slayage): News story about the Slayer fan who sustained fatal injuries at the Chi...

Talkin' Slayer, Episode 61: Report From First Reunion Show @ Chicago Riot Fest. Plus Details on Canceled Second Show. Ferris saw the first Slayer reunion show. Which, as it turned out, was the only reunion show in September. He tells you all about it, blow by blow. Sights, sounds, sensations and smells from the pit. DEEZ NOTES Spotify playlist of the songs from the Chicago Riot Fest set.   htt...

Today’s topic is Slayer and branding. Ferris talks about what Slayer means, and what it’s worth — to the band, to brands, and to us fans. This is some Thrash 101 talk, but you get advanced metrics & rock theory, too. Do you wear the mark? Who sells more T-shirts... Slayer, the [Rolling] Stones, the Foo Fighters, or Metallica? Do the Foo Fighters rock or suck? How is Reign in Blood selling thes...

This week's topic: Acid Reign frontman/Talking Bollocks host/Motörcast host/all around standup guy Howard "H" Smith interviews Talkin' Slayer host D.X. Ferris about this show, Slayer, Kerry King, organizational harmony, and what it's all about. This is mostly a behind-the-scenes look at the show, where it came from, and how it happens. And, of course, they talk about Slayer,...

WE ARE BACK! I saw Kerry's band and Mastodon live in Cleveland Friday. And here's what I thought about it. More new episodes are coming soon. Plus plenty of reruns after that. DEEZ NOTES : Click here to see some photos and video from the show: https://www.patreon.com/posts/pic-n-nat-from-9-109914077 As mentioned in the episode... This is my 2011 interview with Brann Dailor, for Alternative...

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. This is a rerun, but if you're not a Patreon supporter, you haven't heard it before. FARGIN' SLAYERRR! Free listeners miss every other episode. If you want full access to every...

Today's topic is my long review & analysis of the Kerry King album From Hell I Rise. More important, what do YOU think about it? Tell me in the comments. I really want to hear what yiz think. Show notes follow, after these updates. Free listeners miss every other episode. If you want full access to every chapter/episode, you can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/slayerbook/membership...

May 2, 2013... a day that will live in infamy. Talkin' Slayer is back, to commemorate the 11th anniversary of Jeff Hanneman's untimely, shocking demise. One of the listeners asked if Jeff actively retreated from his dominant creative role in the band, following the disappointing reception of 1998's Diabolus in Musica. That's a good question. So we get into it, using some old facts and new statisti...

Take TWO Slayer surveys if you have a couple minutes, please. They're simple, it's fast... all you have to do is click answers for nine questions in each survey. 1) The Slaytanic Survey (Round 2): Please tell us about your favorite songs and albums. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7YRH76S 2) The OTHER Slayantic Survey (Round 1): Who is Slayer's MVP? What was their best tour? Do you see...

Another long one. It's a full hour. Three topics this week: 1) A book report about Tom's sister's history of her family -- mostly her dad and brother. 2) An annotated list of some other Slayer-related material. And 3) a deep meditation on the pagan significance of the Slayer Leprechaun. Seriously. Two weeks ago: We looked at the beginning of Slayer's life after Jeff. Last week: Patreon listeners r...

Talkin' Slayer, Episode 45... Repentless & the Retirement Announcement Today’s topics are 1. Slayer’s final (?) album. And 2. whether or not the band actually SAID they were totally retiring and would never play again when they announced a "final world tour," way back in 2018. The weekly podcast Talkin' Slayer has four more episodes left, folks. And free listeners only hear h...

BREAKING NEWS: SLAYER WILL REUNITE FOR LIVE SHOWS Listen for the deets AND the 'tails.

This week: Four chapters, one topic... We’re talkin’ Jeff. We’re talkin’ postmortem. We’re talking about tributes to the late, great Jeff Hanneman – the soul of Slayer and the true artist behind the band. One them was, according to Metal Injection's Johnny Orlando Jr., "the loudest memorial service I’ve ever attended, and the first one to break out into a massive mosh pit.” The weekly pod...

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. O...

Today would have been Jeff Hanneman's 60th birthday. So today's topic is Jeff. Twice. As a tribute, we took the two episodes that are all about the late great guitarist, the difference he made in Slayer, and who he was... and we nailed 'em together for you. Enjoy, mates. Jeff RIP. Kathryn Hanneman's official Jeff Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/officialjeffhanneman/  

Episode 39. This week, three topics: Slayer without Jeff Hanneman, which was unthinkable… until it happened. Then The Big Four Concerts, Part II, which covers the American Big Four Thrash Band shows, including Jeff’s final appearance with the group. But first, we recap what happened last week, because it was nearly fatal. And if you're not a Patreon supporter , you missed it. DEEZ NOTEZ: Slaye...

Episode 37: Triple Shot... The Big Four, The Big Year, and American Carnage, featuring Metallica, Anthrax, and Megadeth. Yiz get three topics / three chapters this week: A lengthy compare-contrast of the Big Four thrash metal bands. We talk about the Big Four and what the word "big" means. Then we see them all in action together, in the first Big Four concerts. (Spoiler: More will follow...

Episode 35 arrives a little early this week, in case you’re traveling for the holidays. Today’s topics are the 2007 tour with Marilyn Manson and Slayer’s second Grammy win. Two weeks ago, free listeners heard about the Raining Blood tours, which commemorated original drummer Dave Lombardo's formal return to the band. Last week, Patreon supporters heard about the diabolique commemorations of 6/...