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

Talkin" Slayer tells the story of Slayer, the thrashiest of the Big Four thrash metal bands. After some introduction episodes, this weekly show recaps the history 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 9, Patreon supporters receive every weekly episode. Talkin" Slayer is written, deeply researched, lightly edited, and mostly rehearsed, with some

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00:24:28

Season 4, Episode 27 (#157): The First of the Gang to...

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

2026/09/28

This is episode #157 of 55. We are deep in overtime. STILL.This is your pal Ferris. Today’s topic is the ongoing affair of attrition that wasthe Reign in Blood tour. This week: Dave Lombardo is out, and T.J. Scaglione is in. Spoiler: It doesn’t last long. Last week, in the shownotes, Patreon supporters got a link to all four Slayer drummers over the years, playing the “Angel of Death” double bass drum break. And they got another chapter about Reign & blood & the road.This is week 7 or 8

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00:01:57

Linkisode... Reign in Blood: A Musical Analysis...

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

2026/09/27

Hey there, true believers & Slaytanic pals.This is not a proper episode. This is another linkisode.Tomorrow — Monday — you'll get another full-on episode about Reign in Blood. But for today...Today's topic -- AGAIN -- is more REIGN IN BLOOD.Today's content is not in the audio portion. It's in the link below.Stefan Ekström breaks down Reign in Blood... and plays it too:⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_8YOysNB5I&t=1s⁠I am not a musician. If anything is lacking in my extensive

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00:02:08

Season 4, Episode 26 (#156): Linkisode... Live,...

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

2026/09/21

Hey there, true believers & Slaytanic pals.This is not a proper episode. This is another linkisode.Today's content is not in the audio portion. It's in the link below.Because I thought it was rad and I wanted to share with you.This is the kind of thing Patreon supporters get more frequently.That said, this week, members of the Patreon / Slaytreon also got another episode about the Reign in Blood tours, which forever altered the group's trajectory & chemistry. The episode also

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00:56:59

Season 4, Episode 23: Reign in Blood, Live in Full,...

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

2026/09/14

This is episode #153 of 55. We are deep in overtime.SLAYER IS BACK. Your pal Ferris delivers a long recap of the band's first live concert of 2026......which included the classic thrash album Reign in Blood, in its entirety. The episode opens with some notes on the Minneapolis/Shakopee openers, plus the Rocklahoma show too. The blow-by-blow recap of Minneapolis starts around 23:00.Patreon supporters have access to a series of posts about the show, including a 70-image photo gallery and more links

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00:19:41

Season 4, Episode 21: Reign in Blood, Week 3. Blood...

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

2026/08/29

Today's topic is Reign in Blood. In week 3 of many, learn about Blood in America, where the Reign in Blood tours begin. This is the beginning of the end, right here in 1986.DEEZ NOTEZ: Material referenced in the week's episode...Slayer & Megadeth thrash spotlight on MTV, 1986. Kerry appears in his "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" outfit. ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDagVjE3V_c⁠Video: Slayer live at the Ritz, NYC, 6 December 1986. Playing under threat of death

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00:38:41

Season 4, Episode 19 (no. 149): Reign in Blood, Part...

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

2026/08/15

Today's topic is Reign in Blood, Part 1 of many: Prelude to the album, plus Enter Into the Realm of Def Jam... Recently inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Rick Rubin enters the chat!Last week, Patreon supporters got two versions of reviews & analysis of the "Expanded" edition of From Hell I Rise, the debut release by the Kerry King band.Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?DEEZ NOTES: Things referenced in this

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00:52:48

Season 4, no. 16: Hell Worldwide... the Hell Awaits...

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

2026/08/01

Today's topic is Hell Worldwide, the international campaign that was the Hell Awaits tour. This episode features my favorite moment from the book... and Slayer's career. All looks lost. And then...Last week was good episode. But... after episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows & content. Free listeners will only get an episode every OTHER week, and they'll miss half the story.Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around

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00:47:22

Season 4, Episode 14 (no. 144): Live Undead... the...

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

2026/07/20

Today's topic is Live Undead... the shows around it, the album, and the cover art.After episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows & content. Free listeners will only get an episode every OTHER week, and they'll miss half the story. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?DEEZ NOTES: Things referenced in this episode...The official mini-documentary Fans Rule:

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00:37:19

Season 4, Episode 12: Slammin' to Slayer... Metal...

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

2026/07/06

Today's topic is primal crossover: Slammin' to Slayer... Metal Enters the Pit (Chapter 11). Metal and punk collide. Cuts, bruises, busted bones, and broken noses ensue. And, yeah, it's totally worth it.After episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows & content. Free listeners will only get an episode every OTHER week, and they'll miss half the story. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?DEEZ

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00:04:26

Bonus min-sode: Linkisode #1... Video, Slayer live, 1998

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

2026/07/04

HEY PALS.Here's a little taste of something I'm doing now, exclusively for Patreon supporters... mostly.Long story short, it's a new type of mini-episode I'm experimenting with. I'm calling 'em Linkisodes. Until I think of something better.The true content here isn't what you can listen to. It's what you can click below.Here's the deal:1) Linkisodes are normally for Patreon supporters & friends of the program only.2) They're a way to deliver some of the

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00:18:43

Talkin' Slayer, Season 4, Episode 9: Metal...

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

2026/06/20

Today's topic is Metal Moonlighting: Slayer team captain Kerry King signs on to play in the very first lineup of Megadeth, briefly apprenticing under one of his heavy metal heroes, Dave Mustaine. Is Kerry on the way out of his own band? Was it influential for Megadeth? Was it influential for Slayer? The answers are no, no, no, and “Yes, but…”This week is the final episode that is free for all. After episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows & content. Free listeners

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00:30:43

Season 4, Episode 8: Metal Blade... Sign on the Axe...

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

2026/06/13

Today's topic is Slayer's first record deal and album: Show No Mercy, released on the hall of fame metal foundry that is Metal Blade.VIDEO: Slayer, live, 1983.Next week is the final episode that is free for all. After episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode. Free listeners will only get an episode every OTHER week, and they'll miss more than half the story. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?Unless

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01:03:00

Season 4, Episode 6... International Day of Slayer:...

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

2026/06/06

Today's topic is the International Day of Slayer... which is today if you're listening in a timely manner.For the first time, Slayer Day founder Jeff Tandy reveals the myths, facts, and misdirections behind the scenes of your favorite hesher holiday. You pal Ferris interviews Tandy in this co-production between the International Day of Slayer and your favorite metal show, Talkin' Slayer. Ferris covers it in the book... and now he's covering it MORE.Our new bud Jeff is also the host

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00:09:00

Season 4, (Mini) Episode 7: About That Killer New Old...

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

2026/06/01

This is not an episode. Not a proper episode. But...Today’s topic is some absolutely killer, very old Slayer footage that is bustin’ out all over the internet. This is probably the best Slayer video I have ever seen. And I’ve seen most of it. It's live footage. It's a long, long interview. It’s live from the Slaytanic inner sanctum. It’s ALL. It’s everything. And it’s from a truly historical junction for the band: in that zero-gravity moment between when Reign in Blood was finished and

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00:50:27

Season 4, Episode 5... Spirit in Black (Jeff), Thrash...

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

2026/05/30

Today's topics are Jeff Hanneman (again), the State of California's billion-dollar thrash incubator, and the hard-partying major ragin' scene that spawned Slayer, Metallica, many a metal throwdown & countless hesher hangovers.Unless otherwise noted, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage of UK metal band ⁠⁠Chupacabra⁠⁠.For the next year or so, every week, subscribers get a chapter or two of D.X. Ferris' Slaytanic history book..."Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band

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00:36:42

Season 4, Episode 4: The Pulsing Heart (Dave...

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

2026/05/23

AND WE ARE BACK, aces high.BEFORE WE GET STARTED...Click here for a video of Ferris unboxing the Hell Awaits 40 megabox set. You axed for it. Here it is.Anyhow...Today's topics are GOAT metal drummer Dave Lombardo and Slayer team captain Kerry F.N. King. And where they grew up. And where Slayer came from, the world that shaped the band.As mentioned on the show: video of Dave Lombardo KILLING IT with Metallica, so much so that Lars worried about the band kicking him out and keeping Dave.Unless

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00:30:05

Season 4, Episode 3: Aggressive Perfectionist (Kerry...

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

2026/05/16

AND WE ARE BACK. The time: two minutes to midnight.Today's topics are Slayer founder — if not mastermind — Kerry King and frontman Tom Araya.Unless otherwise noted, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage of UK metal band Chupacabra.For the next year or so, every week, you get a chapter or two of D.X. Ferris' Slaytanic history book..."Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*Kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th

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00:35:04

Season 4, Episode 2: Intro + Maximum Jeffage

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

2026/05/09

AND WE ARE BACK, AND SERIOUSLY LISTENING TO MAIDEN AGAIN, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 80s.THE RITUAL HAS BEGUN.Today's topic is Jeff Hanneman. How did Jeff make the difference in Slayer's art & career?Listen up and find out.For the next year or so, every week, you get a chapter or two of D.X. Ferris' Slaytanic history book..."Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*Kin' Slayer Kicked Fkkin' @Ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th

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00:35:04

Talkin' Slayer, Episode 116.66: A New Tribute to Jeff...

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

2026/05/02

Talkin' Slayer, Season 4 begins now.This season kicks off with an all-new tribute to Jeff Hanneman. Today marks the 13th anniversary of his untimely demise. Your host Ferris and some listeners weigh in on why Jeff ruled — no, RULES.Click here for a previous Jeff episode.This week is not your typical show. Things return to normalcy (sic) — more or less — next week.Starting next week, Season IV: Return of the New & Improved will launch into the chronological history of Slayer, as...- you can

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00:10:18

Talkin' Slayer: Trailer for Season 4, which kicks of...

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

2026/04/26

Hey, listeners. This is the new, uncut, long trailer for Season 4 of Talkin' Slayer, the world's longest one-year podcast.Season 4 will kick off Saturday, May 2. That date will mark the 13th anniversary of Jeff Hanneman's sad, untimely, depressing demise. The first episode of the season will be an all-new tribute to Jeff. But mostly, in season 4, what you will get every week or so, is a chapter from...The newish 4th edition of Ferris' Slayer band biography, "Slayer 66 2/3: A

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