This is the audiobook version of the new 4th edition of the unauthorized Slayer band history Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography. Author D.X. Ferris updated this popular book after the band's surprising 2024 reunion. The audio version covers the group's ongoing reunion seasons.

This audiobook features 84 chapters, broken into 107 files for easy listening. It covers Slayer's pre-history through the 2025 reunion season. This audiobook features 12 exclusive bonus chapters that do not appear in the print version.

Ferris narrates the story in a conversational tone, talking Slayer directly to you. Yes, you.

This exhaustively researched rock biography answers burning questions, shatters popular myths, and uncovers new truths about Slayer, the iconic group that still stands as the embodiment of heavy metal. Slayer 66 2/3 profiles Slayer's individual members, including Gary Holt.

In this edition, seven new chapters include the band's surprising 2024 reunion. Kerry King's self-titled group. Details about Slayer's hazy—and temporary—breakup. King's brief stint in Megadeth. Newly revealed details from drummer Dave Lombardo's turbulent history. The entire diabolical discography. The new Rick Rubin Watch running feature chronicles pivotal moments between the band and their longtime producer & benefactor.

This book isn't just about Slayer. Original and archival metrics contrast the careers of the Big Four Thrash Metal Bands. Other episodes include the Big Four concerts. Over decades, Slayer experience triumph, loss, and death—but never defeat...whether it's at the hands of rivals, peers, America's most infamous church, or the United States government.

The previous edition had 450 endnotes & research citations. The new 4th edition has 795 endnotes.

Slayer biographer Joel McIver's Record Collector magazine review declared, "Probably the most metal book ever written... There is no better Slayer book that this, and there never will be."