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 cool stuff I post on the Patreon page — except this way, you don't even have to visit the Patreon page and see what I posted. You can just click the link in the shownotes. Like THIS:

Click here for BRUTALITISTIC* LIVE SLAYTANIC ACTION IN COLOR VIDEO...

SLAYER – Diabolus in the East! Japan, Tokyo, 1998 | Ultra‑Rare Pro-Shot Concert

https://youtu.be/4LY6rNWalco?is=0ODGGtNOGTE5ScnZ

Decent idea, right?

Do you agree?

ps. All the Patreon supporters have access to this week's episode right now. You don't get it until Monday.

Anyhow... Let me know if you want more... videos, interviews, cover songs, other cool stuff. All comin' to you in your podcast feed.

Instagram.com/Slayerbooks

Patreon.com/Slayerbook

Slayerbook@gmail.com

...and I talk about it at slightly more length in this mini-link-isode.

I hope you dig it.

MASSIVE GRATITUDE.

* "Brutalitistic" is not a word. Don't be unliterate.

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 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?

BONUS SLAYAGE TALK: NoFriender & The Thrash Metal Show are back — for now — and talkin’ the Hell Awaits reissue. Click here to hear it.

DEEZ NOTES: Things referenced in this episode...

Killer video of a near-complete Megadeth set featuring Kerry King — thevideo says it's the first Megadeth show, though it is not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2XTzxgX3c0

From the killer documentary Get Thrashed, ex-Megadeth bassist DaveEllefson bassist's take on Kerry's time in the band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rLw_Ro1IUo

Trailer for Murder in the Front Row, the thrash documentary you NEED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiEQF2aXoY4

Trailer for Born in the Basement, Rat Skates' Overkill early days /thrash documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twLdbDKnqGY

Unless otherwise noted, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage, of UK metal band ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chupacabra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

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 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, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

Talkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

TALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠

MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.

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 released.

Click the link below to watch ⁠Markit Aneight⁠'s breathtaking act of Indiana Jones-level Slaytanic archeology. The YouTube music content foundry unearthed an hourlong 1986 episode of the TV show Heavy Metal Mania.

You want to see where Slayer and Reign in Blood came from? Block out an hour. And click right here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUjV0Uyn5lM

And/or listen to this little mini-episode to hear me explain why it's such a big deal.

Tune back in Saturday, 6/6/26, for a very special look at the most hesher holiday, The International Day of Slayer. This is a whole new kind of episode. Different how? Tune in and find out. Tell a friend.

F'n Slayer, friends.

— Ferris

Talkin' Slayer & Ferris on the Instagram: Instagram.com/Slayerbooks

Talkin' Slayer on Patreon, where the key to all the episodes is CHEAP: Patreon.com/SlayerBook

The annotated, affordable audiobook version of Ferris' band history, "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography, or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked F*kin' @ss (4th Edtion: REBORN)": Slayerbook.Bandcamp.com

Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood: SlayerBooks.com

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 Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition

...this is the complete, annotated audio version, broadcast for the first time.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook, which is available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot.

Talkin' Slayer Season IV: Return of the New & Improved presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

Mostly, in season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

F[ARG]IN' SLAYER. JEFF RIP.

Thank you for listening.

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 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 Edition

...this is the complete, annotated audio version, broadcast for the first time.

You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook, which is available CHEAP at

⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠.

The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot.

Talkin' Slayer Season IV: Return of the New & Improved presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.

The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.

Mostly, in season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.

The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

and / or

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

F[ARG]IN' SLAYER. JEFF RIP.

Thank you for listening.