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

D.X. Ferris
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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 production value. Episodes start after :60-:90 of intro; no need to skip the first 20 minutes.

  1. 3d ago ·  Bonus

    Season 4, (Mini) Episode 7: About That Killer New Old Slayer Footage That's Bustin' Out Everywhere Online, Plus a Link to It...

    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

    9 min

  2. 6d ago

    Season 4, Episode 5... Spirit in Black (Jeff), Thrash Incubator, and the Hard-Partying Scene That Spawned Slayer and Metallica and Hirax and...

    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.

    50 min

  3. May 23

    Season 4, Episode 4: The Pulsing Heart (Dave Lombardo) and the Captain (Kerry King, Part 2)

    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.

    37 min

  4. May 16

    Season 4, Episode 3: Aggressive Perfectionist (Kerry King) + Slayer, the Face (Tom Araya)

    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 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.

    30 min

  5. May 9

    Season 4, Episode 2: Intro + Maximum Jeffage

    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 Edition ...the complete 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. Starting this week, Season IV: Return of the New & Improved is ramping up into 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.

    35 min

  6. May 2

    Talkin' Slayer, Episode 116.66: A New Tribute to Jeff Hanneman on the Anniversary of His Untimely Demise. Season 4 begins now.

    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 read in Ferris' new, improved, revised, massively expanded post-reunion band biography. - or hear in the audiobook version, which is available right now. You may have heard some of this material before. But you've never heard it like this. (Unless you have the audiobook.) The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new version 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 newish 4th edition of Ferris' Slayer band biography, "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... or, How Fkin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss." ...plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you 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.

    35 min

  7. Season 4, Episode 115 Trailer

    Talkin' Slayer: Trailer for Season 4, which kicks off Saturday May 2

    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 Metal Band Biography... or, How Fkin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss." ...plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you 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.

    11 min

  8. Mar 14 ·  Bonus

    Updates + Seasonal Rerun: The St. Patrick's Day Massacre, featuring the Slayer Leprechaun (?!)

    Hey, listeners. Here's a seasonal rerun about that most controversial of all the icons in Slayer's mythology of the profane... the Slayer Leprechaun. But first, there's an update on the show. 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. And we'd like YOU to be part of it. Listen to the first few minutes of the show to find out how to get your thoughts about Jeff to your pals at Talkin' Slayer. Long story short, send your thoughts on why Jeff rules to Slayerbook at gmail dott comm. What do you like about the guy? What's your favorite song he wrote? What made him Slayer's MVP? Tell us, and me & Producer Mitch'll make it part of the tribute. Go long. Go short. Tell us what we need to know. The newish 4th edition of Ferris' Slayer band biography, "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... or, How Fkin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss" 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.

    33 min
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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 production value. Episodes start after :60-:90 of intro; no need to skip the first 20 minutes.

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