NEWS
2019/11/30
Last year, 36 years after releasing their debut album, Slayer took their final bow. Here, Metal Blade Records’ Brian Slagel – who signed the band to their first record deal – introduces our deep-dive into the stories behind the setlist that soundtracked the thrash legends’ own apocalypse… “I first encountered Slayer at a club in Anaheim, California in 1983. Bitch, who were one of Metal Blade’s bands, were playing, but I also wanted to check out some of the other bands on the bill, and as soon as Slayer came onstage I felt, ‘Oh, this is something different…’ “They were all dressed in black leather, had creepy eye make-up on, and they were doing mostly covers but there was an intensity there, and I thought they sounded amazing and looked great. Aside from Metallica they were probab...
