Season 4, Episode 19 (no. 149): Reign in Blood, Part 1: Prelude, Enter Into the Realm of... Def Jam?!, and Rick Rubin Enters the Chat

<p>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 &amp; Roll Hall of Famer Rick Rubin enters the chat!</p><p><br /></p><p>Last week, Patreon supporters got two versions of reviews &amp; analysis of the "Expanded" edition of From Hell I Rise, the debut release by the Kerry King band.</p><p><br /></p><p>Learn more at <a href="https://Patreon.com/SlayerBook" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>DEEZ NOTES: </strong>Things referenced in this episode...</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Audio: Slayer live at "Lamorz," November 1985. This setchanged everything. </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aHdu-RU_B0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aHdu-RU_B0⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Slayer, Reign in Blood demo tape, round 1.</strong> <strong>JeffHanneman's bedroom tapes. Made with a drum machine. Back in the day, Chris Bade mailed me a TAPE of this. Youtube had NOT been fully stocked yet. </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWVCJ47DMo0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWVCJ47DMo0⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Slayer, Reign in Blood demo tape, round 2. With the full band and Tom vox: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmncxIvHhRE&amp;t=587s" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmncxIvHhRE&amp;t=587s⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>J. Bennett on Reign in Blood, short version: </strong><a href="https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2004/11/02/slayer-reign-in-blood/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2004/11/02/slayer-reign-in-blood/⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Look for the magazine's Metal Hall of Fame book collections here: </strong><a href="https://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/db-books" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠https://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/db-books⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Plus...</strong></p><p><strong>TALKIN' SLAYER &amp; Ferris on the Instagram: </strong><a href="https://Instagram.com/Slayerbooks" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:</strong></p><p>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="http://slayerbooks.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of <strong>"Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised&amp; Massively Expanded 4th Edition</strong></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Talkin' Slayer Season IV </strong>presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>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</p><p><a href="https://slayerbook.bandcamp.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>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...</p><p><a href="http://slayerbooks