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

<p>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 &amp; countless hesher hangovers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless otherwise noted, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage of UK metal band <a href="https://chupacabrametal.bandcamp.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠Chupacabra⁠⁠</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the next year or so, every week, subscribers get a chapter or two of D.X. Ferris' Slaytanic history book...</p><p><br /></p><p>"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</p><p><br /></p><p>...this is the complete, annotated audio version, broadcast for the first time.</p><p><br /></p><p>You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook, which is available CHEAP at</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://slayerbook.bandcamp.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Talkin' Slayer Season IV: Return of the New &amp; Improved 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>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><br /></p><p>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</p><p><br /></p><p>and / or</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theajnaoffensive.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p>F[ARG]IN' SLAYER. JEFF RIP.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for listening.</p>