Season 4, no. 16: Hell Worldwide... the Hell Awaits Tour (#146)

<p>Today&#39;s topic is Hell Worldwide, the international campaign that was the Hell Awaits tour. This episode features my favorite moment from the book... and Slayer&#39;s career. All looks lost. And then...</p><p><br></p><p>Last week was good episode. But... after episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows &amp; content. Free listeners will only get an episode every OTHER week, and they&#39;ll miss half the story.</p><p><br></p><p>Learn more at <a href="https://Patreon.com/SlayerBook" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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><em><strong>Decibel</strong></em><strong> declared Slayer &amp; Venom &amp; Exodus&#39; The UltimateRevenge roadshow the most metal tour of all time. </strong>Read about it here. From <em>Decibel</em>Spring 2017 special issue <em>The Top 100 Metal Tours of All Time</em>. By Greg Pratt, “Decibel Presents: That Tour Was Awesome: Ultimate Revenge Tour,Venom/Slayer/Exodus (1985).” Decibel online. 22 February 2017. </p><p>This oral history segment features recollections from Lombardo, Holt, and Venom drummer Anthony “Abaddon” Bray.<a href="https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/02/22/that-tour-was-awesome-ultimate-revenge-tour-venom-slayer-and-exodus/" target="_blank">https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/02/22/that-tour-was-awesome-ultimate-revenge-tour-venom-slayer-and-exodus/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Combat Tour Live: The Ultimate Revenge Video:</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g_6tos-vPo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g_6tos-vPo</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>The full video of Slayer&#39;s first European show:</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmKcKURNzAA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmKcKURNzAA</a></p><p><br></p><p>Your man Ferris unboxing the new Hell Awaits reissue, which, long story short, is GREAT:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KCOF-0W7-g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KCOF-0W7-g</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>TALKIN&#39; SLAYER &amp; Ferris on the Instagram: </strong><a href="https://Instagram.com/Slayerbooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Ferris&#39; TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:</strong></p><p>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="http://slayerbooks.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN&#39; SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of <strong>&quot;Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin&#39; Slayer Kicked Fkin&#39; @ss,&quot; REBORN: The Updated, Revised&amp; Massively Expanded 4th Edition</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Talkin&#39; 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&#39;ve never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That&#39;s a lot. It&#39;s available CHEAP at</p><p><a href="https://slayerbook.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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&#39;s easier to read — both in format and w