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

Season 4, Episode 21: Reign in Blood, Week 3. Blood in America... The Tours Begin

Today's topic is Reign in Blood. In week 3 of many, learn about Blood in America, where the Reign in Blood tours begin. This is the beginning of the end, right here in 19

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

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 & Roll Hall of Famer Rick Rubin ente

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

Today'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's career.

Season 4, Episode 14 (no. 144): Live Undead... the Shows, the Album, and the Art

Today's topic is Live Undead... the shows around it, the album, and the cover art. After episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows & co

Season 4, Episode 12: Slammin' to Slayer... Metal Enters the Pit (#142)

Today's topic is primal crossover: Slammin' to Slayer... Metal Enters the Pit (Chapter 11). Metal and punk collide. Cuts, bruises, busted bones, and broken noses ensue. A

Bonus min-sode: Linkisode #1... Video, Slayer live, 1998

HEY PALS. Here's a little taste of something I'm doing now, exclusively for Patreon supporters... mostly. Long story short, it's a new type of mini-episode I'm experime

Talkin' Slayer, Season 4, Episode 9: Metal Moonlighting... Kerry King Joins Megadeth?!

Today's topic is Metal Moonlighting: Slayer team captain Kerry King signs on to play in the very first lineup of Megadeth, briefly apprenticing under one of his heavy met

Season 4, Episode 8: Metal Blade... Sign on the Axe and Show No Mercy [no. 138]

Today's topic is Slayer's first record deal and album: Show No Mercy, released on the hall of fame metal foundry that is Metal Blade. VIDEO: Slayer, live, 1983. Next we

Season 4, Episode 6... International Day of Slayer: In our first interview, hesher holiday founder Jeff Tandy Takes You Behind the Scenes, Talking Myths, Facts, and Misdirections

Today's topic is the International Day of Slayer... which is today if you're listening in a timely manner. For the first time, Slayer Day founder Jeff Tandy reveals the

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

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, Metalli

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...

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, a

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 th

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 F

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

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

Jeff Hanneman's Birthday: Commemorative Rerun

Dateline: January 31, 2026. Jeff Hanneman would have turned 62 today. So here's a rerun of a spotlight episode about Jeff. This one looks at his creative output on &

Episode 88: The Slayer Audiobook Is Here, Plus We're Talkin' Jeff, We're Talkin' Kerry, and We're Talkin' More Kerry (mp3 @ 320)

BACK. This is Talkin' Slayer, episode #88 of 55. (If you don't count Season 3, which goes to Patreon supporters only.) Happy holidays if you're holidaying. Today's t

The Hershey Show Was Fire… Episode 87: A Long Report From the Slayer Mini-Fest

Episode #87 of 55. Today's topic is a show report from Slayer's mini-festival in Hershey, PA 20 September 2025. It was their final show of the year, lucky #6. The full