Slayer - Announces Final World Tour
Slayer just left their fans on the edge of their seats as they have announced their final world tour. The thrash metal legends simply released a video with the news and the announcement that "The End is Near? Slayer to make its exit with one, final world tour..." The video announcement features the band's live clips and tour posters spanning throughout the group's career and promises their final North American tour dates soon.
Could this really be the end for Slayer or are they simply retiring from touring? The band lost founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman in 2013 and have since then released the album Repentless in 2015.
Slayer bassist/vocalist Tom Araya hinted at his possible retirement in a 2016 interview with Loudwire. He said: "At 35 years, it's time to collect my pension. This is a career move. I'm grateful that we've been around for 35 years; that's a really long time."
Could this really be the end for Slayer or are they simply retiring from touring? The band lost founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman in 2013 and have since then released the album Repentless in 2015.
Slayer bassist/vocalist Tom Araya hinted at his possible retirement in a 2016 interview with Loudwire. He said: "At 35 years, it's time to collect my pension. This is a career move. I'm grateful that we've been around for 35 years; that's a really long time."
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| RaduP CertifiedHipster Staff Posts: 9038  |
About time
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| BetterThanRaw Posts: 75  |
I didn't see that coming. Daddy doesn't approve.
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| Sangre Sani Posts: 396  |
There's a rumor saying that they're gonna tour with Behemoth, Testament, Anthrax and Lamb of God. At least in U.S.
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| Pimpelmee Amazing Mapman Posts: 79  |
I want to be at their last show when the play Angel of Death as the final song for the last time. 
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| cynicoren Posts: 74  |
They looked pretty tired in Vienna, 2 years ago. Anthrax were warming them up, and they were energetic like the Duracell bunny.
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| TheMAGAmvm Soycrusher Posts: 1086  |
20 years too late, so can't say 'about time'. Then again I gather that they would stop making world tours, not necessarily ceasing recording new albums or playing select shows now and then.
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15289  |
Written by TheMAGAmvm on 22.01.2018 at 22:19 I saw them several times around 15-20 years ago. As recently as like 10 years ago... still put on a great show. I imagine even now, with Holt in for Hanneman, Tom relatively immobile thanks to back issues and Kerry King looking more like a WWE wrestler than his old self, they still put on a better show than most bands.
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| Balthazaar Posts: 29  |
So it was an unexpected news, but my point is that they need for a huge rest as common people... But not forever. 
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7574  |
I do hope they follow the path of Nuclear Assault.
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| nikarg Staff Posts: 7367  |
Written by BitterCOld on 22.01.2018 at 22:57 Last time I saw them it was 4 years ago with Holt. Kicked ass, but in all fairness they should have called it quits after Jeff died. Somehow it doesn't seem right to me without Dave and especially Jeff, even though Paul and Gary are both great.
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| Ocean Sage Posts: 474  |
Written by Sangre Sani on 22.01.2018 at 21:08 That's now been confirmed! The tour dates are Slayer, Lamb of God, Anthrax with, I believe, Behemoth & Testament opening.
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| selken Irreligious Posts: 949  |
A couple of weeks ago, I was thinking about the future of bands like Slayer and Kreator, and, while Kreator is a bit younger, they still manage to put out great albums with lots of energy. However, Araya's singing (or screaming) style it's taking its toll over his age (it blows my mind he's my mothers age), the touring lifestyle and all the physical burden it carries will eventually wear out anyone. Slayer is one of the few bands I enjoy listening their entire discography, and while i'm not surprised, it's kind of sad that this is the first of many bands I love that will start to bid their farewells.
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| Liafev Posts: 650  |
Written by Opethian on 22.01.2018 at 22:26 We're now at 7 haha, you were kinda right
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62064  |
KERRY KING felt anger over SLAYER's premature retirement https://arrowlordsofmetal.nl/kerry-king-anger-over-retirement/?fbclid=IwAR19gwpXcFs0JDSxI7QEpryL8LTs4HXtvVf_MRxqCH2RjyGjTVnSMmmrQdc Well actually he has a talent to be angry but its long road to be so angry as Ice T can be.
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