Thrash-metal pioneers Slayer play their last shows ever this weekend at the Forum, not far from their hometown of Huntington Park.
In the early days of thrash, not every town was ready for the arrival of Slayer. The band’s longtime manager, Rick Sales, remembers hearing of a document shared among police departments in the 1980s that warned of Slayer’s extreme metal sound and the equally extreme intensity of fans.
Aside from songs of pure madness and mutilation, Slayer explored real-world themes through the anti-religious screeds “Jesus Saves” and “Jihad” and several blood-soaked antiwar tracks. Especially controversial was “Angel of Death,” about ghoulish Nazi physician Josef Mengele, a song Def Jam partner Columbia Records refused to release as part of “Reign”; the album ultimately came out on Geffen.Beginning with “Reign,” Slayer earned four gold albums in the U.S.
The decision to end the band’s career as an active performing and recording unit came as a surprise to Sales, who had been discussing future projects with founding singer-bassist Araya and guitarist King. After more than three decades together, Slayer decided to launch a farewell tour in early 2018. Fans were explosive, raising devil’s horns into the air and leaping from balconies, and the songs were loud and crazed, about serial killers, war criminals and madman Ed Gein.
At his home in the Hollywood Hills, Sales relaxed by his stereo and vinyl collection with his two Australian shepherds, Frank and Ava. The female dog once belonged to the late Slayer guitarist, whose death from alcohol-related liver disease in 2013 left a lasting wound on the band.That left Araya and King as the band’s two remaining founding members. For the last six years, Hanneman’s position on guitar at stage right has been filled by a friend, Gary Holt of Exodus.
“Being in the studio with those guys was eye-opening. I had never been with a band that was that focused, that driven and honestly that talented,” Slagel says. “They were coming up with amazing things.”
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