Season 4, Episode 3: Aggressive Perfectionist (Kerry King) + Slayer, the Face (Tom Araya) episode artwork

EPISODE · May 16, 2026 · 30 MIN

Season 4, Episode 3: Aggressive Perfectionist (Kerry King) + Slayer, the Face (Tom Araya)

from Talkin' Slayer: A Metal Podcast and Half-@ssed Audiobook · host D.X. Ferris

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, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage of UK metal band Chupacabra.For the next year or so, every week, you get a chapter or two of D.X. Ferris' Slaytanic history book..."Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*Kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition...this is the complete, annotated audio version, broadcast for the first time. You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook, which is available CHEAP at⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠.The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot.Talkin' Slayer Season IV: Return of the New & Improved presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.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.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.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...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and / or⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠F[ARG]IN' SLAYER. JEFF RIP.Thank you for listening.

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, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage of UK metal band Chupacabra.For the next year or so, every week, you get a chapter or two of D.X. Ferris' Slaytanic history book..."Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*Kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition...this is the complete, annotated audio version, broadcast for the first time. You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook, which is available CHEAP at⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠.The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot.Talkin' Slayer Season IV: Return of the New & Improved presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.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.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.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...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and / or⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠F[ARG]IN' SLAYER. JEFF RIP.Thank you for listening.

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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, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage of UK metal...

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