Slayer recruits Cannibal Corpse guitarist Pat O'Brien

Guitarist Pat O'Brien from Death Metal masters Cannibal Corpse will be joining Slayer on their current European tour, as Gary Holt from Exodus (who has been filling in for Slayer's Jeff Hanneman) will be joining his band Exodus for their April 4 gig at "Estadio Nacional" in Santiago, Chile. Hanneman was forced to miss Slayer's European tour after being diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis (commonly known as flesh-eating disease). Holt has been filling in for Hanneman since Slayer kicked off their touring cycle on February 26 in Australia.

Holt's last gig with Slayer will be on April 4 in Padova, Italy. O'Brien will be joining the band for their show April 6 show in Croatia, and will perform with Slayer until the end of their European tour on April 14 in Eindhoven, Holland.

Here are the remaining dates for Slayer's European tour::

- March 28, 2011: La Rivera, Madrid, Spain (Gary Holt, guest guitarist)
- March 29, 2011: Coliseum, La Coruna, Spain (Gary Holt, guest guitarist)
- March 30, 2011: Pavilhao Atlantico, Lisbon, Spain (Gary Holt, guest guitarist)

- April 1, 2011: St. Jordi Club, Barcelona, Spain (Gary Holt, guest guitarist)
- April 3, 2011: Rome Atlantico, Rome, Italy (Gary Holt, guest guitarist)
- April 4, 2011: Gran Teatro, Padova, Italy (Gary Holt, guest guitarist)
- April 6, 2011: Zagreb Arena, Zagreb, Crotia (Pat O'Brien, guest guitarist)
- April 7, 2011: Gasometer, Vienna, Austria (Pat O'Brien, guest guitarist)
- April 8, 2011: Arena Budapest, Budapest, Hungary (Pat O'Brien, guest guitarist)
- April 10, 2011: Prague O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic (Pat O'Brien, guest guitarist)
- April 11, 2011: Lodz Sportshall, Lodz, Poland (Pat O'Brien, guest guitarist)
- April 13, 2011: Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzgerland (Pat O'Brien, guest guitarist)
- April 14, 2011: Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, Holland (Pat O'Brien, guest guitarist)



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Slayer's Jeff Hanneman forced to miss tour

Slayer's legendary guitarist Jeff Hanneman has been forced to miss the Australian Soundwave Festival, which Slayer is schedule to perform at on February 26th after contriving an acute infection known as necrotizing fasciitis (usually caused by a spider bite). The band made this hard decision because they didn't want to cancel on their loyal fans, specially after being forced to postpone or cancel a significant amount of tour dates in 2009 and 2010 after Tom Araya underwent a surgical procedure in order to relieve the extreme pain he had on back and neck. Speaking of Araya, here is his official statement about this new challenge for the mighty Slayer:

"Jeff is our brother, we've all been friends and together as a band for almost 30 years, so we just want him to completely recover as soon as possible."

To this Kerry King added:

"After everything that happened last year, we all agreed that we just can't let our fans down again. Jeff is totally on board with this decision, so we will tour as planned. At this point, we can't pinpoint exactly what day he'll be back, but he'll be back as soon as he possibly can. And we can't wait for Jeff to get better and get his ass back on the road."

In a recent interview that Kerry King did for Australia's Loud magazine, after being asked why Slayer has outlasted so many bands, he said: "Well, the front three people never changed, and I think that's important. You've got to have a nucleus of people where you never wonder who is going to be onstage. As far as a band thing, I think that's important. I don't mean that as a shot on MEGADETH, but at the end of the day, MEGADETH is Dave Mustaine and that's it. It's whoever Dave decides to play with on this record. Could you imagine watching SLAYER without me, Jeff orTom? It just couldn't happen! That's something to be said there, because we're all irreplaceable. The last few years I've noticed people in bands are almost interchangeable. I've seen some of my friends stay home because their wives were going to have a baby and they'd have somebody replace them when they play live, and I think… how can you fucking do that?"

The band has announced that Gary Holt from Exodus will replace Jeff on this tour. This information is official and it comes from reliable sources that are close to the band. Anything else your read or hear, is just a rumor. We wish Jeff a speedy recovery and to the rest of the Slayer team the best of luck with this new challenge!





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SLAYER: The Vinyl Conflict

America's scariest band of all time, the mighty SLAYER, will make history again. For the first time in the bands phenomenal career, the band will release 10 original SLAYER albums from American Recordings. From those 10 albums, 8 have been out of print for years, some even for decades. This is why the band decided to put them all in a limited collectors edition black and bloody casemade box. They have appropiately named this special collectors item "The Vinyl Conflict".

This collection of mayhem includes 10 albums, ranging from 1986's "Reign In Blood" to 2009's World Painted Blood. Here is the full list:

Reign In Blood (1986)
South Of Heaven (1988)
Season In The Abyss (1990)
Live Decade Of Aggression (2 LP) (1991)
Divine Intervention (1994)
Undisputed Attitude (1996)
Diabolus In Musica (1998)
God Hates Us All (2001)
Christ Illusion (2006)
World Painted Blood (2009)

Each album has been remastered from the original tapes and has been pressed on high quality 180-gram audiophile vinyl. The collection also includes reproductions of the original LP artwork, including inner sleeve art, all in heavyweight, litho-wrapped chip jackets.

It's perfect for the SLAYER diehards, it's all on vinyl and it's all original Slayer.

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SLAYER STORE
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