![]() ![]() ![]() “I know there’s gonna be naysayers,” Slayer guitarist Kerry King told Rolling Stone in early May about fans’ expectations for the record. Exodus guitarist Gary Holt played some leads in Hanneman’s stead on the record, while former Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph returned to the fold. The album will be the group’s first since the death of guitarist Jeff Hanneman and departure of founding drummer Dave Lombardo. The band’s website is also hawking an “eagle” box set edition, using its metal eagle logo as a housing, containing everything in the other box set along with a numbered certificate. There will also be a stand-alone vinyl release, and the LP will be available in a mega box with the CD, video release, a CD of the Wacken set, a 12-inch photo card and poster. In addition to the standard CD and digital versions, there will be a deluxe CD edition with either a DVD or Blu-ray containing the band’s Wacken 2014 set and a documentary on how Repentless was made. The thrashers have also detailed how the 12-track record, which onetime Pantera producer Terry Date helmed, will come out. The band has previously offered up the tracks “When the Stillness Comes” and “Implode” from the record and have released the album’s complete track list.īeginning with a doomy, orchestral riff, the track quickly transitions to a gallop, as frontman Tom Araya sings about “arrogant violence, world disarray” and, for the chorus, how he lives fast, “repentless.” At the breakdown, the singer bellows, in true Slayer fashion, “We’re killing ourselves a little more every day!” The track features dueling bluesy solos by Exodus guitarist Gary Holt and founding Slayer guitarist Kerry King. ![]() ![]() The song can be heard in a new montage video the band has released. Slayer‘s first new album in six years, cheekily titled Repentless, isn’t due out until September 11th, but on Friday, the group shared its breakneck-paced title track. ![]()
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