Slayer’s Old School Set in Pictures

FassoIn the Abyss

 

 

 

There’s no way to understand what being at a Slayer show is, unless you’ve actually been to one.  Like sex, it’s one of those things in life where no words can come close to conveying the feeling, and even if someone gets the gist of it, there’s no way he’ll ever come close to hitting the mark of what it’s like in person.  I heard about Slayer shows long before I went to my first back in February 2007, but no explanation came within a country mile of preparing me for just how brutal and intense an experience it is.  And as talented as I am with words, I won’t even try to explain.  Instead, let these pictures do their best.  Thank my Samsung Galaxy III for braving Hell on Earth.

 

 

SLAYER

 

 

 

Tom Araya roars through “War Ensemble”

 

 

 

Araya sports the war!

 

 

 

Kerry King leads the Slayer Nation

 

 

 

Lucifer takes Tom’s dark soul

 

 

 

Tom Araya whited out

 

 

 

Kerry King thrashes out a solo

 

 

 

Dance with the dead in my dreams

 

 

 

Listen to their hallowed screams

 

 

Araya knows at dawn they sleep

 

 

 

Hanneman Still Reigning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4Arm (1st opening act)

 

4Arm’s drummer and backdrop

 

 

 

 

4Arm’s Aussie lead singer

 

 

 

 

4Arm’s bassist and Rob G’s long lost Australian twin brother

 

 

 

 

Gojira (2nd opening act)

 

 

 

Gojira’s drum kit and backdrop

 

 

 

 

A clear shot of Gojira’s lead singer

 

 

 

Gojira’s singer in action

 

 

 

Gojira’s singer up close

 

 

 

Gojira’s guitarist thrashing out

 

 

 

— ψ Phil Fasso  \m/

 

 

 

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