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SLAYER DEBUTS BRAND NEW SONG
AT GOLDEN GODS AWARDS,
NOW AVAILABLE AS FREE DOWNLOAD AT SLAYER.NET
Slayer Forms Own Label Imprint,
Signs Exclusive Worldwide Deal with Nuclear Blast
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LOS ANGELES, CA - THURSDAY, April
24, 2014 -- Last night at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards held
at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, Slayer surprised the capacity crowd with
an unannounced performance, kicking off the show with a three-song set that
included the global premiere of "Implode," the band's first new
studio recording in five years.
Recorded earlier this month at
Henson Studios in Los Angeles and produced by Terry Date and co-produced
by Greg Fidelman, "Implode" is now available as a free download as
a "thank you" to the band's fans for their continued support.
Or, as Kerry King put it, "you have been waiting for us, now we
are delivering for you." Registered members of Slayer's fan club were
sent an email right around midnight giving them the link to the song and a
chance to hear it before it was made public. "Implode" can now be
downloaded at www.slayer.net.
Later this year, the two-time
Grammy-winning Slayer will begin recording a new album, tentatively set for
an early 2015 release date. The album will make Slayer history as it
will be released on Nuclear Blast Records through the band's own label
imprint, closing out a 28-year relationship with Rick Rubin and American
Recordings. No name for the imprint has been decided on yet.
"Rick has played a huge role
in our career, we've made some great albums with him," said Slayer's Tom
Araya. "But today is a new day, record companies don't play the
kind of role they once did, and we really like the idea of going out on our
own, connecting directly with our fans, and Nuclear Blast is fired up about
taking on that challenge with us."
All future recordings on the band's
label imprint will be released worldwide exclusively through Nuclear Blast.
"I was a teenage rebel when
'Show No Mercy' came out," said Markus Staiger, owner of Nuclear Blast,
"and I identified with that record. It was the most extreme,
aggressive thing at the time. They were then and still are the most brutal
metal band on the planet! I really cannot express how proud I am that
we are able to work with Slayer to join the Nuclear Blast family. We are
ready for that next record and, I'm sure it will go into metal history!"
Added Nuclear Blast label manager
Gerardo Martinez, "The prospect of helping Slayer take a leading role in
the creative process surrounding their releases, projects and other
cross-promotional opportunities is the ultimate honor for me, a metalhead who
grew up in Los Angeles listening to Slayer. Nowhere in my wildest
dreams would I have imagined that Nuclear Blast would be making history
alongside one of the best bands in metal."
Slayer - Tom Araya/vocals, bass,
Kerry King/guitar, drummer Paul Bostaph, and Gary Holt who continues to stand
in for the band's founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman - will spend the next few
months on the road touring major North American and European festivals as
well as headlining dates, sharing the stages with Metallica, Iron Maiden and
more (see below), but is expected to be back in the studio in the fall to
record the rest of the new album.
Stay connected to www.slayer.net for all the updates.
MAY
9 The Great
Salt Air, Salt Lake City, UT
10 Fillmore, Denver,
CO
11 Shrine, Billings,
MT
13 Uptown Theatre,
Kansas City, MO
15 The Pageant, St
Louis, MO
16 Eagles Ballroom,
Milwaukee, WI
17 Rock on the Range,
Columbus, OH
EUROPEAN TOUR
MAY
28 Sonisphere
Festival @ Hietaniemi Beach, Helsinki, Finland
30 STHLM Fields @
Gardet Royal Park, Stockholm, Sweden
31 FortaRock
Festival Goffertpark, Nijmegen, Netherlands
JUNE
1
Sonisphere Festival @ Valle Hoven, Oslo, Norway
3 Horsens
Gaol, Horsens, Denmark
4
Sonisphere Festival @ Imtech Arena, Hamburg, Germany
5 Den
Atelier, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
7 Rock AM
Ring, Nurburgring, Germany
8 Rock Im
Ring, Nurnberg, Germany
9 Z7
Konzertfabrik, Prattein, Switzerland
13 Nova Rock
@Pannonia Fields, Nicklesdorf, Austria
15 Live Club, Milan,
Italy
16 Estragon, Bologna,
Italy
18 Paloma, Niems,
France
20 Hellfest @Rue de
Champ Louet, Clisson, France
21 Tons of Rock
Restival, Halden, Norway
24 Stadion Miejeski,
Poznan, Poland
26 La Laiterie,
Strasbourg, France
27 Graspop, Dessel,
Belgium
30 Limelight,
Belfast, Ireland
JULY
1
Academy, Dublin, Ireland
4 Paris
Le Zenith, Paris, France
5
Sonisphere Festival @ Knebworth, Knebworth Park, England
AUGUST
3 Milo
Club, Nizny Novgorad, Russia
4 Arena
Moscow Club, Moscow, Russia
5 A2
Club, St. Petersburg, Russia
8 Brutal
Assault Festival, Old Army Fortress Josefov, Jaromer, Czech Republic
10 Heavy Montreal
Festival @ Parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal, Quebec
ABOUT SLAYER:
The Chicago
Tribune's Greg Kot wrote that the five-time-nominated,
two-time Grammy winning Slayer is "one of the great American rock
bands of the last 30 years, forget about genre." Their membership
in "The Big Four" - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax - the
four bands that defined the thrash/metal genre - secures their place in music
history. Indeed, few bands come close to matching the intensity that
Slayer brings to its live shows, having been named "Best Live Band"
by numerous media outlets including Revolver, SPIN, and Metal
Hammer. With songs that mirror the turmoil and aberrations of our
society - God's terrifying global genocide, the chaos of our broken political
system, chemical warfare, the hideous minds of serial killers,
and the way-too-close proximity of world horrors that technology has
brought us - Slayer remains crushing and brutal, steadfastly refusing to
cater to the Mainstream.
ABOUT NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS:
Independently owned for 27 years
and counting, Nuclear Blast Records is synonymous with the worldwide
advancement of heavy metal, extreme music, and hard rock. Founded in
Donzdorf, Germany in 1987 by Markus Staiger, Nuclear Blast boasts a roster of
over 100 bands representing eighteen countries. Their satellite office in Los
Angeles has helped build the label's trusted global reputation with numerous
Billboard album chart entries, high-profile tours, and continual signings of
new & heritage acts. Visit www.nuclearblast.com.
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