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MY VISIT IN HELL WITH SLAYER!!!!!!

Slayer
9:30 Club
Washington, D.C.
February, 19, 2007

http://www.slayer.net/site.php

So here I am with my good old pals from work, driving to Washington D.C. and then – it finally hit me. “GUYS WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE SLAYER!!”

With all of us as giddy as little school girls, we pull up at the 9:30 Club and saw the giant line of serious metal heads eagerly waiting for the onslaught of metal. Although we were all patted down for drugs or whatever, we managed to do what we had to do and claimed our spot about 20 feet from the stage. With everyone in the crowd chanting “Slayer”, the mood was set.

After waiting a half hour the opening band, “Unearthed” of which I am not personally a fan., totally was loud abrasive and had the mosh parts for people for people to warm up. Unearthed live was pretty good and it certainly got me ready for what was about to come.

Following the half hour set of Unearthed, came the moment when we drank our beers, smoked our cigarettes and waited…and waited. But then with our perfect view, the room got very dark. Right then you knew what was up, here came Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King, Dave Lombardo and Tom Aeaya. The crowd (and myself) just went nuts! The first thing they did was scream, “WAAAAAAAARRRRR ENSEEEEMBLE!!!!!!!!!!" And then it happened - loud, heavy as shit old school thrash metal that would put Metallica to shame. The mosh pit was full of muscular metal heads pushing, punching, kicking, screaming, you name it, all I could think was, “this is so awesome”.

Slayer’s axe wielders both had a wall of six amps cranked to 11. It was so loud it felt like my insides were being beaten with a nine-hundred pound hammer. Since I am a drummer, Dave Lombardo’s drum solo for me was like being blessed by the angle of death. Really, all that can be said if you weren’t there, is Slayer was like a movement that brought the whole scene together. And seeing how Slayer truly appreciates their fans you got everything you wanted – from the hits like Dead Skin Mask, Mandatory Suicide (which by the was dedicated to our soldiers is Iraq), Cult, Raining Blood, and to close Angel of Death.

So for all of you who missed it, they are sill touring and still kick fuckin’ ass. After it was all said and done, after all the metal shows I’ve seen, Slayer in my book are the shit!

Review by:
Jim Zill


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