Season 4, no. 16: Hell Worldwide... the Hell Awaits Tour (#146)

Today's topic is Hell Worldwide, the international campaign that was the Hell Awaits tour. This episode features my favorite moment from the book... and Slayer's career. All looks lost. And then...Last week was good episode. But... after episode 9, only Patreon supporters get every weekly episode and bonus shows & content. Free listeners will only get an episode every OTHER week, and they'll miss half the story.Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/SlayerBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Packages start around $1 an episode. You can do that, right?DEEZ NOTES: Things referenced in this episode...Decibel declared Slayer & Venom & Exodus' The UltimateRevenge roadshow the most metal tour of all time. Read about it here. From DecibelSpring 2017 special issue The Top 100 Metal Tours of All Time. By Greg Pratt, “Decibel Presents: That Tour Was Awesome: Ultimate Revenge Tour,Venom/Slayer/Exodus (1985).” Decibel online. 22 February 2017. This oral history segment features recollections from Lombardo, Holt, and Venom drummer Anthony “Abaddon” Bray.https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/02/22/that-tour-was-awesome-ultimate-revenge-tour-venom-slayer-and-exodus/The Combat Tour Live: The Ultimate Revenge Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g_6tos-vPoThe full video of Slayer's first European show:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmKcKURNzAAYour man Ferris unboxing the new Hell Awaits reissue, which, long story short, is GREAT:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KCOF-0W7-gTALKIN' SLAYER & Ferris on the Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/Slayerbooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ferris' TWO books about Slayer here... the other one is about Reign in Blood:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For the next year or so, every week, TALKIN' SLAYER subscribers will get a chapter or two of "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th EditionTalkin' Slayer Season IV presents the chronological history of Slayer, as seen / heard in the book.The previous edition of the book ran around 350 pages. The new REBORN Edition runs 639. We added a lot. And you can hear it all here, one week at a time, piece by piece.You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook. The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. It's available CHEAP at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Mostly, in Season 4, what you will get every week or so is a chapter from the book... plus some cool bonus stuff, like original interviews with people you WILL want to hear from.The book was updated after the reunion, massively expanded, thoroughly overhauled, and rewritten so it's easier to read — both in format and writing style. Check it out at...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBooks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and / or⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Ajna Offensive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MASSIVE GRATITUDE for listening.