On this day eighteen years ago, on 6/6/06, Jeff Tandy launched the National Day of Slayer site, which recognized and celebrated the uncompromising, loud, and defiant music of the iconic thrash/punk/metal band Slayer. The site became so popular it was renamed the International Day of Slayer. Today, we honor the IDOS’s 18th year and the band named for it. 2024 has been a monumental year in the history of Slayer as the band will reunite for three (so far) exclusive festival performances at Riot Fest, Louder Than Life, and Aftershock. In addition to the excitement over the Slayer reunion, Kerry King just released his excellent debut album From Hell I Rise (Reigning Phoenixc Music) and kicked off his debut headline tour and festival dates with his killer band. Not only is the 6th Day the 6th month Slayer Day, but examine some of the facts that make today even more perfect: two members of Slayer were born in June – Kerry King and Tom Araya (Happy Birthday today, Tom, born on Slayer Day. So the month is meaningful to the band for a variety of reasons. Of course, we always carry with us the memory of Jeff Haneman, gone too soon! We had covered the band dozens of times, documented their final moments as a band, and our Chief Editor Keefy personally saw Slayer 32 timesn! We wrote not one, but two retrospective pieces about the band calling it quits which you can read here and here. We have also been digging the Talking Slayer Podcast by DX Ferris a lot this year too! Throw the Devil horns for Slayer today! Continue reading →