Thrash metal icons Slayer have announced the launch of their new digital museum, the Slaytanic Verses.
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Yesterday (October 9), the band took to social media to announce the Slaytanic Verses, which serves as a digital archive and museum chronicling the band’s stories history, from their inception in 1981 until the current day.
The Slaytanic Verses museum can be seen here for free – it includes the band’s “personal archives, never-before-seen photos, instruments, art, stories straight from the band, one-of-a-kind collectibles” and more.
The digital museum will also be updated regularly, with the band writing on the site: “The collection is always growing, so come back often. It gets you when you least expect it.”
Currently, the Slaytanic Verses museum showcases just under 30 entries, which include a flyer for the band’s first gig at Battle of The Bands in 1981, a collection of 1982 photos that see them in glam metal attire, their iconic Reign In Blood tour press kit and new videos and photos from their farewell tour in 2019.
Slayer’s unlikely return was confirmed earlier this year when it was revealed that they’d be headlining two September festivals – Riot Fest in Chicago (22) and Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky (27), and a third and final show at Aftershock Festival today (October 10).
Their show at Riot Fest marked the thrash metal legends’ first live gig in nearly five years since the end of their lengthy farewell world tour. The group played a string of favourites at the Chicago fest including ‘Raining Blood’, ‘Angel Of Death’ and ‘South Of Heaven’ throughout their 20-song headlining set.
However, their second scheduled show headlining Kentucky’s Louder Than Life Festival had to be cancelled due to issues with the weather. The entire second day of the event had to be canned for safety reasons following the after-effects of Hurricane Helene, one of the severe storms to ever hit the United States.
As for the band’s future plans, guitarist Kerry King has insisted that Slayer “will never tour again”. Following the reunion shows announcement, he also told Classic Rock History: “Don’t get used to this being a yearly event.”
