SLAYER TRY SOME NEW BAIT TO LURE FANS TO THEIR CONCERTS
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:00pm by Axl Rosenberg
At this point, I really don’t imagine Slayer need any bait to lure fans to their concerts; I’ve seen them live quite a few times in my lifetime, and I’ve never seen the show be anything less than packed. Regardless of whether or not Slayer actually have anything to promote, if they play it, the fans will come.
Still, they’re trying out a little experiment, as explained in a press release:
“A brand-new Slayer album is expected in 2009, but some fans won’t have to wait that long to get an early listen to some of the new music.
“Fans who attend any of the upcoming European ‘Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter III’ dates, will receive the new Slayer song via an exclusive download card that will also include special material from the entire tour’s line-up – Slayer, Mastodon, Trivium and Amon Amarth. The download card, along with a limited edition ‘Unholy Alliance Tour’ clothing patch, will be given away free only to ticket holders when they arrive at their local venue the night of the show.”
The rest of the download package doesn’t sound that interesting – the tracks from Trivium and Amon Amarth are singles from their new albums that fans will have already heard, and Mastodon “will take fans into the recording studio for a first-look and listen to the making of their upcoming album,” which is a pretty vague promise. But the idea of getting a new Slayer song with your ticket sounds pretty sweet – assuming you’re one of those fans, like myself, who actually looks forward to new Slayer songs.
I imagine this bitch will leak within seconds of the first fan downloading it, so we should all have some sense of what Slayer are up to real soon. Christ Illusion was, in my not so humble opinion, the very definition of a “comeback album,” so now the band just has to keep it up and not release a record that makes fans riot in the streets (Or does make fans riot in the streets. Kerry King would probably love that.).
And if you like Slayer (and if you’re reading this I assume you do), don’t forget that it’s not too late to enter the MetalSucks Slayer Olympics and win a personally dedicated autographed copy of D.X. Ferris’ 33 1/3: Reign in Blood book. It’s an awesome book, so enter the dang contest already!
-AR
Free merch is nice, but do you really want more crap in your pockets while tearing it up in the pit? Last Slayer show i attended(jager tour w KSE and Mastodon), they handed out cd’s during set breaks and most of those ended up on the floor by the time Slayer hit the stage. I did manage to keep mine intact throughout my mosh, but it would seem to me that it would make more sense to hand out the free merch at the end of the show.
That’s a good point about having more crap in your pockets, but the download card is probably a “dropcard” which is usually the size of a credit card. Southern Lord did one earlier this year for a compilation. It’s actually going to solve the problem you cited!
Thanks for the shinfo, that shows me just how far my finger has been from the pulse of the metal community. Thus why i cited a show from 2 years ago!
New Slayer? FUCK YEAH! Last album was just OK. Slayer needs to fucking destroy with the new one. Nonetheless, I’ll buy it the day it drops.
Sounds interesting. I’ll be going to the Birmingham, UK date. It’ll be cool to get a little bit of exclusive memorabilia.
@ Johnny Death: At least it’s just a little card and woven patch – that wont get broken. xD
SEE YOU IN THE PITS
London for Halloween! Hell yes.
A new Slayer record with the original band intact is always good news.