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Slayer is quitting after their next album?

by Roberta on July 23rd, 2008

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I’m hoping that this is just a rumor, but I’ve heard that Slayer might disband after their next album.

Tom Araya says, “Let’s put it this way; this is the final record of our commitment with Rick Rubin.

“When we first signed a deal with him back in 1986, we never sat down and said, ‘How long do you guys want to keep this together?’. We just signed the deal and we’ve just been doing records since.

“We’re working on new ideas now just so that people can have a taste of what’s coming. (Guitarists) Kerry (King) and Jeff (Hanneman) are putting together ideas, so what the end result of this next two-and-a-half months is, I don’t know. Once we’ve put together new material, we can get together and discuss our future plans.”

But Araya, 47, refuses to continue rocking out into old age - and has effectively set a deadline for the demise of Slayer.

He adds, “Seeing a 50-year-old man headbanging on stage would make me cringe. If I was watching that, I’d think, ‘Dude, you’re a little too old for that, aren’t you? You’re gonna fall off!’.”

I wouldn’t think anything bad to see a 50-year-old rocker doing his thing. When I was about 17, my best friend was a headbanging 60-year-old lady. She was the coolest person I knew.

Don’t do it guys!

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