{"podcast":{"title":"Talkin' Slayer: A Metal Podcast and Half-@ssed Audiobook","slug":"talkin-slayer-a-metal-podcast-and-half-ssed-audiobook-6422518","podcast_index_feed_id":6422518,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/de2bebf0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://slayerbooks.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/37174204/37174204-1682790046077-c92ae5fb529d2.jpg","author":"D.X. Ferris","episode_count":77,"summary":"Talkin' Slayer tells the story of Slayer, the thrashiest of the Big Four thrash metal bands. After some introduction episodes, this weekly show recaps the history of the Los Angeles heavy metal institution, in chronological order: how the band happened, when things fell apart, how they put them back together, and what it all meant—no, MEANS. After Episode 9, Patreon supporters receive every weekly episode. Talkin' Slayer is written, deeply researched, lightly edited, and mostly rehearsed, with some production value. Episodes start after :60-:90 of intro; no need to skip the first 20 minutes.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T06:18:51.956881+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talkin-slayer-a-metal-podcast-and-half-ssed-audiobook-6422518"},"episode":{"title":"Season 4, Episode 6... International Day of Slayer: In our first interview, hesher holiday founder Jeff Tandy Takes You Behind the Scenes, Talking Myths, Facts, and Misdirections","slug":"season-4-episode-6-international-day-of-slayer-in-our-first-interview-hesher-holiday-founder-jeff-tandy-takes-you-behind-the-scenes-talking-myths-facts-and-misdirections","published_at":"2026-06-06T04:06:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talkin-slayer-a-metal-podcast-and-half-ssed-audiobook-6422518/season-4-episode-6-international-day-of-slayer-in-our-first-interview-hesher-holiday-founder-jeff-tandy-takes-you-behind-the-scenes-talking-myths-facts-and-misdirections","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talkin-slayer-a-metal-podcast-and-half-ssed-audiobook-6422518","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slayerbook/episodes/Season-4--Episode-6----International-Day-of-Slayer-In-our-first-interview--hesher-holiday-founder-Jeff-Tandy-Takes-You-Behind-the-Scenes--Talking-Myths--Facts--and-Misdirections-e3k4gfh","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/de2bebf0/podcast/play/120782769/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-31%2F3a3b4952-70c7-5054-d837-073159a9b2de.mp3","summary":"Today's topic is the International Day of Slayer ... which is today if you're listening in a timely manner. For the first time, Slayer Day founder Jeff Tandy reveals the myths, facts, and misdirections behind the scenes of your favorite hesher holiday. You pal Ferris interviews Tandy in this co-production between the International Day of Slayer and your favorite metal show, Talkin' Slayer. Ferris covers it in the book... and now he's covering it MORE. Our new bud Jeff is also the host of underground metal podcast Metalenema . And after a lifetime of shredderation & destructionality, he now plays in Imprecation , a Satanic death metal band from Texas. Then the Slaytanic history resumes next week. If you like the interview & you want more, let us know by responding to the episode's poll. Unless otherwise noted, all sick-arsed riffage and/or music is by in-house rifflord Nige Savage of UK metal band ⁠⁠⁠Chupacabra⁠⁠⁠ . This is an unusual episode. Normally, for the next year or so, every week, subscribers will get a chapter or two of D.X. Ferris' Slaytanic history book... "Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography... Or, How F*kin' Slayer Kicked Fkin' @ss," REBORN: The Updated, Revised& Massively Expanded 4th Edition ...Season 4 is — mostly — the complete, annotated audio version, broadcast for the first time. You've never heard it like this before... unless you have the audiobook, which is available CHEAP at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SlayerBook.Bandcamp.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . The run time is 1.4 DAYS. That's a lot. Talkin' Slayer Season IV: Return of the New & Improved 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…","meta_description":"Today's topic is the International Day of Slayer ... which is today if you're listening in a timely manner. 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