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With the title and release date just announced for SLAYER's »Repentless«, due out September 11, 2015 (Nuclear Blast), today the thrash icons announce their heaviest release ever - literally - »Repentless« Metal Eagle Edition. Made of aluminum alloy, measuring 15” X 17” X 3” and weighing in at a hefty seven pounds, the Metal Eagle Edition will house a deluxe digipak of the new »Repentless« CD plus exclusive bonus content to be detailed soon. The limited (only 3,000 copies worldwide) and numbered Metal Eagle Edition will be a direct-to-consumer item and available exclusively via the Nuclear Blast mailorder online stores.Pre-orders are available now, so log onto http://nblast.de/SlayerRepentlessEagle for purchasing info.240000-1.jpgThe highly-anticipated »Repentless« is SLAYER’s 11th studio album, the first since 2009’s critically-acclaimed, Grammy-nominated »World Painted Blood« and the first with producer Terry Date (PANTERA, SLIPKNOT, SOUNDGARDEN). The band - Tom Araya (bass, vocals), Kerry King (guitars), Paul Bostaph (drums) and EXODUS/SLAYER touring guitarist Gary Holt, who recorded lead guitar parts for about a half-dozen of the album’s new tracks - started recording »Repentless« in March 2014, and made the track 'Implode' available as a free download in April of that year. The band and Date continued to record between September 2014 and mid-January 2015 at Henson Studios in Los Angeles. For the album, 'Implode' was completely re-recorded from the ground up, and 'When The Stillness Comes,' used as an instrumental track in a Scion commercial, got a revamped intro and all new vocals.»Repentless« also includes 'Piano Wire,' an unfinished song from the »World Painted Blood« sessions written by Hanneman. About the track, Rolling Stone wrote that it “…begins with an eerie guitar line before evolving into a full-on-doom (and classic SLAYER) riff onslaught…“ King put it this way: “When I hear it, I think ‘Jeff.’ It sounds like a Jeff Hanneman song.”The 12-track »Repentless« is, according to those who have heard it, a sonic assault of brutal, ominous, lightening-fast and heavy-as-hell music with lyrics that unmask what SLAYER knows best - the terror, the corruption and the societal turmoil that dominates our world. “The new album sounds like SLAYER,“ said Araya. “In the past, our fans have always known what to expect, this time they don’t. But we really like it, and I don’t think the fans are going to be disappointed.“As is expected from SLAYER, the band will support the release of »Repentless« with extensive touring across the globe, beginning this summer when the band headlines the Mayhem Festival. That tour kicks off June, 26th at Sleep Train Amphitheater in San Diego, CA. See SLAYER on tour:13.06. USA Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo16.06. USA Huntington, NY - Paramount17.06. USA Huntington, NY - Paramount19.06. USA Portland, ME - State Theatre20.06. CND Montebello, MN - Amnesia Rock26.06. USA San Diego, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre27.06. USA San Bernardino, CA - San Manuel Amphitheatre28.06. USA Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre30.06. USA Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre01.07. USA Boise, ID - Ford Idaho Center03.07. USA Phoenix, AZ - Ak-Chin Pavillion04.07. USA Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheatre 05.07. USA Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre07.07. USA Council Bluffs, IA - Harrah’s Council Bluffs08.07. USA Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom10.07. USA Indianapolis, IN - Klipsch Music Center11.07. USA Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Center12.07. USA Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre15.07. CDN Toronto, ON - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre17.07. USA Pennsauken Township, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Arts18.07. USA Pittsburgh, PA - First Niagara Pavilion19.07. USA Hartford, CT - Xfinity Theatre21.07. USA Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center22.07. USA Gilford, NH - Meadowbrook (Bank Of NH Pavilion)24.07. USA Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live25.07. USA Winthrop, MA - Xfinity Center26.07. USA Wantagh, NY - Nikon Theatre @ Jones Beach29.07. USA Atlanta, GA - Aaron’s Amphitheatre @ Lakewood31.07. USA San Antonio, TX - White Water Amphitheatre01.08. USA Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion02.08. USA Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavillion25.10. NL Tilburg - 01326.10. F Paris - Le Zenith27.10. CH Zurich - Komplex30.10. E Bilbao - Santana 2731.10. E La Coruna - Coliseum01.11. E Madrid - La Riviera03.11. E Barcelona - Razzmatazz05.11. I Milan - Alcatraz07.11. A Vienna - Gasometer17.11. B Brussels - AB19.11. LUX Luxembourg - Rockhal21.11. UK Newport - Centre22.11. UK Plymouth - Pavillion24.11. UK Manchester - Apollo25.11. UK Glasgow - Academy27.11. UK Birmingham - Academy28.11. UK Leeds - Academy30.11. UK Brixton - AcademyMore to be announced…! Read more... then come back and comment below.

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