In a recent interview with Full Metal Jackie, Slayer guitarist Gary Holt opened up about the band’s highly anticipated reunion shows this past fall, according to Blabbermouth. Slayer reunited for two monumental performances: Riot Fest in Chicago on September 22 and Aftershock Festival in Sacramento on October 10. These shows marked the first time the legendary thrash metal group performed together since their farewell tour in 2019.
“The experience was magical. It was awesome. It was a surreal moment,” Holt said. “Slayer and the audience always have this rapport. There’s a certain electricity that comes off the crowd, and we feel it. This time we were electrocuted by it. It was insane—the energy you could feel before the show even started.”
The reunion was bittersweet, though, as a third scheduled performance at Louder Than Life in Louisville, Kentucky, had to be canceled due to severe weather. “Losing the Louder Than Life show due to the hurricane, that was bunk, that was sad,” Holt admitted. “And no more so than for the fans who flew from all over to see it. But it was sad for us too because we really, really enjoyed Riot Fest, and it was amazing. There were only three shows. Who wants to lose one of them?”…