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Slayer: Free Downloads Offered @ “Unholy Alliance Tour” + Extra For London Shows

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 “Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter III” dates (listed below), 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 new Slayer song is being recorded as you read this, as Slayer has just entered a Los Angeles-area studio to begin recording the new album. More info regarding the new song and album will be announced shortly. In addition, Trivium’s “Kirisute Gomen” from their upcoming album “Shogun” (out September 30), and “Guardians of Asgaard,” a new gem from Amon Amarth’s “Twilight of the Thunder God” (out September 30), will also be part of the download package. Mastodon opted to do something a little different for their contribution to the tour download - the band will take fans into the recording studio for a first-look and listen to the making of their upcoming album. Plus, selections from Slayer’s live performance filmed at the band’s 2007 San Diego Sports Arena show will be included in the “Unholy Alliance Tour” download package.

The “Unholy Alliance Tour” will play two nights in London - Thursday, October 30 and Friday, October 31 at Hammersmith Apollo. For the Thursday show, the band will perform “Reign In Blood” in its entirety as an encore; Friday’s show will feature a completely different set from Thursday night’s and will be filmed for a live DVD. Slayer would like its London fans to attend both shows so have put together a very special opportunity: if you’ve already purchased a ticket for Thursday’s show, you can now purchase a ticket for Friday’s show at a £10 discount. Ditto if you’re already holding a ticket for Slayer’s Friday show - you’ll get a £10 discount on a ticket for Thursday’s show and spend two consecutive nights at what one media outlet called “the heaviest metal alliance of the year.” There will be a limited supply of these discounted tickets available and will be offered on a first-come, first-serviced basis. To take advantage of this special offer, please contact your point of purchase and quote your existing reference number.

The UK leg of the mighty “Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter III” kicks off in Manchester, England on October 27.

Confirmed UK dates for the Metal Hammer Sponsored “Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter III” are as follows:

OCTOBER
27 Manchester Apollo, Manchester 0844 777 677
28 Wolverhampton Civic, Birmingham 08719 456 000
30 Hammersmith Apollo, London 08448 4447 480
31 Hammersmith Apollo, London 08448 4447 480

NOVEMBER
2 Cardiff CIA 029 2022 4488
3 Glasgow Academy 0141 418 3000

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