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A requiem for Slayer: The poignant, pulverising end of "the band that terrorised the world"

Ian Winwood, Daily Telegraph, 29 November 2019

AT 23:00 Pacific Coast Time on Saturday 30th November, the world of metal will enter a period of mourning. At this time, onstage at the "Fabulous" Forum in Los Angeles, Slayer will conclude their final concert and exist no more. As luck would have it, both the musicians onstage and the 17,500 people in the audience will already be wearing black.

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