ON & ON, SOUTH OF HEAVEN... Season 4, Episode 31 (#161, chapter 21)

This is episode #161 of 55. We are deep in overtime. STILL.

This is your pal Ferris.

Today’s topic is SOUTH OF HEAVEN, the album and the time, plus a blood live show.

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DEEZ NOTEZ:

A SEED OF HORROR! The "South of Heaven" demo: JeffHanneman's instrumental 1985 demo that he sliced and diced into "South of Heaven" later. Available on the Soundtrack to the Apocalypse box set as “South Of Heaven (Early Version / Jeff Hanneman's Home Recording).” Also as heard on the Seeds of Horror demo compilation bootleg.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ozSxpqMYvc

Three of the best minutes of Slayer history caught on tape, even though there's no Slayer in it. A TV report that captures the chaos outside Slayer's 1988 LA show -- which, because of these events, would be their last hometown gig for 25 years. (Brownlee, Michael/Real TV. “ Fans Go Wild.” August 1988. Archived online as Posted 30 July 2011 by user gummybearcavity.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUjg3u-ljGc

Book The Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology, Volume II, featuring Chris Dick's "Chaos Rampant: The Making of South of Heaven" (from March 2013's issue #101). https://store.decibelmagazine.com/products/the-decibel-hall-of-fame-anthology-volume-ii

I posted some of this before, elsewhere, I think. Enjoy a littletaste of the live chaos to come as the tour continues. 1989 BBC feature "BBC - Heavy Metal Heaven - Thrashed To Death • 1989" with four pro-shot clips: South of Heaven, Raining Blood, Silent Scream, and Mandatory Suicide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts5uy7HORUA

Judas Priest, "Dissident Aggressor," original:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntvF-VZ-ppQ

Halestorm covering "Dissident Aggressor" live in Belguim,2013. Interviewed Lzzy and RJ when they were just kids, in the demo phase. Good band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abr2mh56k1A

Halestorm studio cover from Renimate: The Covers EP 2.0:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZOb45FNxvo

Giuffria, "Call to the Heart"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNqATBMH6IM

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