{"id":1884,"date":"2018-08-13T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/315music.com\/2018\/08\/13\/slayers-farewell-tour-pays-syracuse-a-curtain-call\/"},"modified":"2018-08-13T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T16:00:09","slug":"slayers-farewell-tour-pays-syracuse-a-curtain-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/315music.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/13\/slayers-farewell-tour-pays-syracuse-a-curtain-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Slayer&#8217;s Farewell Tour Pays Syracuse a Curtain Call."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News of Slayer&#8217;s farewell tour hit many in the metal community hard, but in a year of farewell tours, it&#8217;s not surprising that this Huntington Park, CA band, created in 1981, would call it a day.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Slayer on this final trek across North America were fellow thrash metal veterans Anthrax and Testament, current thrash flag-bearers Lamb of God, and British grindcore pioneers Napalm Death.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_294319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-294319\" style=\"width: 986px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-294319\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorksmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/Mark-Barney-Greenway-Napalm-Death-1-of-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"800\" data-wp-pid=\"294319\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-294319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark &#8216;Barney&#8217; Greenway of Napalm Death<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It would be easy to say that this lineup of veteran thrash legends is a cash grab nostalgia tour, but nothing could be further from the truth. All five bands are touring on current releases. Critics have proclaimed the latest Anthrax and Testament releases among the best of their respective careers. This was a lineup of bands still fresh, despite several decades of headbanging that left fans of each band wanting more.<\/p>\n<p>New York-based Anthrax had an especially strong contingent of fans in attendance, as lead vocalist Joey Belladonna is a native of Oswego, a short drive from the St. Joseph&#8217;s Health Amphitheater. Anthrax, always the historians, opened and closed their set with a tribute to the recently deceased Pantera drummer, <a href=\"https:\/\/newyorksmusic.com\/2018\/06\/23\/legendary-drummer-vinnie-paul-dead-at-54\/\">Vinnie Paul<\/a>. The band opened with the riff from the Pantera classic, &#8220;Cowboys From Hell&#8221; and closed with the same, sending those in attendance into a headbanging frenzy. Anthrax, particularly bassist Frankie Bello, is one fun band to watch perform.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-294330\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorksmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/Frankie-Bello-2-Anthrax-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" data-wp-pid=\"294330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While most of the show was an exercise in headbanging for the largely 40-something crowd, Lamb of God&#8217;s Randy Blythe added some acrobatics to his band&#8217;s set, invariably leaping from the riser at the front of the stage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-294329\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorksmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/Randy-Bythe-Lamb-of-God-1-of-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-wp-pid=\"294329\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Napalm Death performed a career-spanning set, including a slightly extended version of their song, &#8220;You Suffer.&#8221; This track, from Napalm Death&#8217;s debut album <em>Scum<\/em>, has been recognized by the <em>Guinness Book of World Records<\/em> as the World&#8217;s Shortest Recorded Song at 1.316 seconds long. Make some time to hear that below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Napalm Death - You Suffer\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybGOT4d2Hs8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Slayer bid a fond farewell to a standing ovation following a raucous &#8220;Angel of Death&#8221; from the band&#8217;s classic <em>Reign in Blood<\/em> album. Their setlist was dotted with songs covering their entire career, including the opener, the title song from their latest album, <em>Repentless<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Setlists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Slayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Repentless,\u00a0Blood Red,\u00a0Disciple, Mandatory Suicide,\u00a0Hate Worldwide, War Ensemble,\u00a0Jihad, When the Stillness Comes,\u00a0Postmortem,\u00a0Black Magic,\u00a0Payback,\u00a0Seasons in the Abyss, Dittohead, Dead Skin Mask, Hell Awaits,\u00a0South of Heaven,\u00a0Raining Blood,\u00a0Chemical Warfare, Angel of Death<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lamb of God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Omerta, Ruin,\u00a0Walk With Me in Hell,\u00a0Now You&#8217;ve Got Something to Die For, 512,\u00a0Engage the Fear Machine,\u00a0Blacken the Cursed Sun,\u00a0Laid to Rest,\u00a0Redneck<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anthrax<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cowboys From Hell (Pantera cover) (Jam),\u00a0Caught in a Mosh, Got the Time (Joe Jackson cover),\u00a0Madhouse,\u00a0Be All, End All, Evil Twin, Antisocial (Trust cover), Indians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Testament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brotherhood of the Snake,\u00a0Rise Up, Dog Faced Gods,\u00a0The Preacher, Practice What You Preach,\u00a0The New Order,\u00a0Into the Pit, Over the Wall<\/p>\n<p><strong>Napalm Death<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Multinational Corporations,\u00a0Instinct of Survival,\u00a0When All Is Said and Done, Smash a Single Digit, Standardization,\u00a0Suffer the Children,\u00a0Silence Is Deafening,\u00a0How the Years Condemn,\u00a0Scum, You Suffer, Dead, Nazi Punks Fuck Off (Dead Kennedys cover)<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News of Slayer&#8217;s farewell tour hit many in the metal community hard, but in a year of farewell tours, it&#8217;s not surprising that this Huntington Park, CA band, created in 1981, would call it a day. 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