Slayer 66 2/3: the Jeff & Dave years, a metal band biography, featuring exclusive vintage photos, recent pictures and lost artwork

Third edition, May 2023: The POSTMORTEM REMASTERED EDITION of the definitive Slayer biography was updated after the thrash kings' last album, final tour, and mysterious breakup. The book formerly known as SLAYER 66 2/3: THE JEFF & DAVE YEARS has been re-edited, re-proofread, visually revamped, and overall overhauled (again). This rock biography answers burning questions, shatters popular myths, and uncovers new truths about Slayer, the iconic group that became the embodiment of heavy metal.

The full-length, exhaustively researched account of the thrash kings' career recaps and reevaluates the band's entire career. New chapters include details about the band's hazy end, the record Repentless, the final world tour, updated Slayer career stats, results from a fan survey, and a book report about Tom's sister's family biography. Over the course of 66.6 chapters, 450 footnotes and three appendices, SLAYER 66 2/3 profiles the members and presents dramatic scenes from 38 years in the Abyss: A fresh look at the group's early days. Reign in Blood tours. A European invasion. The Palladium riot. The seat cushion chaos concert. Newly unearthed details from Lombardo's turbulent history with the band. Historical artwork and photos never seen in public before. The entire diabolical discography. Hanneman's hard times. The Big Four's big year. Lombardo's final exit. The top 11 Hanneman tributes. The mosh memorial service. Untold stories. Updates. And relevant digressions, including a contrasting look at other contemporaries and cutting-edge extreme bands. Over decades, Slayer experience triumph and loss, but never defeat, whether it's at the hands of rivals, peers, America's most infamous church, or the United States government itself.

In addition to extensive archival material, this book features original content from the band, key affiliates, and firsthand witnesses, including Metal Blade CEO Brian Slagel, former tour manager Doug Goodman, engineer Bill Metoyer, former Metal Blade exec William "DJ Will" Howell, and cover artist Albert Cuellar (who went on to work with Tim Burton, Sublime, and Sir Mix-A-Lot). It also includes Jeff Hanneman's original diagram for the Live Undead picture disc (spoiler: it's a stick-figure sketch). Slayer fans will never see — or hear — the thrash metal champions the same way. 33 photos and 11 illustrations include lost artwork by Hell Awaits artist Albert Cuellar and stunning exclusive pictures by Harald Oimoen (of Murder in the Front Row renown).