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The International Day of Slayer is upon us again, and for the twenty-first celebration of the holiday, there is new classic Slayer live available for you to enjoy at top volume.

Few understand the stack that comprises identity. After race and ethnicity, religion and politics emerge, and those are semi-chosen, meaning that you mostly inherit those from your family or your own character. But after that? You choose your tribe, and some choose metal.

Metal creates beauty out of darkness, horror, entropy, loss, disease, war, evil, and death. Slayer specifically showed us a world of constant violence and destruction which inspired in us a joyful urge to fight and win, instead of cower behind moral platitudes and ideology.

In our current age — the transition out of symbolism, in which religion/ideology oppose biology — we need more of that spirit. A desire to accept the world as it is, warts and all, and make of it something inspiring for the ages beyond time.

In the meantime, listen to Slayer:

Who is Slayer

Slayer is a band from California. Their music has come to epitomize Satanic speed metal music in the latter half of the 20th century. Their 1986 album Reign in Blood ranks as one of the single most influential metal albums of all time, typified by the modern classic “Angel of Death.”

How to Celebrate

• Listen to Slayer at full blast in your car.
• Listen to Slayer at full blast in your home.
• Listen to Slayer at full blast at your place of employment.
• Listen to Slayer at full blast in any public place you prefer.

DO NOT use headphones! The objective of this day is for everyone within earshot to understand that it is the National Day of Slayer. National holidays in America aren’t just about celebrating; they’re about forcing it upon non-participants.

Taking that participation to a problematic level

• Stage a “Slay-out.” Don’t go to work. Listen to Slayer.
• Have a huge block party that clogs up a street in your neighborhood. Blast Slayer albums all evening. Get police cruisers and helicopters on the scene. Finish with a full-scale riot.
• Spray paint Slayer logos on churches, synagogues, or cemeteries.
• Play Slayer covers with your own band (since 99% of your riffs are stolen from Slayer anyway).
• Kill the neighbor’s dog and blame it on Slayer.

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