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The Land of the Free Censors Slayer

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on July 20, 2006
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Slayer Christ Illusion

Ah the good ole US of A. Fighting for ‘freedom’ in Iraq yet their own country is turning into a warped Christian Taliban. Many retailers throughout ‘the land of the free’ are refusing to carry the forthcoming new Slayer opus ‘Christ Illusion’ unless the cover is censored.

Larry Carroll, who did the cover artwork for Slayer’s ‘Reign in Blood’, ‘South of Heaven’, and ‘Seasons In the Abyss’ album, painted the original piece for the ‘Christ Illusion’ cover also. Working only from the song titles and early lyrics, Carroll has produced a classic Slayer masterpiece — a portrait of the Christ whose forearms have been chopped off, standing in an ocean of blood surrounded by floating, decapitated heads. (Now what in hell is offensive about that?) Carroll created the painting on a 4-by-4-foot slab of wood using a combination of mediums. Slayer guitarist Kerry King already has placed dibs on ownership of the original wooden canvas.

Slayer Christ Illusion

New Slayer Song on 9/11 Angers Victims’ Families

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on May 30, 2006
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Slayer have sparked controversy with a new song about 9/11 from the terrorists’ viewpoint. The California foursome were fed up with other bands’ American perspective of the attacks on New York and Washington D.C. in 2001, so they wrote their own unique version.

Guitarist/songwriter Jeff Hanneman has angered 9/11 victims’ families with the extremist angled track “Jihad”, which will feature on their new album.

Guitarist Kerry King says, “In America every band under the sun has written their 9/11 song. And that’s why I didn’t want to have any part of it, but this is really cool. It kind of has an ‘Angel of Death’ feel because it doesn’t condemn anyone or say that anyone’s right or wrong.”

Can’t hurt sales can it? Not that Slayer have ever had any probs shifting units, but I’ve got an inkling that this won’t be the last we hear of this!