Show Notes
Slayer "South of Heaven" from the album of the same name.
RELEASED : July 5, 1988
Metal Blade Records CEO Brian Slagel talks about the title track from Slayer's 1988 album "South of Heaven" with Chris Kael of Five Finger Death Punch who also co-hosts the "Beardo and Weirdo" podcast with comedian Craig Gass.
Brian also discusses the production on this song with Mark Lewis, and author Martin Popoff checks in with his usual mixture of history, facts, figures and opinion.
For the complete, unedited video version of the Chris Kael interview:
https://youtu.be/keYiHcSC33o?si=qWyVun2a7hnPMj3w
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