Slayer Are Back From A Five Year Absence And Put On An Amazing Show At Riot Fest in Chicago

Slayer Are Back From A Five Year Absence And Put On An Amazing Show At Riot Fest in Chicago
Photo: Stu Garneys

After five years of being absent, Slayer performed their first concert at Chicago's Riot Fest at the weekend.

They will next perform at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky on September 27th, followed by an appearance at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California on October 10th.

The band played 20 songs and burned through their catalogue of music. One lucky This Day in Metal giveaway winner shared this below:

Full Setlist:

  1. South Of Heaven
  2. Reborn (first time live since 2014)
  3. Blood Red
  4. Postmortem
  5. Repentless
  6. Payback
  7. Temptation
  8. Jihad
  9. Seasons In The Abyss
  10. Born Of Fire
  11. War Ensemble
  12. Hate Worldwide
  13. Disciple
  14. Dead Skin Mask
  15. Hell Awaits
  16. 213 (first time live since 1998)
  17. Mandatory Suicide
  18. Raining Blood
  19. Black Magic
  20. Angel Of Death


Videos of the concert can be watched below:

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