Slayer played LA's Kia Forum last night for their Reign In Blood anniversary tour. The performance included a few live rarities and a lecture to the crowd from vocalist Tom Araya. He was not fucking around.
They played God Hates Us All cuts “God Send Death,” for the first time since 2016, and “Bloodline,” for the first time since 2017. They also played “The Antichrist” from Show No Mercy for the first time live since 2017. Araya’s rant came about when they were about to perform “Seasons In The Abyss,” but were delayed due to safety concerns. Araya said that the fire marshal told them to pause until things settled down.
“I don’t know how many times I’ve had this conversation when we first started playing in huge places. I kept telling everyone, man you got to maintain yourself. You can’t start destroying shit because they’ll shut this shit down,” he said. Then he mocks the crowd who begin to boo in response to his reasonable request.
“Listen if you guys want to have fun, you have to come right here in front of us in the middle area where there’s nothing to destroy — except each other. If you start doing shit on the outside of that line right there, they’re gonna shut the place down. They don’t want anyone to get hurt.” He continues on about being respectful to those around you, particularly people sitting in chairs.
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— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) 2026-11-15T06:41:38.050Z
