Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph recently spoke with Australia's 24-7 metal guru Andrew Haug. One of the topics of discussion tackles the positives and negatives of social media:

Bostaph: "When I grew up, if certain people said things about me on the streets where I grew up, if you said it to my face, certain things, you would have gotten a knuckle sandwich. That's how it was. You don't talk trash about people. If you've got something to say to me, you come up to my face. That's not the world we live in. People are cowards behind their computers. Or they're 'brave.' I'd say they're brave behind their computers, and that makes them a coward."

"Look, if you can't say something to a person in the room, don't go online and say it. So I don't blame certain individuals for opting out of social media, because after a while, you're, like, 'Man, what is this? It's just a bunch of crap anyway.' Other people utilize it. They say you have to have thick skin. So, it depends on how thick your skin is. If you have thick skin, you can deal with it. For other people, it becomes social drama."

Bostaph, has uploaded two new videos, the first from a practice session in his home studio, the second warming up in his practice room. See both clips below:

Bostaph recently posted stage footage of the band at Riot Fest 2014, which was held on September 12th at Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL. Check out “Disciple” and “War Ensemble” below.

Bostaph remarks: “The first song of the set. Cold and wet....I had to dry my shoes off on towels my tech had put on the riser for me. Enjoy!”

Previously, Bostaph posted more video from the studio during the recordings of the band’s new album with legendary producer Terry Date (Pantera, Soundgrden, Metal Church) at an undisclosed studio in California. Check out a recording room tour along with a quick snippet of guitarists Kerry King, Gary Holt (Exodus), and frontman/bassist Tom Araya getting ready to rehearse:

Previous Bostaph clips include describing his gear after recording tracks and rehearsing:

Bostaph warming-up:

The follow-up to 2009’s World Painted Blood and as-yet-untitled album is tentatively set for an early 2015 release date. The album will make Slayer history as it will be released on Nuclear Blast Records through the band’s own label imprint, closing out a 28-year relationship with Rick Rubin and American Recordings. No name for the imprint has been decided on yet. All future recordings on the band's label imprint will be released worldwide exclusively through Nuclear Blast.

Slayer - Tom Araya/vocals, bass, Kerry King/guitar, drummer Paul Bostaph, and Gary Holt who continues to stand in for the band’s founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman - unleashed the new song “Implode” in April. The song was recorded at Henson Studios in Los Angeles with producer Terry Date and co-producer Greg Fidelman.

Slayer frontman Tom Araya told BraveWords late last year that the album will contain Jeff Hanneman originals.

“Yeah, there’s a good possibility of that. Like I said, there is a lot of stuff that he has and what he has demoed. That is something that I want to put effort, time and energy into, because he has some really great shit that I think people deserve to hear. There’s some really great music. Like I said, the song that he sent everybody was sent to us literally about a month before he passed. He had been working on it, he was excited; he was like, ‘Hey, I’ve got this song that I completed and I want to send it to you.’ So I listened to it, and I said, ‘Dude, this sounds great.’ I told him I really liked it, because I could hear his performance abilities. I really had to listen to the music, to hear what it was he was doing. But I could hear what he was trying to do. I was like, ‘Oh my god this is really cool; this is good stuff.’ And that’s the way it was with his material.”

Read the entire interview here.