Update: Further Details Revealed For SLAYER's Christ Illusion Reissue
June 21, 2007, 17 years ago
It was earlier reported that SLAYER will reissue their Christ Illusion album at the end of July. This will come with a bonus DVD and the previously unavailable track 'The Final Six'.
According to MTV.com, the limited-edition set will also contain an alternate version of 'Black Serenade'. The reissue marks the band's first collaboration with new label home Columbia Records; Slayer left Warner Bros. when longtime producer Rick Rubin jumped ship to head Columbia back in May.
"This version of 'Black Serenade' is the version (guitarist) Jeff (Hanneman) originally wrote, and during the miscommunications of recording, it came out the way it did," said Kerry King. "I like the original version better. And 'The Final Six' was a song that just wasn't finished in time for the record, because (frontman] Tom (Araya) had to head home for [gall-bladder] surgery.""'The Final Six', said King, "isn't going to sound out of place, because it was written for Christ Illusion. So, it's just another song off of that album, and it's not separate at all. The track was recorded by the time Christ Illusion came out - we just had to have Tom sing on it."
The reissue will also boast a bonus DVD called Slayer on Tour '07. It will include the 'Eyes Of The Insane' video; a live rendition of the band's 1988 LP South Of Heaven that was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, on last year's Unholy Alliance run; and a behind-the-scenes, five-minute documentary-style montage of footage shot earlier this year when the band performed in Florida and Australia.
As for Slayer's next album, King said it will be a while. The band hopes to book another tour toward the end of this year but has no definitive plans to write or record anytime soon. "It would be awesome to have football season off," King joked.
