{"id":22162,"date":"2002-08-22T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2002-08-22T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/?p=22162"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:37:16","slug":"slayyyyyyyeeeerrr-slayer-concert-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/2002\/08\/22\/slayyyyyyyeeeerrr-slayer-concert-review\/","title":{"rendered":"SLAYYYYYYYEEEERRR!!:  Slayer Concert Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22162\" class=\"elementor elementor-22162\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80da733 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"80da733\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-adec5cb\" data-id=\"adec5cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c05be7d elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"c05be7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-music\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Date of Concert:  August 21, 2002<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-music\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Location of Concert:  Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0559561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0559561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My brother and I saw Slayer for the first time a few weeks after we saw Tool and Tomahawk.<\/p><p>This was the second time I had been to the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH.\u00a0 It was initially supposed to be at the Promowest Pavilion, but was moved to Newport.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t remember why, but I&#8217;m sure it had something to do with ticket sales or Promowest wasn&#8217;t available that night.<\/p><p>It does not look like much on the outside, but the venue is really cool and has been around for decades.<\/p><p>Soooooo many have played and do play there.<\/p><p>We did not see any of the opening acts (I don&#8217;t even know who they were), but we were only there to see Slayer anyways.<\/p><p>The band (consisting of Singer\/Bassist Tom Araya and Guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman) had just brought back original drummer Dave Lombardo to play with them for the first time in 10 years.\u00a0 It was great seeing him back with them.<\/p><p>Slayer is definitely not for everyone, but for me, they are one of the best, if not the best, at what they do.<\/p><p>They&#8217;re mostly consistent on album and they blow most bands away in concert.<\/p><p>I think of them as like AC\/DC, in terms of know what you&#8217;re going to get with them.<\/p><p>They&#8217;re sooooo heavy.\u00a0 Sooooo loud.\u00a0 They&#8217;re awesome.<\/p><p>This was such an awesome show.<\/p><p>My brother and I had a great time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2166ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2166ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Set List:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df9a338 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df9a338\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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This was the second time I had been to the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH.\u00a0 It was initially supposed to be at the Promowest Pavilion, but was moved to Newport.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t remember why, but I&#8217;m sure it had something to do with ticket sales or Promowest wasn&#8217;t available that night. It does not look like much on the outside, but the venue is really cool and has been around for decades. Soooooo many have played and do play there. We did not see any of the opening acts (I don&#8217;t even know who they were), but we were only there to see Slayer anyways. The band (consisting of Singer\/Bassist Tom Araya and Guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman) had just brought back original drummer Dave Lombardo to play with them for the first time in 10 years.\u00a0 It was great seeing him back with them. Slayer is definitely not for everyone, but for me, they are one of the best, if not the best, at what they do. 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