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There’s no question Slayer was going to rumble Yankee Stadium last week during the Big 4 show with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax.

Now, fans can get a real sense of the punishment as the band has released Drum Cam footage featuring Dave Lombardo killing it live in the Bronx.

“[Slayer’s] set was the only one of the four without any source of light except the stage: the sun had gone down by “South of Heaven,” and the singer Tom Araya, stock still and staring straight ahead, spit out his lyrics so fast that they couldn’t be displayed on the outfield’s digital screens, as they were for the other bands,” wrote the New York Times. “For a memorable 40 minutes or so, Yankee Stadium became a dark and contemplative place for a performance that ran nearly uninterrupted, except for a few quiet pauses.”

“The band remains a tight machine, rendering all gestures compressed, even when the guitarists Kerry King and Gary Holt (the Exodus member who is subbing for Jeff Hanneman, sidelined by illness) make their instruments scream,” continued the NY Times review. “Rhythmically it swung, unlike Metallica, whose rhythm often grew unstable and plodding, especially in its recent songs. It felt armored and unstoppable, and the bizarre circumstance of playing to dozens of thousands of people on a ball field didn’t change a thing.”

Up next, Slayer play the Fun Fun Fun Festival in Austin, Texas during the first week of November.

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