UNHOLY ALLIANCE PRESALE!!!

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UNHOLY ALLIANCE CHAPTER III

"UNHOLY ALLIANCE TOUR, CHAPTER III" LAUNCHES ITS FIRST 2008 ASSAULT WITH EUROPEAN DATES Bill Features Slayer, Trivium, and Mastodon

The European leg of the mighty "Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter III" has been
confirmed to kick off in Manchester, England on October 27 and will play
nearly two dozen shows over a four-week period (initial itinerary below).
This third installment of what has been hailed as "the heaviest, darkest
tour of the year," the "Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter III" will feature
Slayer, the undisputed kings of extreme speed/thrash metal, and two true
princes of the genre, Trivium and Mastodon. An opening act will be
announced shortly. While Slayer will close all of the shows, they will be
co-billed with Trivium on the UK dates.

Log onto official Slayer site or here on the Slayer MySpace for ticketing
info.

Matthew Heafy, Trivium's frontman commented "Trivium is honored that Slayer
has invited us to tour with them on the 'Unholy Alliance Tour.' All of us
in Trivium are diehard Slayer fans and we look up to them for their music
and longevity. They are one of the true pillars of heavy metal and for us
to share stages with them is both an honor and a privilege. We've also
known the Mastodon guys for a few years and we're definitely looking forward
to hanging with them as well." Guitarist Corey Beaulieu continues, "I can't
wait to get out on tour with Slayer so we can watch them crush every night
and then have the opportunity to share many drinks with them and Mastodon
after the shows! I better get my liver in shape! It's going to be awesome!"

The Unholy Alliance tour first launched in Fall 2004 with a European
edition that featured Slipknot, Slayer, Mastodon and Hatebreed. The venture
was so successful, the first North American trek, dubbed "The Unholy
Alliance Tour, Chapter II: Preaching to The Perverted," kicked off in
Summer, 2006 with Slayer, Lamb of God, Children of Bodom, Mastodon, and
Thine Eyes Bleed stomping and screaming its way to 30 U.S. and Canadian
cities. The European run of "Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter II" took place
in Fall, 2006, featuring Slayer, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Lamb of God,
and Thing Eyes Bleed.

As the UK's heavy metal bible, Kerrang! once said about The Unholy Alliance
Tour, "It's so metal, it HURTS!"

SLAYER
A journalist once wrote of Slayer, "If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, he
undoubtedly would be listening to Slayer." Indeed, in the beginning, when
there were no blueprints, no set paths, no boundaries or steps to follow,
SLAYER assaulted the world with its new hybrid of metal and punk. Heavier,
faster and darker than the rest, Slayer set the new standard which all
others continue to follow. Slayer is the band that all other heavy acts are
measured against, defining not only a genre but an attitude. For more than
two-and-a-half decades, Slayer's onslaught of sheer brutality has proven
them to be the supreme thrash-metal band on the planet. Entire countries
have banned their music, NARAS has graced them with two Grammy Awards.
Slayer is currently writing material for a new album, release date TBD.

TRIVIUM
Orlando, FL heavy metallers TRIVIUM are delighted to be co-headlining with
SLAYER on the UK leg of this year's colossal UNHOLY ALLIANCE tour. Having
performed over 600 shows in the last 36 months alone, Trivium are no
strangers to the stage and life on the road. Last year, the worldwide
million-selling band toured extensively with Machine Head, co-headlining the
impressive Black Crusade tour, as well as finding time to play shows with
the legendary Iron Maiden amongst others. Since then, they have been hard at
work on their next studio album for Roadrunner Records, due for release on
September 29, 2008.

MASTODON
Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Mastodon have been critically acclaimed by
almost every publication in the US and Europe. Their Grammy nominated
album, "Blood Mountain", the group's third release, isn't just unconventional,
it's surreal, progressive and unrepentantly heavy. Mastodon combined their
favorite musical styles, including thrash, doom, prog and psychedelic metal
to concoct something utterly original, undeniably devastating and
irrefutably entrancing. They are currently in the studio with producer
Brendan O'Brien recording their follow up to "Blood Mountain."

With more dates to be announced, the initial itinerary for the European
"Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter III" is below:

OCTOBER
27 Manchester Arena, Manchester, England click or call 08719456000
28 NEC, Birmingham, England click or call 08719456000
30 Hammersmith Apollo, London, England click or call 08448 44 47 480
31 Hammersmith Apollo, London, England click or call 08448 44 47 480

NOVEMBER
2 CIA 7000, Cardiff, Wales click or call 029 2022 4488
3 SECC Hall 3, Glasgow, Scotland click or click or call +49 (0)1805 â€" 570 000
6 Palladium, Cologne, Germany click or click or call +49 (0)1805 â€" 570 000
7 HMH, Holland, Amsterdamn Buy HERE
9 Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart, Germany click or click or call +49 (0)1805 â€" 570 000
10 Eishallel Deutweg, Winterthur, Switzerland click or click for tickets
16 Gasometer, Vienna, Austria click for tickets
17 Incheba Hall, Prague, Austria
18 Zenith, Munich, Germany click or click or call +49 (0)1805 â€" 570 000
19 Columbia Hallen, Berlin, Germany click or click or call +49 (0)1805 â€" 570 000
21 Valby Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark click here for tickets
23 Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden click here for tickets
24 Spektrum, Oslo, Norway click here for tickets
27 Old Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland click here for tickets




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Moscow show postponed

Due to production reasons we need to postpone our show in Moscow this summer from June 25th 2008 to November 29,2008. All tickets for the June 25th show are valid for entry on the rescheduled November 29th date.

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Slayer wins Grammy

SLAYER frontman vocalist/bassist Tom Araya has commented on winning a Grammy in the "Best Metal Performance" category in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 50th annual Grammy Awards, which was held Sunday night (February 10) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. SLAYER was nominated for the track "The Final Six", from the band's 2007 limited-edition "Christ Illusion". The song, written by Araya and guitarist Jeff Hanneman and produced by Josh Abraham, is a chilling look at an hypothesized end of the world. The track made its debut last July as the "Single of the Week" on MySpace where it has since accumulated some 750,000 plays, an astounding number for a song that received no commercial airplay.

"This is awesome," Araya stated backstage. "I guess we're part of the industry now, above ground. None of those tunnel diggings anymore. No, this is our second win actually. It's kind of exciting. We've been fortunate to have been around this long with no radio play. We've gotten support from satellite radio recently, MTV gave us minimal support, but it's all on word of mouth and people liking what we do and passing it on to their friends. We owe a lot of our success to our fans. The industry is great, but the fans are the ones that take the time to look you up to see what you're doing, wait for the record to come out and buy it so..."

SLAYER's two previous Grammy nominations were for 2002's "Disciple" from the album "God Hates Us All", and last year's "Eyes of the Insane", for which they took home the Grammy Award.

The nominees in this year's "Metal" category were as follows:

AS I LAY DYING - "Nothing Left"
KING DIAMOND - "Never Ending Hill"
MACHINE HEAD - "Aesthetics Of Hate"
SHADOWS FALL - "Redemption"
SLAYER - "Final Six"

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European tour dates announced!

Starting June 20 in Bilbao. Visit the Tour section for details.

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KERRY KING GUITAR ABUSE CLINIC AND SIGNING

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WEST LA MUSIC KK CLINIC

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UNHOLY ALLIANCE LIVE DVD WITH LIMITED EDITION PINT GLASS

Pre-Order the new Unholy Alliance Live DVD featuring Slayer and get a limited edition pint glass from the "Newbury Comics Artist Pint Glass Series"!

This Slayer pint glass is a Limited Edition (there will only be 1000 made), and it will be available in Newbury Comics stores on Tuesday, October 30th. If you want to be sure you get one, order right here on newburycomics.com.

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FREE SLAYER LITHO WITH DVD PURCHASE AT INDIE RETAIL!

Get a FREE Slayer lithograph with purchase of The Unholy Alliance DVD exclusively at select fine indie record stores . (While supplies last.)

Click here to find a store near you.

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THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE TOUR A MIGHTY ALLIANCE ON DVD

Hailed as "the heaviest, darkest metal tour of the summer, if not the year," the "Unholy Alliance Tour: Preaching to the Perverted," stomped and screamed around the globe last year. On October 30, just in time for Halloween, the "Unholy Alliance Tour" DVD package will be released (American Recordings) and will feature the tour's line-up - headliner Slayer, the undisputed kings of speed metal/thrash, and the "future of heavy metal contenders" -Lamb of God, Mastodon, Children of Bodom and Thine Eyes Bleed. The DVD will have an approximate running time of 90-minutes.

The "Unholy Alliance Tour" DVD/CD was shot at Vancouver's General Motors Place on July 13, 2006, was directed by Adam Rothlein (Speedway Films), and boasts performance footage plus bonus material to include backstage, behind-the-scenes and one-on-one interviews, many of which were conducted by the Unholy Alliance artists themselves.

Slayer's "Eyes of the Insane," which took home a Grammy Award this year, is included on the DVD. Other selections on the DVD include Lamb of God's "Vigil," Mastodon's "Blood & Thunder," "Capillarian Crest," and "Crystal Skull," Children of Bodom's "Angels Don't Kill" and "In Your Face," and Slayer's "Angel of Death," "Dead Skin Mask," "South of Heaven," and "Antichrist," among many others.

The Unholy Alliance Tour: Preaching To The Perverted garnered terrific press last summer - "It's so metal, it HURTS - KKKKK (Kerrang!), "Effin' brutal!" (OC Weekly), "...stomps, rages and screams..." (Los Angeles Times, "...a show no metalhead should miss..." (Harder Beat), and "...the alliance itself proved mighty" (Worcester Telegram & Gazette).

Slayer recently wrapped up a North American co-headline concert tour with Marilyn Manson. The dates were in support of the band's latest release, a special limited edition of "Christ Illusion," which hit stores July 24. The next edition of the worldwide Unholy Alliance Tour will kick off late 2008.

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