For all the Slayer fans here who don't know yet, Slayer will be releasing a new DVD titled "Reign In Blood Live: Still Reigning". The scheduled release date is on September 28, 2004. Now here's the part that Slayer fans will love; this will be the FIRST SLAYER DVD to feature the ORIGINAL SLAYER LINE-UP, Dave Lombardo included (as many of us already know, he rejoined Slayer as a temporary replacement for Paul Bostaph in 2002 until a permanent replacement could be found, only to become that permanent replacement last year). Now here's the details:

This DVD will be directed by Dean Karr, (who directed Iron Maiden's Rock In Rio performance and Marilyn Manson's "Sweet Dreams" video), and was set to be shot on Sunday, July 11, 2004 at the Civic Center in Augusta, ME. Did the shooting for this DVD go as scheduled? We'll have to wait and see.

Now for the real dirt about this new DVD. What will we be seeing? And why does the title include "Reign In Blood" when an album by that same title was released 18 years ago? I think we can answer both questions in the same sentence. What you will be seeing on this DVD is the original line-up of Slayer performing all 28 minutes of Reign In Blood in its entirety, just like they did at last Fall's Jagermeister Tour to finish their sets, and the reason for this is because, as bassist/vocalist Tom Araya put it, "'Reign in Blood' is our signature record, and if people think that it helped set the path for that genre of music, that’s great." A total of ten cameras, including three hand-held mini-DV's, will be used to capture Slayer throughout the day and evening, filming an abundance of footage and interviews backstage, on the band's tour bus, and live onstage.

Now here's where it gets really interesting; the band will attempt to revisit the look and feel of the time. The band will be using a special "Reign In Blood" backdrop and has recreated some of the original stage banners from the mid-80's "Reign In Blood"-era tour dates, which will incorporate the Slayer eagle (I think the pentagram logo will be included on that) and the VERY controversial upside-down crosses that are part of the lighting rig. Expect to see some special onstage surprises. I kinda expect Kerry King to wear the spikes on his left arm again, as he still does every now and then. I'd be surprised, though, if I saw Kerry King wearing a wig to try and recreate his image from 1986 when he still had hair. It would probably be no use even trying to wear a wig though, because the way he headbangs onstage could cause whatever wig he's wearing to fly right off that bald tattooed head of his.

Slayer fans, this is the video you have been waiting for. Their first home video, Live Intrusion, was released when Paul Bostaph was Slayer's drummer, and he was in it. Slayer's second home video, their first released on DVD format, last year's War At The Warfield, was released while Dave Lombardo was Slayer's drummer, but it still had Paul Bostaph behind the kit. Now, this new DVD to be released later this year will be a first for Dave Lombardo as Slayer's drummer.

(Source: antiMusic News)