Slayer - Postmortem - Epidemic - Ritz NY 86

Slayer at the Ritz in NYC, 1986

[@ollieandersen9084]

At this time,.. Slayer was the most powerful band in history of metal,..Period!!

[@FernandoGonzalez-oy4yj]

Also metallica

[@vitoriomontanhaethes7374]

Venom 🔥

[@joelpocalips]

Celtic frost

[@kthulhugaming4643]

@@FernandoGonzalez-oy4yj heavy but not this heavy

[@springbloom5940]

Ummm... Metallica 1986 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJjGfYpqnLKFkKc

[@TheDave000]

You know I kind of went on a weird "I've not listened to slayer for a while" and ended up here. I actually forgot just how awesome slayer were.

[@higler.]

same man

[@MsCristyful]

Well we can all agree we shouldn't stop now slayer until we are slayed

[@dirtkills]

I just go back to dave lombardo slayer vids lol

[@Bumbaclot213]

Happened to me with Sabbath - sometimes you gotta forget to to appreciate what you love

[@sweetnothing1977]

Lombardo has to be the most tasteful drummer in metal. Amazing stuff.

[@maxdurk4624]

I dont think this is even Lombardo playing lol

[@13JDOG666]

Not Dave. That's Tony Scaglione from Whiplash

[@erolbulut2584]

Tasteful? He's a monster! None better.

[@jayrok71]

I was fortunate enough to be at this show. I've been to tons of metal and hardcore shows and this is still the #1 show I have ever witnessed! 👍

[@brucetungsten5714]

How was the sound? The recorded live shows of Slayer always have a very flat and dry sound - I highly doubt that the actual show sounded like that...

[@QuickLern818]

Who is the drummer? Is it Lombardo?

[@arvindshastry1178]

@@QuickLern818 Yes it's Dave

[@fft9917]

You're lucky. We don't get crowds like this anymore. Too many people recording on their phones.

[@Bumbaclot213]

Wish I was old enough to have been there! SLATANIC WERMACHT

[@barath4545]

Postmortem was the song that made me a Slayer fan. Just so freaking perfect...

[@PuppyMonkeyBabyy]

God I wish there was a way I could visit the 80's and/or 90's.

[@wakethefuckupsoader7673]

Puppy Monkey Baby Me too man...So hardcore !

[@elbobov13]

I love that you can hear the bass loud. It's like hearing these Reign In Blood songs with Hell Awaits production. Fucking awesome

[@EbenezarGold]

thank you. around the 2:40 mark watching jeff and kerry king play that riff in unison. like a mirror image on the fret board.

[@quickdrawmcgraw3567]

I don't think I've ever heard any drummer (especially metal) play a song PERFECTLY without mistake, and Dave played Postmortem flawlessly (with drum fills and everything). Fuck Paul Bostaph, DAVE FOR LIFE

[@Anderwilso]

cry. fanboy

[@quickdrawmcgraw3567]

+Anderson Silva leik if u cri evritym

[@andres.4533]

You only forgot one thing: this was not Dave on drums, but Tony Scaglione, from Whiplash

[@awakenedautopsy4586]

No bostaph is better ever heard Gemini probably not noob

[@mrt1626]

A while back I heard a Slayer song that was recorded live (and without Dave), I think Angel of Death, and it sounded terrible - very muddy. I mentioned it to a former band mate of mine. All he said was "No Lombardo."

[@mortenrahm]

this was slayer at there prime

[@maverickworld8192]

I was there

[@erolbulut2584]

They were awesome til Jeff died .

[@DoomRoomRecords]

That bassline in the second part of Postmortem has been hidden for years!

[@ronana.madden5712]

3:28 Was that Dave Lombardo or a shotgun?!

[@nathanielhelwig9220]

Rim shot😂

[@kainelivesay25]

Ronan A. Madden What do you think? 🤘

[@geraldlz5827]

@@nathanielhelwig9220 he doesn't do rim shot but I get what you mean.

[@DaytonaGrey-RS5]

Just look at how tough that riff is to play! And Jeff and Kerry are standing side by side in total unison playing those changes and note for note matching each other. That's perfect! And they only got better as time went on! But Jeff wrote this song and you can tell which ones he wrote; most of the time. Both are excellent guitarists!!!

[@camronbay1]

SLAYER IS BRUTAL.

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

LOve Slayer, but they hired like 6 bouncers to their shows, fags. See Crumbsuckers, Leeway, Excel, etc,

[@FisterMantastik]

Jeff is and always will be a fucking legend for writing pretty much all the hits and much more. But not gonna lie Kerry has had some bangers, I believe he wrote Praise of Death (one of my favorites) plus he basically taught Hanneman. So even tho Jeff surpassed him no doubt in creativity and skill Kerry is still a legend in my book

[@trouibleinc]

I was there, agnostic front opened. This was right before Dave left the band. They played a few months later in NJ with scaglione from Whiplash on drums. I was there too !!🤘

[@avocadodip2157]

Most badass band ever

[@andythrash.]

This is frickin amazing, they're so tight! Thrash till death!!!

[@matthewbartolotti1475]

Incredible performance.

[@aboutthemetal8783]

404 best drum fill in existence.

[@FisterMantastik]

The one is damn good but I have to say the drum fills in Necrophiliac might take the cake

[@augustaborn9034]

I had "Slayer" tattooed on my shoulder in 1986. It's still there and Slayer is still my favorite band...I've stayed with them all these years...I can't believe I love them the same today as I did over 35 years ago.

[@rustykuntz94]

Tom's bass sounds great, so clear in the mix

[@eduardoapablaza8794]

Also drums.

[@teamatfort444]

3:28 fucking grenade went off

[@l.r.3263]

Black bouncer in middle stage was like "damn they told me run d.m.c. we're playing tonight"

[@gregv3181]

I was thinking the same looks like he's going Ah shit two hours of the ass pounding aggressionn

[@coyleigh8099]

L. R. yeah he was like damn i thought L.L. cool J was headlining! ha aha he don't know,what to think about all those crazy Slayer fans!!!

[@MichaelRCarlson]

Na man, back then bouncers had pretty much free reign to pound your ass. No cameras or phones to record shit and save your ass or to sue. I'm pretty sure he was just fine.

[@TheMrHavish]

What if the bouncer happened to like Slayer? People of color can enjoy metal too, you know. Especially considering two of the guys in Slayer are Latino.

[@jasonhuntley4203]

slayer in their prime, i remember i bought reign in blood changed my life i have had south of heaven, decade of agression, divine intervention, undisputed attitude, and god hates us all, and christ illusion so yea i am a huge slayer fan and i heard this show was infamous

[@lucasbordon5245]

Pure kaos......not thrash metal!!.this is Slayer!!!. Rock and roll from hell!!!.

[@godagainstsatan5567]

The energy of the fans and slayer classic Heavy weight Thrash metal

[@znrwegian]

The year is 2023! This is on my playlist!

[@Mouth4War88]

Amazing

[@genebrohan2401]

i was 18 i was there it was cool

[@jayr8690]

Now this is what i call a fucking crowd.

[@leticiazaragozafitnessinst1805]

Omg!! Thank you for posting this magic!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼❤️

[@normthebaker7305]

Saw them in '88 and '90. They were relentless. It was like being thrown across a room.

[@leekemmerer4421]

It was like? It WAS!!

[@Phantasm2Cuda]

whos that imposter with the dark hair on electric guitar? ;)

[@MichaelRCarlson]

King with hair and a neck lol

[@hernangiraldi3115]

Phantasm2Cuda your daddy

[@marioangel]

Hairy King

[@chandradeepmukherjee3930]

He is as good as Kerry King though 🤣

[@josuef.2593]

What a performance.

[@DMcG-gj2ej]

Raybeez workin' the stage!! R.I.P.

[@streetsoldier28]

D. McG legend

[@biomechanicalclone]

I'm pretty sure I saw myself in there...

[@Calvin_Flidais]

Tom: I take it you guys have already achieved death yeah? Crowd: Woo! Tom: I bet you didn't know there are many ways to achieve POSTMORTEM! Crowd: ??? *waits 5 seconds* OH! The song XD

[@elmorisco4910]

YEAAAHHHH....BEST BAND OF EVER

[@stylecat77]

OK, so I was only 9 yrs. old back then, BUT DAMN I WOULD HAVE LOVED IT! still one of my fave tracks.

[@alejandrorodriguez-do7rj]

amazing sound this concert

[@aliceinthewired]

Especially when considering the year in which it was recorded.

[@DavidThomas-me6pi]

Gop I just saw them a few days ago in Raleigh. The sound at concerts most definitely has gotten better.

[@Gypcas]

Incredible. Absolutely devastating.

[@amex7315]

Thanks evilla

[@camdenpowell2419]

i am so happy right now. holy shit.

[@jasonmackintosh6075]

The UK blessed be hekate x

[@SebastiaNenao]

Hope i where there 😀🤘

[@rockaz45]

fuck yeah this shit fucking rocks

[@gabrieldzwonowski9815]

4:10 if that's not a death dive I don't know what is 🤘

[@coyleigh8099]

Epidemic is fucking awesome!!!

[@expendable0youth]

That is the fucking shit man what a fucken back to back my favourite songs FUCKING SLAYYER FUCKEN RULES slayer FUCK YEH!!! THat guitar tone the fucken riffs the. Boys fucken SLAYER!!!

[@markslaughter5046]

This is the best people just FUCKING KILLING IT!!

[@alluppenyaa]

they kick so much ass you can see the dirt flyin

[@thomass4924]

Dave insane😀

[@korhansoydan]

man this show is the bast Ive ever seen in hell! ritz rules.. reing tour! hell Yeah!

[@nekf]

Still the best! I remember that tour..86 The Channel Boston! Man, can I re-live those times again with the exception of losing my virginity to **** ***** from Chelsea. lol

[@SUBXERO1961]

i saw them on this tour

[@laromande]

In 1986 there was disco and... that.

[@NoNonsenseKing]

FUCK YEA! THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF THRASH!

[@ToastedToast21]

It's funny man, I see you on almost every metal vid it's awesome

[@MegadetH179]

same here in jersey right? if so i hope i see you in the pit hellz yeah

[@bronco_billy]

Holy S!!!!!The ultimate riffage...........Satan Laughs As You Eternally Rot :0)

[@clausroller]

the crowd used to surf, stage dive and do pogo... where went the fun god dam?

[@doolb666]

Slayer Fuckin rules goin to see em in july at mayehmfest!!!! hell yeah THRASH TIL DEATH!!!!!!!!

[@comanche1234]

Shit man all this was going on and i wouldn't have been born for 4 more years.

[@laylonveatch3339]

Songs of the hopeless depravity of man to satisfy the soul lol

[@instagibbigatsin6181]

2:20

[@instagibbigatsin6181]

2:55

[@cubby3o5]

I feel sorry for the guy siting in front of Tom when he hit that high note.

[@kamilas86]

2:38 synchro

[@doggydog4183]

where was this at? who else was on the bill? killer!!!!

[@gabrieldzwonowski9815]

The Ritz in new york

[@JohnWiIkesBooth]

They played them out of order...

[@DengrayKai211]

holy fuck the drums sounds like shot guns

[@Majin_Doh]

The bass sounded better when Araya played with his fingers.

[@FernandoGonzalez-oy4yj]

The only bands that mabey come close to slayer are dark angle and sepultura

[@robertwalker3357]

Demolition hammer

[@alexelperron]

@carnifex714 I WILL BE REBORN!!!!! thats the one that did it for me

[@suhijo]

One of them fucked up the riff at 2:35 or some... maybe King

[@SuperEBPlayer]

@Kasselnordstadtpower Justin Bieber has 2 accounts

[@MrSweenie]

@PANNOGROSSO yeah right. A festival crowd is more insane than this, stagediving allowed and everything... right.. open your eyes dude

[@spreiczer]

Slayer was better before they became a stadium band😀

[@lepe55amg]

Absu is faster than slayer..

[@ChickenMcPussy]

who the fuck are absu?

[@friedrichschopenhauer2900]

ChickenMcPussy A black metal band that is not nearly as good as Slayer. I'm sure Absu themselves would even agree.

[@KCNYC]

Faster doesn’t mean better, just ask your girlfriend

[@gabrieldzwonowski9815]

@@KCNYC only a loser would rely on their girlfriend for musical taste. But your right 🤣

[@KCNYC]

@@gabrieldzwonowski9815 I was making a joke, like just bc sex is fast doesn’t make it better

[@jawnz]

sometimes i wish i could work out the complexities of bending time and space to attend shows like this one... a great moment in thrash history...

[@wrigleyx]

sound is so cool Lombardo here, is better than ever.

[@SvenTviking]

Look kids, thats daddy stage diving!

[@sharkedog6007]

LoL

[@antondzajajurca7797]

Update on @SvenTviking comment : Look kids, that's granpa stage diving :D

[@geraldlz5827]

@@antondzajajurca7797 exactly number 10 wow

[@ProfessorIgor]

@stylecat77 I was 18 back then, and yeah.. it was fucking awesome seeing them in the dead center of the thrash metal movement in the 80's :)

[@TheMetalldetH]

That's a metal concert

[@ONEDARKREP]

Chanting lines of blind Witchery

[@fabioelmusico12]

Jeff Hanneman \m/

[@juancarlosfariasmeza6817]

5:42 best mosh part ever

[@LifeGrindcore]

2:59 Jeff's Headbanging is fucking awesome.

[@Bumbaclot213]

HANNEMAN ON THAT BICH!!! Doesn’t get more real than that!!! R.I.P

[@redrumloa]

So glad I got to see Slayer live 7 times in my life. All 7 times with Hanneman, and 4 with Lombardo too (fully loaded Slayer). Slayer never disappointed. I don't mind having missed shows with 50% Slayer. I'm sure they were still good shows, but I soured on Kerry after what he did to Lombardo.

[@dmb912002]

yup..there is NOTHING like a pit from the mid 80's to early 90's...then places started putting up barriers and shit

[@GR018]

Greatest band ever

[@maxmancillagajardo4513]

Masters!!!

[@colonelkilling2425]

Wow!!! This is what a Thrash Metal show is supposed to be. Fucking awesome! FUCKING SLAYER!!! I saw them at L'Amour in Brooklyn back in the day.

[@viking_sith_lord]

My favorite Slayer song Happy Slayer day \m/

[@soberek]

This show demonstrates the difference between San Francisco Bay Area thrash and anywhere else, especially LA.

[@raybeez55]

anybody know is thats raybeez from warzone at 6.13 working the stage.....the ritz was my favorite club growing up in ny in the 80s

[@teamatfort444]

raybeez55 yes that’s him

[@mauricioellis568]

I can never get the concept of how to play 6 or bass in the first place, nontheless thrashing at the same time also...😂 I was drums.😝

[@genebrohan2401]

I saw them at Mayhem expecting this it was cool but

[@kellywaite3706]

Fantastic 😊😊

[@Kasselnordstadtpower]

who clicked the "dislike"-Button??????????

[@slayer7344]

We say like a machinegun