Slayer Bringing Farewell Tour to Albany

Q103 Welcomes Slayer to Times Union Center in Albany Aug. 1. Showtime 5pm. Tickets on sale Friday.

Slayer will be bringing along Lamb of God, Anthrax, Testament, and Napalm Death on this second run of their North American farewell tour, and you can get tickets this Friday, March 9 at 10am through Livenation.com and the Times Union Center box office at 518-487-2000. Listen to Tig's Metal Box Radio Show Saturday night at Midnight on Q103 for info on how to score free tickets!

Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman founded Slayer in 1981. Known as one of the "big 4" in thrash metal along with Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax, Slayer first rose to fame with the release of the 1986 album Reign in Blood. Songs like “Raining Blood”, “War Ensemble”, “South of Heaven”, “Seasons in the Abyss”, and “Angel of Death” are considered among Slayer's best. The band has released twelve studio albums, two live albums, and a box set over the course of their career. Slayer's last album Repentless was released in 2015 and it was their highest charting album debuting at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart. Cheers to Slayer on a killer career! We can't wait to see them in Albany this summer.