It’s called thrash metal, not indoor thrash metal. That was the gist of the lecture Slayer’s Tom Araya gave to fans after interrupting their set and threatening to “go home” when fans got too unruly during Slayer’s 40th anniversary celebration Reigns in blood at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Saturday evening. See the fan video below.
The video shows that the thrash metal legends stopped their second concert at the Los Angeles venue after about eight songs and left the stage. The band’s singer-bassist reappeared to let the crowd know that the fire marshal had called for the show to be stopped because fans sitting in sections were becoming destructive and on the verge of hurting people.
“I don’t know how many times I had this conversation when we first started playing huge fucking venues,” Araya told the crowd when he returned to the stage alone and the house lights were on. “I kept telling everyone, ‘Dude, you gotta keep your fucking shit together. You can’t start destroying shit because they’ll shut it down.'”
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The audience began to mock Araya before he interrupted them, saying he didn’t want to hear the boos and returned to his explanation. “It’s hard to keep up. I know that. But you have to be respectful to the people around you, especially if you’re sitting in fucking seats. So the fire marshal said we’re going to take a break. We’re going to take a break until you get your act together, okay?”
Toward the end of Araya’s lecture, he said, “If you keep this up, we’ll go home. And I hope you don’t do that the next time we come. You know, you think you can get away with shit and not get in trouble for it? We end up getting in trouble for it. We have to pay for this shit,” before ending his speech with, “You hear what I’m saying? All right, let’s see how you act. We might come back.”
Slayer returned about five minutes later to applause and played the remainder of their 23-song set, including Reigns in blood in its entirety, without enough destruction of places to spoil the night.
According to TMZ, the incident began when a mosh pit broke out in the seating area of the venue and some fans threw chairs.
Slayer broke up in 2019 and reunited in 2024 for one-off shows over the following year. The Los Angeles thrash band announced in April that they would be celebrating their 40th anniversary. Reigns in blood with two shows whose finale would take place in their hometown.
A limited edition filled with liquid Reigns in blood The zoetrope vinyl will be released on November 20 in honor of the iconic album’s anniversary.
See where Reigns in blood landed on Consequence’s list of the 75 best metal albums of all time.
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