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We've still got two more podcasts to go before we close out 2007, but since everyone's getting ready to head off on vacation, we figured we'd pull out the big guns now (no offense to next week's podcast subject, Throwdown) and give you a year-end podcast interview with Slayer singer and bassist Tom Araya.
2007 was a pretty important year for Slayer. The band won a Grammy for "Eyes of the Insane" from their 2006 album Christ Illusion, and then reissued that record with a bonus track, "The Final Six," which earned them their second Grammy nomination in a row. They also embarked on a highly successful co-headlining tour with Marilyn Manson and released the explosive DVD, "The Unholy Alliance Live," which features 10 Slayer songs, and between one and three each by Unholy Alliance 2006 tour openers Mastodon, Lamb of God, Children of Bodom and Thine Eyes Bleed.
During Araya's conversation with the HBB Blog, the Slayer frontman discussed the importance of winning a Grammy, why Slayer were nominated for two Grammys from the same album, the meaning of "The Final Six," his hopes for 2008 and signs that the world will end in the next five years.
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