Adding to their already hugely impressive line up of bands, Nuclear Blast Records have signed a worldwide deal with the mighty Slayer.
Later this year, the two-time Grammy-winning Slayer will begin recording a new album, tentatively set for an early 2015 release date. The album will make Slayer history as it will be released on Nuclear Blast Records through the band's own label imprint, closing out a 28-year relationship with Rick Rubin and American Recordings.
No name for the imprint has been decided on yet.
Commenting on this, Slayer's Tom Araya had this to say, "Rick has played a huge role in our career, we've made some great albums with him..... But today is a new day, record companies don't play the kind of role they once did, and we really like the idea of going out on our own, connecting directly with our fans, and Nuclear Blast is fired up about taking on that challenge with us."
Nuclear Blast's label manager Gerardo Martinez had this to add, "The prospect of helping Slayer take a leading role in the creative process surrounding their releases, projects and other cross-promotional opportunities is the ultimate honor for me, a metalhead who grew up in Los Angeles listening to Slayer. Nowhere in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that Nuclear Blast would be making history alongside one of the best bands in metal."
As part of this big announcement the band also released a new song entitled Implode. The track is available for download from www.slayer.net