Slayer Reunion Impossible After Final Tour, Gary Holt Explains Why

EXODUS frontman Gary Holt, who toured with Slayer for nine years, revealed why he does not think a band reunion would ever happen.

After Slayer's final tour in 2018-2019, the band members have been sharing different opinions about whether they would push through a reunion tour. For Holt's part, the musician revealed why it is impossible to do it now.

Gary Holt Says Slayer Reunion Is Impossible

Holt shared his thoughts during an interview while holding a guitar clinic at Pitbull Audio in National City, California, Monday. He said that he would be down when some of the band members would want to do it, but he also clarified that he does not think it would ever happen again.

"I think the band's ended," he said of Slayer. "Unlike all the other farewell tours that started five years ago and are continuing, I think this one's over."

Reminiscing his final tour with the band, Holt said he had fun and a good time during the last-ever show, which he would reportedly remember forever.

Slayer ended its career nearly four years ago, though it offered one final album, "Repentless," in 2015. Holt was welcomed aboard to fill in for guitarist Jeff Hanneman before he was tapped to become a full-time co-guitarist in 2013. During the same year, the band lost Hanneman for good as he died on May 2 due to liver failure at a hospital near his Southern California home.

The guitarist also contracted a rare skin tissue disease called necrotizing fasciitis, which was most likely caused by a spider bite, before his death.

Slayer's final tour allowed the musicians to hold more than 140 shows in 30 countries, completing seven tour legs and performances at major summer festivals before calling it quits.

What Other Slayer Members Think About a Reunion

Over the past years, Slayer members shared their thoughts about a potential reunion following the farewell tour.

One of the original members, Dave Lombardo, told Revolver that he also did not see it ever happening since people would be pissed off as they were hyped during the farewell tour.

"They're going to have to be very careful on how they approach that," he said. "But who cares? The fans will be happy regardless. So, I don't even think about that."

On the other hand, guitarist Kerry King said in January that he "can still play" and "still want to play," leading him to call the band's split "premature" during an interview with Metal Hammer.

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