Piece of Mind, Painkiller, and Divine Intervention

On December 7, 2025 Iron Maiden shared the news of Nicko McBrains’s retirement from touring.

While perusing Iron Maiden’s catalogue, I started listening to these records one after another for a reason.

  • Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden (1983)
  • Painkiller by Judas Priest (1990)
  • Divine Intervention by Slayer (1994)

These three records have two things in common and they are:

  • The records opened with drums
  • Each record is the debut of a new drummer in the band

Kerry King – “From Hell I Rise”

Late last night I received an email containing the link to download Kerry King’s debut solo record “From Hell I rise”.

Just earlier today, Amazon delivered its exclusive Silver/Red Marbled Vinyl of the record.

Kerry King – “From Hell I Rise” record, Amazon Exclusive Vinyl.

I’ve listened to most of the songs prior to last night and the whole record obviously sounds familiar. I like SLAYER and I like this record too.

I also ordered a copy of the record direct from Kerry King’s official website. According to USPS, it is still en route.

…paragraph deleted because it sounds pretentious and pedantic. 😬

Anyway, I am looking forward to the next record from this lineup.

Showing No Mercy!

I preordered Slayer’s “Show No Mercy” 40th Anniversary Edition, Liquid “blood” filled vinyl directly from Metal Blade Records shop. It was priced at $199.99 + sales tax; and friend thought that I was crazy. I’m a huge fan of Slayer and it’s worth the price.

Slayer – “Show No Mercy” 40th Anniversary Edition, Liquid “blood” filled vinyl.

Shortly after the preorder was sold out, numerous posting on eBay priced this limited edition vinyl at $999.99 and supposedly sold out too. I do despise eBay scalpers. They shouldn’t be allowed to resell preorders.

$999.99 eBay listing for Slayer – “Show No Mercy” 40th Anniversary Edition, Liquid “blood” filled vinyl.

Now that the actual product is delivered, the price has gone down to $800.00 and $699.00 on eBay.

$699.00 and $800.00 eBay listings for Slayer – “Show No Mercy” 40th Anniversary Edition, Liquid “blood” filled vinyl.

Scalpers are profiting from true fans.