Description

2006 press on red vinyl

Eyes Of The Insane was released as a single from Slayers 2006 album Christ Illusion. While walking through an airport, vocalist Tom Araya picked up a March 2006 issue of Texas Monthly with a soldier’s helmet on the front cover. Seeing the article Casualty Of War, he was interested enough to purchase a copy. The issue explored the involvement of military personnel from Texas in the Iraq War, and included a list of Texan soldiers who had died in the conflict. The feature was accompanied by photographs of some of the dead, while a further article dealt with the anguish of surviving soldiers on their return home. Araya later said the article “blew his mind”. He wrote the lyrics based on this article. The track was used on the soundtrack to Saw III, and won an award for the Best Metal Performance at the 49th Grammy Awards. Even though the track was very well received, King really never was that found of playing it live, commenting, It’s just dull to play, good song just dull to play on guitar.

Track list:
1. Eyes Of The Insane
2. Cult-live