Following a messy dismissal, former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo has stated that he never plans on returning to the outfit. Lombardo was recently doing the press rounds for the new album, “Fire From The Evening Sun“, from his band PHILM and told Metal Hammer:
“It’s nice to be in a band and feel like you’re in a band again, you know? We hang out together as friends and it doesn’t feel like work. It’s fun. I mean, that’s why you start playing music isn’t it. I’m not complaining, I’ve been very lucky, but it feels nice to have a close personal relationship with guys I’m playing with again.”
“You develop a rapport and that feeds into the music. I’ve no doubt about it. Going to a record store and picking out some music to listen to together before having a few drinks can only help the process once you get into the recording studio to jam things out, you’re on the same level and wavelength.”
“I didn’t have that towards the end [of Slayer.] We just saw each other before going onstage every night, you travel in different buses and hang out in different circles. It made it very hard to go onstage and have any sort of chemistry.”
When asked if a return to Slayer will ever be in the cards, he replied:
“No. That’s it. I’m done now. I’ve got lots of other things on my plate and I now know that, when it comes to money, you don’t have any friends in this business. I won’t ever be going back.”
PHILM‘s aforementioned new album will receive a September 16th North American release through UDR Music. As revealed yesterday, Slayer are currently in the studio working on a new album.
