After a long long wait heavy metal band Slayer returned to kingsnake.com's hometown, Austin, Texas, bringing not only Kerry King, who showed me some neat pics of an albino carpet python he recently added to his collection, but also with Exodus's Gary Holt, filling in for Slayer's Jeff Hanneman, still recovering from necrotizing fasciitis after a nasty spider bite earlier this spring.

Gary is also a herper who has kept a number of reptiles over the years and I got to talk to him a bit about his favorite herps. Slayer is not on tour, this was a one off show, but will be touring again most likely early next year. We hope to get an interview going with both Gary and Kerry over the holidays.

Check out the article and photos at on club kingsnake. for more info on Kerry King, Gary Holt and Slayer's Austin experience. Part 1 is up now, look for part 2 on Wednesday.