Before calling it a day, Slayer's longtime manager Rick Sales admitted that he wasn't "sensing" a future reunion "at all".
"Let’s put the touring to bed," he said. "I’ve got a couple of ideas [for future projects], but we haven’t made any decisions. Right now, they’re preoccupied with the end, and I imagine it’s emotional. It’s emotional for me.
"They’ve been doing this for so long," he added. "They just said, 'Okay, this is enough.’
“My analogy is Jerry Seinfeld, who had probably the biggest TV show when he went out on top. I respect the band for the decision. If you’re going to do it, this is the way.”
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