Lombardo Open To Slayer Return To Retire The Band Correctly

12/29/2014
. (Classic Rock) Former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo is open to the idea of rejoining - to "retire that band correctly." He was fired last year over a contractual dispute and later declared he'd never return to the thrash outfit he helped form.

Slayer replaced him once again with Paul Bostaph and they've been working alongside Exodus guitarist Gary Holt on the follow-up to 2009's World Painted Blood, expected in 2015. It's their first album without late guitarist Jeff Hanneman.

Lombardo tells the Eddie Trunk podcast: "Would I go back? For the fans and to retire that band correctly. I'm not gonna close any doors. Like I said before, my door's open."

Asked if he has had any contact with his former bandmates since Hanneman's funeral, the drummer says, "That was really hard - and, no, there hasn't been any communication between the guys and myself." Read more here.

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