What's not so new...

This is the changelog for The Abyss, March to July 1997. The latest changes are on the What's new? page.

July 27, 1997

• Added a lot of links to new Slayer sites.
• Added a new Abyss logo - hope you like it! :) It was raytraced with POV-Ray.
• Added the first batch of new ads to the trading section.
• One addition (fastest song) to the Slayer FAQ.
• Updated the trivia page with some new facts.

July 18, 1997

• New section of the site: Slayer Trading! If you're looking for a rare record, a bootleg, or just some Slayer merchandise - post an ad on one of the trading pages!
• Made the navigation bar (on the left if you're using frames) a little bit smaller. Hopefully, more of it will be visible if you're using a low resolution such as 640x480. Remember that most modern PC's can run 800x600 in hicolor!

July 13, 1997

• Added track listing for the "Judgment Night" soundtrack and the "Rising Metal" compilation. Thanks to Justin DelPrince!
• Divided the discography into separate pages for albums & EP:s, promos & special releases, soundtracks & compilations and videos to reduce the loading time. The old discography was so big it took ages to load.
• Updated the FAQ.
• Added 2 compilations ("Metalopolis Vol.1" & "Kerrang! The Album") and one bootleg ("Metal Attack"). Thanks again to Justin DelPrince!

July 12, 1997

• Updated the Slayer news page with info about the Spawn soundtrack.
• Updated the sounds page.
• Updated the Slayer FAQ with two new questions - keep'em coming, folks!
• Added track list for the "Less Than Zero" soundtrack.
• Added shopping links to several items in the discography.
• Added a few ad banners to some of the pages.

July 6, 1997

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know what you're thinking."Lazy bastard, huh?" Well, I've been (and still am) working and keeping myself generally busy. Enough excuses, here are the updates!

• 8 new guitar tablatures and not less than 18 bass tabs!!! Thanks a million to Gabriel Hidalgo, David Schellhaas and Andreas Blomqvist!
• 15 new pictures! 6 group pics, 2 of Jeff, 2 of Kerry and one of Dave Also 4 pictures of Slayer Simpsons-style! :) I still have more to scan, it's all a matter of time. The pictures page now features a total of 60 photos!
• Okey, it's not all THAT new, but the OzzFest is out on CD and video; Slayer are featured with "Angel of Death". Check the sounds page for a sample of the song or the multimedia page for some video clips. You can buy the OzzFest CD or video straight from CD Universe!
• Another award: "Cook's Comic Shop Coolest Site Award". Thanks to Jereko Cook for awarding me!
• New page: Slayer trivia - i.e. stuff that didn't fit anywhere else on the site. Not much there yet, I need your feedback!
• Removed the two broken MP3 links from the sounds page.
• Finally added the Trocadero Club bootleg.

June 7, 1997

No, I didn't die. I haven't had the time or energy to do anything creative on the site lately. The past week I've been away working in another city, and I'll be away all next week too. Expect to see some new stuff soon! BTW - don't forget the Slayer mailing list!

May 7, 1997

• Added a lot of quotes and rearranged the old ones.
• Several additions to the FAQ and the song interpretations page.
• Added a page with Ed Gein's life story for all fans of "Dead Skin Mask". Check it out - it's a fascinating (and horrible) story!
• Added a few things to the Tom Araya page.

May 5, 1997

• Rewrote the "About this site" page.
• Added a form to the FAQ to make it easier to submit new questions.

May 3, 1997

• Added lyrics for "Aggressive Perfector" and corrected the lyrics for "Dissident Aggressor". Thanks to Gus Carrillo!

April 29, 1997

• Added two fonts to the tools page - the font used for the Abyss headers (example: the "What's new?" graphic above) and the font used by Slayer on the "Seasons in the Abyss" cover.
• Added a sample of "Sick Boy" (from "Undisputed Attitude") to the sounds page. This track is not included on the American release of the record, so I thought some of you would like to hear it.
• Added an interview with Jeff Hanneman to the Reviews & interviews page.
• Linked the existing sound files from the discography pages.

April 26, 1997

• Fixed the links to the RealAudios songs on the sounds page, two of the links were linked to Gemini - duh! Thanks to "Keybug" for mailing me about it, I can't believe that noone bothered to tell me until now...

April 21, 1997

• Added a new guitar tab for Gemini. Thanks to Brandon Goode!
• Redesigned and changed the pictures on the members page.
• Moved the older parts of this page to a separate page to decrease the downloading time.

April 19, 1997

• I have started a Slayer web ring - if you have a Slayer site, please join!

April 11, 1997

• Okey, the rumour about Slayer performing in San Francisco now in April was false. I received information from Paul Bostaph saying that Slayer has no immediate plans for touring as far as he knows. The other news I received from him are on the Slayer news page.

April 10, 1997

• Added rumours about two Slayer live shows - check out the tour dates page. Thanks to stu269@silver.westvalley.edu and Niklas!
• Added two new tablature files from Undisputed Attitude: bass tab for Ddamm and guitar tab for Mr Freeze. Thanks to Eric Wesley and Brandon Goode!
• Added a sample of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to the sounds page.
• Added a lot of things to the FAQ. More questions, anyone?
• Added a cover for the "I Hate You" promo. Thanks to Justin DelPrince!
• Added track listing and info about the "Escape from the studio '95" bootleg. Thanks to Morgan Hirosuke Miki.
• Redesigned the frameless index and updated the frame index.

April 3, 1997

As you might have noticed, the Abyss has been misbehaving lately. The reason is that FrontPage screwed up and I couldn't upload pages the right way. The problem has been solved now, thanks to the great support from Pair networks (my web space provider). Here's what's new:

• Three new guitar tabs from Undisputed Attitude, among them Gemini! Many thanks to David Schellhaas and Oskar Wigren for sending them to me!
• I've moved the awards to a separate page. Keep'em coming, folks! :)
• Finally, after several months wait, Yahoo decided to add my site to their index.

March 25, 1997

Okey, I've been pretty busy/lazy lately, so I haven't spent much time on this site. I'm also aware of that I'm lagging behind with the emails I get from you guys. Keep'em coming, I'll reply ASAP! Anyway, here are the latest changes:

• You can now subscribe to the mailing list by simply filling out a form, instead of sending email. Should be fool-proof. :)
• Updated the sounds page, no new sounds but some additional information. Also a list of wanted songs, go there and request what you want to hear or submit samples if you have any rare Slayer songs.
• The Abyss has received its second award: the Powers Court Award for great contributions to metal! Thanks to Danie Powers!
• I've joined the Ring of Metal - a ring connecting a lot of metal sites together. You can find the ring links on the main page.
• Added covers for the bootlegs "Butcher Babies" and "Slaughter in the North". Thanks to Jonas Kimvall!
• Added a lot of reciprocal links and links to other Slayer sites.

March 14, 1997

• New page: the Pictures page with a lot of photos that can only be found here! Also added some exclusive live pictures from 1996. Thanks to Steve Golemboski and Toni Järvinen!
• New page: the Sounds page with RealAudio Slayer songs! Among them Gemini, a song I've received a lot of requests for.
• Added newly scanned pictures of Tom Araya, Kerry King and Paul Bostaph to their pages.
• Added an automatic subscribers counter to the mailing list page. The counter is updated at midnight.
• The PostCrypt font (used in the navigation bar) is now available for download (49 kb, ZIP) after several requests.

March 12, 1997

• The Slayer mailing list is up and running! C'mon in and join it! (Though don't expect too much traffic the first few days. :)
• Updated the tools page.
• Added <META> tags to some of the pages to improve search results.

March 11, 1997

• Added quite a few links - several new Slayer pages and more shopping links.
• Added covers for "Til Def Do Us Part 1" and "Serenity in Murder". Thanks to Dennis Jernberg!
• Added cover for "The Tour". Thanks to Alexandro Antonio Blini Maceiras!

March 10, 1997

• New section: the Slayer Forum! A place for discussing everything about Slayer and this site!
• The FTP site is up at ftp.slaytanic.com. You can upload stuff in the /incoming directory, but please mail me after doing so.

March 8, 1997

• Fixed the Search utility - it works fine now. Try it out!
• Created some statistics for the first few days of operation.
• Finally posted the corrected lyrics for Chemical Warfare. Thanks to Ernst Leiliunas and Ron Collins!
• Made some changes to the page about myself.
• Added several bootlegs, as well as a lot of updates and additions to the discography. Thanks to everyone who submitted information, you are listed on the credits page!

The new domain

As you have probably noticed, the Abyss has moved to its own domain: Slaytanic.com! The new web host is Pair networks. From now on, you'll experience much faster downloads and way less downtime compared to GeoCities, the old host. I have more storage space now, which enables me to put up Slayer pictures, instead of just links to them. I can also add cool and useful features through the use of CGI scripts and SSI (Server-Side Includes). Anyway, here is a list of what has changed during the move:

• A new navigation bar - I'd really appreciate feedback on it, if it's hard or easy to read, how it looks in different browsers and screen resolutions.

• Please send all Abyss- and Slayer-related mail to janek@slaytanic.com. My personal address is as usual d95-jhe@nada.kth.se. This way I can hopefully keep better track of all the mail I get.

• You can now search the Abyss.

• I've added "Buy Now"-links to the discography, enabling you to buy the records straight through CD Universe. More shopping links will be added soon!

• The To Do list has been replaced by a list of Coming features.

• I've added a small page about myself.

• A new page with statistics for this site.

• An automatically generated Table of Contents is now available.

• A tools page where you can read about the soft- and hardware used in the development of this site.

• The frameless index has been updated and redesigned, but I still recommend the framed version if you can use it.

The changelog from September 96 to March 97 is also available.

The Abyss
Maintainer: Janek Hellqvist
Feedback to janek@slaytanic.com