In the upcoming North American Carnage tour, you just might hear Seasons in the Abyss and Rust In Peace in their entirety, LiveLine reports. Older metal fans everywhere are surely going to bust a nut at these shows, but it begs the question: will these albums aged along with Slayer and Megadeth? What with Tom Araya’s recent back surgery and everyone generally about to get over the hill, will these albums suffer as a result? The albums are twenty years older, but so are the guys in Slayer and Megadeth.

And don’t think I’m just being some asshole. I’d love for them to go out there and prove that they still have what it takes, but Tom Araya just standing up there won’t exactly do Seasons in the Abyss due justice. But who knows? I hope they go out there and put on a killer show.

Here are the Canadian and American Carnage tour dates (w/ Testament):

7/23 Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC  CANADA
7/24 Heavy MTL, Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, QC  CANADA
7/26 Metro Centre, Halifax, NS  CANADA
7/27 Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, NB  CANADA
7/29 Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ONT  CANADA
7/30 John Labatt Centre Center, London, ONT  CANADA
8/11 Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY
8/12 Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
8/14 Tsongas Arena, Boston, MA
8/15 Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
8/16 Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT
8/18 Tower City Amphitheatre, Cleveland, OH
8/19 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
8/20 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL
8/21 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
8/23 Cap Fed Park @Sandstone, Kansas City, KS
8/25 Magness Arena, Denver, CO
8/26 Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM
8/27 Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
8/29 Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, San Diego, CA
8/30 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
8/31 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA
9/1 Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA
9/3 Wamu Theatre, Seattle, WA
9/4 Washington County Fairgrounds, Portland, OR

- JR