Slayer performed their first live show in five years over the weekend, returning in top form at Chicago's Riot Fest. The heavy metal band's last concert was at the Forum in Los Angeles on Nov. 30, 2019 as part of their farewell tour.

Thrash titans Slayer have just played their first live set since announcing their retirement more than six years ago. The band, whose last show was at The Forum in Inglewood, CA, on November 30 2019, returned to the stage with a headline set on the final day of this year's Riot Fest at Douglass Park in Chicago, IL.

The first show in a run of three festival appearances for the reunited thrash legends. Slayer Reunite for First Concert in Five Years at Riot Fest in Chicago: Video + Setlist

At their headlining set closing out Riot Fest in Chicago, thrash legends Slayer performed a 20-song reunion set, their first since the end of their farewell tour in late 2019. It was one of just three festival appearances Slayer are making this year.

Together for the first time since 2019, thrash metal icons resume what frontman calls 'singing and dancing to death and destruction.'

Thrash metal legends Slayer did not remain broken up for long. In 2019, the band finished up their farewell tour. Earlier this year, guitarist Kerry King claimed that he hadn’t spoken to his old bandmate Tom Araya since the final show.