Tom Araya blows out his voice down under.

Slayer frontman Tom Araya was forced to cancel this Sunday’s show in Adelaide, Australia after continuing throat problems rendered him barely unable to speak.

The problems had begun on Saturday night in Melbourne, Australia (where the band are currently on tour with Megadeth), Araya was unable to speak onstage, let alone sing. He had tried to coax crowd members into taking the mic with Contrive frontman Paul Haug finally making his way onto the stage to join Slayer for ‘Dead Skin Mask’. Footage of this can be found here, courtesy of Blabbermouth.

As it would happen, Slayer were on the way to Adelaide to perform the next show before Tom was informed that he was suffering from  sever laryngitis and Slayer were forced to cancel the date due to doctor-mandated rest for Araya.

Dave Mustaine has commented on the situation, saying: “I was saddened to hear that Tom Araya won’t be able to perform (Sunday night), as you know, and that they are going to proceed to Perth to wait for us and the last show here in Australia.

“I wanted to be as gracious and considerate of the circumstances as possible, so yesterday I sent an invitation to Kerry King to come up and play a song from back when he played with us in the early days.

“I know that it would require him coming here to Adelaide, and that the band has already decided to proceed to Perth, but I sent the invite yesterday, and I was really hoping that we could do something for the fans of Adelaide and so that the Slayer fans could at least see their hero in action; even if it is with us.

“There is still several hours before the show, and I would love to see Kerry walk through the doors and say, ‘Alright, let’s play ‘Rattlehead’!’ However, I think that the time has passed for him to be able to comfortably travel here. I have my fingers crossed though.”

“Thanks for understanding, and we will make the best of it either way.”