In the story of the Big 4 of thrash, the band that is always considered to have stayed truest to the genre is Slayer. Anthrax dabbled with rap metal, Megadeth went for radio-friendly rock, and ...

Slayer’s debut was a product of intense late-night recording sessions, financed by Araya’s earnings as a respiratory therapist and a loan from guitarist Kerry King’s father. The total bill was $1,500.

KATY, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Igloo announces its collaboration with Slayer — one of the most distinctive, influential, and extreme thrash metal bands of all time — by unleashing the first-ever ...

Igloo is celebrating International Day of Slayer, a heavy metal holiday, today, June 6, 2023, by launching a special cooler. The Slayer coolers include a Little Playmate and a KoolTunes cooler with ...

The heavy metal thrash band, Slayer, has announced a huge show this fall in Hershey. Slayer will perform along with Knocked Loose, Suicidal Tendencies, Power Trip, Cavalera (performing “Chaos A.D.”) ...

Kerry King is a thrash metal icon. He the guitarist and songwriter helped co-found Slayer, arguably one of the most recognized metal bands in history. As a result, his aggressive guitar style has ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. guitarist Jeff Hanneman, a co-founder of the seminal heavy metal band Slayer, died in Southern California on Thursday, the band said in a statement posted on their website ...

After years of working on new material, Slayer are finally in the studio for real working on their long-awaited new album. Would this be considered a comeback album? Slayer didn't really go anywhere, ...

Guitarist Kerry King’s father gave him three choices when he was growing up. “Playing guitar was one, and I think karate was one,” Kerry King, 60, says via phone from his New York home where he was ...

Why are metal fans so demanding? We demand our clothes in one color (black). We have our own section on BrooklynVegan. And now we have our own version of Record Store Day: The Music Monitor Network, ...

Rick Rubin is undoubtably a music genius, having his hand in making the careers and reinventing the careers of many of rock and hip hop musicians. Everybody from Metallica to Johnny Cash to Black ...