"I have no technical ability, and I know nothing about music": Yet here are 5 Rick Rubin-produced songs you need to hear From hip-hop to rock and pop, Rubin has done it all... MusicRadar · Mar 10, 2024
This is what Van Halen’s Jump would sound like if it were recorded by Slayer (and no, it isn’t AI-generated) YouTuber Moonic Productions has imagined a beefed-up thrash metal redo of Van Halen’s signature song Metal Hammer · Mar 6, 2024
10 classic metal albums that should be played live in full (but haven’t yet) From Metallica’s …And Justice For All to Limp Bizkit’s Significant Other, these masterpieces are so good that live crowds need to hear them in their entirety Metal Hammer · Mar 2, 2024
Slayer, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe and many more confirmed for massive Aftershock lineup Organisers are calling Aftershock 2024 "the largest rock and metal festival ever put together in California" Metal Hammer · Feb 28, 2024
“Without me begging him, it wouldn’t have happened”: Wife of Slayer’s Tom Araya says she “harassed” him for over a year to reunite the band Thrash metal fans have the wife of bassist/vocalist Tom Araya to thank for Slayer getting back together, according to one of her social media posts Metal Hammer · Feb 26, 2024
The Slayer reunion has some haters, and Gary Holt’s wife has a simple message for them: “Don’t go!” Upset that the evilest band in thrash metal’s Big Four is back together? The wife of guitarist Gary Holt has the solution for you! Metal Hammer · Feb 22, 2024
Slayer Reuniting For Two Festival Dates After Nearly Five Years Iconic metal band Slayer reunites after five years for festival shows, thrilling fans with their intense live performances. Top News · Feb 22, 2024
Slayer to reunite to play Louder Than Life 2024 alongside Slipknot, Korn, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, Disturbed, Evanescence, Five Finger Death Punch and many more Slayer are officially back, and they are playing one of the biggest festival lineups of 2024! Metal Hammer · Feb 21, 2024
“I watched a video of them in a small room and my mouth just dropped. Listen to the fluidly, how easily these guys play this: seamless, and that’s impressive”: why Dave Lombardo loves The Fall of Troy Ex Slayer rhythm master was blown away when he discovered the trio’s ability to record live, avoid too much computer contribution and inject emotion into their music Metal Hammer · Feb 16, 2024
“He said, ‘How about Slayer with special guests Slayer?’ We went, ‘Wow, that could be crazy’”: the forgotten story of Slayer vs Slayer, the 80s metal Battle Of The Bands with only one winner Two bands, one name, one crazy gig – this is what happened when a pre-fame Slayer shared a bill with another band named Slayer Metal Hammer · Feb 14, 2024
"I don’t wish him dead at this moment": Kerry King hasn't spoken to, texted, or emailed Tom Araya since Slayer split They may have shared stages worldwide for almost four decades, but Kerry King isn't losing any sleep about not hanging out with his former Slayer bandmate Tom Araya Metal Hammer · Feb 6, 2024
See the first photos of Kerry King's new band in the studio Photos have emerged of Kerry King, Paul Bostaph, Phil Demmel and Mark Osegueda in the studio together following the recording of Kerry King's debut solo album Metal Hammer · Feb 6, 2024
"We are here to play. We don't let our friends down": Watch pro-shot 4K footage of the night Joey Jordison saved Metallica when Lars Ulrich went AWOL Original broadcast footage of For Whom The Bell Tolls, Wherever I May Roam and Enter Sandman from Metallica's historic Download 2004 set has surfaced online Metal Hammer · Feb 6, 2024
Kerry King: "Lombardo is dead to me" As the Slayer man launches his new band, he reveals there's absolutely no peace treaty in sight with his former bandmate, and he's had no contact with Tom Araya either MusicRadar · Feb 5, 2024
Metal Hammer · Feb 5, 2024 "I’m going to be doing this for the next 10 years at least." Listen to Kerry King's ferocious debut solo single, Idle Hands, as the ex-Slayer man reveals his new band members and debut album From Hell I Rise Kerry King is officially back, and he's back in style!
Metal Hammer · Jan 30, 2024 “We’ve got lots of leftover material from Repentless – we wrote so much stuff!” The story of the lost final Slayer album After Repentless, Slayer guitarist Kerry King promised the thrashers had enough music left over to make a 13th album. It never materialised.
Metal Hammer · Jan 29, 2024 "Let freedom ring with a shotgun blast!": the brutal true story behind Machine Head's Davidian, one of the defining anthems of '90s metal The opening track on Machine Head's stunning debut album Burn My Eyes, Davidian has its roots in real life horrors
Metal Hammer · Jan 19, 2024 "We were rivals once but it doesn't feel like there's any rivalry now. We're all on the same team, for heavy metal": Revisiting the first ever Big Four show, as Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax invaded Poland in the summer of 2010 When thrash's Big Four rolled into Warsaw in June 2010, heavy metal history was made
Metal Hammer · Jan 17, 2024 The 10 best cover songs by thrash metal bands Metallica, Slayer and Sepultura have all given classic songs a high-octane boot up the back side
Metal Hammer · Jan 14, 2024 10 amazing covers by massive metal bands that you’ve (probably) never heard From Iron Maiden going full prog to Black Sabbath smashing Smoke On The Water, only completists will have heard these extraordinary covers
Metal Hammer · Jan 14, 2024 10 heavy metal bands who need to reunite in 2024 We’re not ready to bid farewell to Rage Against The Machine, Slayer and Black Sabbath just yet…
MusicRadar · Jan 9, 2024 “It’s an extension of Slayer, and I think a lot of people will think it might have been the next record”: Kerry King promises business as usual on upcoming solo debut Slayer is dead. Long live Slayer! Kerry King says his much anticipated new album is very much a follow-up to Repentless
Metal Hammer · Jan 9, 2024 "It’s an extension of Slayer...a follow-up to Repentless for sure." Kerry King updates us on his highly anticipated new album Slayer legend Kerry King discusses one of the most anticipated metal records of 2024
Metal Hammer · Dec 10, 2023 The 10 greatest compilation albums in heavy metal history From greatest hits to rarity-stacked soundtracks, these are the best compilations in the history of heaviness
Metal Hammer · Dec 6, 2023 “The blueprint for the beginning of death metal.” How Slayer dragged metal to new depths of evil with Show No Mercy From the otherwise hair metal backdrop of Los Angeles, Slayer began a campaign of pure, satanic thrash with Show No Mercy