FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 12 | History Defined

10 metal b-sides and bonus tracks so perfect that they should have been classics

These bangers by Metallica, Linkin Park and more never got an album or single release – but, in hindsight, they really deserved one

Metal Hammer · Jul 20, 2023

"He was Slayer. He affected a lot of people and he didn’t even realise it.” The life and tragic death of Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman

Jeff Hanneman was the architect behind some of Slayer's biggest - and most infamous - songs but his 2011 passing was a tragedy that shook thrash metal

Metal Hammer · Jul 13, 2023

10 times stand-up comedians made brilliant references to heavy metal

From Slayer to Napalm Death, we didn't see some of these hilarious references coming

Metal Hammer · Jul 13, 2023

"The other kids in school voted me 'Class Clown'". From taking English lessons to becoming a thrash legend, the life of Slayer's Tom Araya, in his own words

Moving to Los Angeles from his native Chile in the 1960s, Tom Araya began a journey that'd take him to heavy metal immortality

Metal Hammer · Jul 3, 2023

10 terrible metal albums with one classic song

These metal albums were pretty much all stinkers - apart from one absolute banger that saved the day

Metal Hammer · Jun 30, 2023

A YouTuber has covered Metallica's 72 Seasons in the style of Slayer and it's as brutal as you'd expect

Rob Trujillo reckoned Slayer would do a "cool" cover of the Metallica title track and Otu from Moonic Productions has done both bands proud

Metal Hammer · Jun 13, 2023

Kerry King: Jeff Hanneman “wanted nothing more than to come back” to Slayer before his death

Jeff Hanneman suffered numerous health issues in his final years, but his former Slayer bandmate Kerry King reveals that the guitarist wanted to return to the band

Metal Hammer · Jun 6, 2023

Rob Trujillo would love Slayer to cover the title track from Metallica's 72 Seasons

Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo says he would "love it" if Slayer covered the title track from 72 Seasons "because some people say there’s a competition [between us]"

Metal Hammer · Jun 5, 2023

Here are the hardest songs to play by each of the Big 4, as chosen by one of thrash metal’s greatest drummers

Jon Dette has played with two of the Big 4, so he knows exactly which songs by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth are toughest to nail

Metal Hammer · May 27, 2023

Anarchy in the UK: the chaotic story of the 80s punk scene that changed metal forever

Riots, teargas and slamdancing – how The Exploited, Discharge and GBH inspired Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and more

Metal Hammer · May 23, 2023