by Bram Teitelman | Jan 27, 2017 | News, Updates
Earlier this week, Slayer were forced to state that they didn’t have any official political stance after an Instagram post put up on their page by Tom Araya that photoshopped President Trump into an early picture of them. It was taken down, apparently by the...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 23, 2016 | News
Remember punk rock in the ’90s? Green Day, The Offspring, Blink 182. Slayer guitarist Kerry King does. In fact, in an interview that was done for Metal Hammer’s Spotify series, he says that Slayer’s Undisputed Attitude, their 1996 album of punk...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 8, 2016 | Updates
In a recent Headbangers Brawl, our topic of discussion was a hypothetical one – which of the Big Four bands would be the first to hang it up? In what might be a first for the column, there was a unanimous answer, and that band was Slayer. There were...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 27, 2016 | Politics
When you think of political bands, Slayer isn’t the first one to come to mind. Or like the 14th, even. Most of the struggles they write about are of mental and emotional ones. However, guitarist Kerry King, who named “Dittohead” after Rush Limbaugh, ...
by Alix Vallecillo | Mar 2, 2016 | News, Updates
Slayer’s guitarist Kerry King has been known for always speaking his mind, no matter how that comes out or who it would offend. At the same time, he’s also known for thinking very high of himself and his band no matter what the general opinion is, so when...