by Zach Shaw | Jul 11, 2011 | Video
Last Friday (July 8), Metallica were once again joined onstage by members of Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax for the UK edition of the Sonisphere Festival. While they went back to performing Diamond Head’s “Am I Evil?,” a trend they changed in Germany and Italy, this...
by Zach Shaw | Jul 7, 2011 | Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC4eGdSMBYQ[/youtube] As proven from the jams in Germany and Sweden, The Big 4 are continuing to change things up by performing different songs with each other. During the Big 4’s date at the Arena Fiera Rho in Milan, Italy last...
by Zach Shaw | Apr 8, 2011 | Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBY_bBQBNfg&feature=channel_video_title[/youtube] Even if you’re glad that Jeff Hanneman HASN’T left Slayer, it’s still pretty cool to see the band performing with some awesome fill-ins. The most recent Slayer fill-in is...
by Zach Shaw | Mar 30, 2011 | Metal Musical Chairs
The unfortunate news is that apparently guitarist Jeff Hanneman is still not healthy enough to rejoin Slayer on the road. And to add onto that grief, Exodus’ Gary Holt, who has been filling in since the band started their Australian tour, won’t be available to help...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 28, 2011 | Touring
Ah Ozzfest 1999, things were so much simpler then. A little-known band called Slipknot opened the second stage, Black Sabbath played with Ozzy singing and the Deftones played with Chi Cheng on bass. Also, Slayer and Rob Zombie were on the tour. Well, history will be...