by Zach Shaw | Feb 25, 2013 | Video
[youtube width=”500″ height=”344″]http://youtu.be/gKUQ9e6Jnp8[/youtube] By now we’re all caught up on the drama that imploded last week surrounding Slayer and Dave Lombardo. And on Saturday (February 23), Slayer performed at Soundwave’s stop in...
by Zach Shaw | Feb 4, 2013 | Bummer Alert
For the better part of 2012, we kept hearing “updates” on Slayer’s long-awaited follow up to 2009’s World Painted Blood. But by the end of the year, nothing surfaced. Hell, even the originally planned two-song EP never came to fruition. So what’s the hold up? Well...
by Zach Shaw | Jan 3, 2013 | Supergroup From Hell
Producer Ross Robinson has been in the press lately for his potential collaboration with Behemoth. As it turns out, though, Robinson has been working on a considerably more high-profile project, one that involves Slayer’s Dave Lombardo and Exodus’ Gary Holt. In an...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 19, 2012 | Bonded By Big 4
It’s a question many metal fans have debated for quite some time now: if the Big 4 were to be expanded (or include one more band in addition to Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax), which band would be added? To many, that five spot would go either to Exodus or...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 10, 2012 | Video
This past Friday night (September 7), the fourth annual Metal Masters clinic took place at The Gramercy in NYC. Featured “metal masters” included Slayer’s Kerry King and Dave Lombardo, Anthrax’s Scott Ian, Charlie Benante and Frank Bello, Down’s (ex-Pantera) Philip...