Posted by Chris Annunziata on August 25, 2020
As Slayer’s reign has come to an end, guitarist Kerry King is looking to move forward with a new project. When speaking with Dean Guitars, Kerry mentioned having over two albums worth of material for this new project. “I’ve been very, very lucky with riffs in 2020. Maybe because I can’t go anywhere — […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on March 23, 2020
Ex-Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph has hinted that he’s working on a new project. In a post made to his Instagram telling people to stay home during the coronavirus outbreak, Bostaph answered a fan question asking if he had any post-Slayer plans to share. He responded by saying: “yes! Something is brewing with a friend of […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on February 14, 2017
Vice’s music portal Noisey just launched their first episode of “Noisey Shreds,” a video series involving it’s journalists traveling around the world interviewing their favorite bands. The first video features Kim Kelly talking to Slayer at the San Diego Comic Con last summer. And while the filming took place before President Trump stepped into office, it didn’t […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 14, 2016
If you’re a fan of classic thrash metal, you’ve probably already made plans to attend this Fall’s Slayer, Anthrax and Death Angel tour, which kicked off this past Friday. Yesterday (13), the tour hit Montreal, and perhaps to pay tribute to their Canadian brother Bryan Adams, the bands were dicking around at soundcheck. As a […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 17, 2015
The answer to a question Slayer singer/bassist Tom Araya was asked during an interview is about to be as criticized as Kevin Lyman’s “metal got gray bald and fat” comment was earlier this year. During an interview with Germany’s Rock Hard magazine, he was asked about Repentless and his thoughts on it. Not only did […]
Posted by Schuler Benson on August 27, 2015
In Criminally Slept-On, Schuler Benson takes a look at some of the most underrated tracks from his favorite prolific bands’ back catalogs. Slayer’s importance in the history of metal cannot be overstated. They pioneered a style that went on to sire nearly every dominant sub-genre in heavy music today. They achieved a level of commercial […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 17, 2015
[youtube]https://youtu.be/868wzI_jXSQ[/youtube] In case you weren’t aware, there’s a new Slayer album coming out on September 11th. That being said, it’s pretty impossible not to know it, from the semi-controversial release date to the three songs we’ve heard from it already to the band headlining the ill-fated Mayhem Festival that just wrapped up. That being said, […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on July 20, 2015
With Slayer headlining the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest this year and the band releasing Repentless, their first album in six years, on September 11th, it’s safe to say many eyes are on the band. Given that it will be the first album without founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman and first with drummer Paul Bostaph in the band […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 16, 2015
We were planning on taking a little time out of our day on Saturday morning to head to Record Store Day and pick up the new Slayer song, “When the Stillness Comes.” And we figured we’d be writing about the song as soon as someone uploaded it to YouTube Saturday afternoon. It turns out the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 30, 2015
In an interview with Revolver, Tom Araya gave Slayer fans some good news. More specifically, good news to those who feel like Slayer is less complete of a band without founding member Jeff Hanneman, who sadly died in 2013. Araya opened up to the magazine about the guitarist’s death, and mentioned that he’s actually going to […]
