The unruly offspring of heavy metal and punk rock, thrash metal had coalesced three years earlier around a handful of ...

The heavy metal thrash band, Slayer, has announced a huge show this fall in Hershey. Slayer will perform along with Knocked Loose, Suicidal Tendencies, Power Trip, Cavalera (performing “Chaos A.D.”) ...

Slayer guitarist Kerry King has named the albums he considers perfect from start to finish. King, who co-founded Slayer in 1981, is a noted fan of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. The band covered ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. guitarist Jeff Hanneman, a co-founder of the seminal heavy metal band Slayer, died in Southern California on Thursday, the band said in a statement posted on their website ...

After years of working on new material, Slayer are finally in the studio for real working on their long-awaited new album. Would this be considered a comeback album? Slayer didn't really go anywhere, ...

Kerry King is a thrash metal icon. He the guitarist and songwriter helped co-found Slayer, arguably one of the most recognized metal bands in history. As a result, his aggressive guitar style has ...

Guitarist Kerry King’s father gave him three choices when he was growing up. “Playing guitar was one, and I think karate was one,” Kerry King, 60, says via phone from his New York home where he was ...

In the latest episode of the Beardo and Weirdo podcast with comedian Craig Gass and Five Finger Death Punch bassist Chris Kael, the co-hosts were joined by legendary heavy metal figures — Slayer's ...

Rick Rubin is undoubtably a music genius, having his hand in making the careers and reinventing the careers of many of rock and hip hop musicians. Everybody from Metallica to Johnny Cash to Black ...