For the uninitiated, Slayer's co-founding guitarist Kerry King has been at the forefront of thrash metal for almost four decades. With a style that encapsulates the finer moments of thrash, punk and ...

Why did Slayer break up? It’s complicated, and we don’t really have any definitive answers. However, bassist/vocalist Tom Araya appears to be the man sickest of the touring lifestyle – after all, ...

Happy anniversary for Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss! After releasing their speed-freak thrash metal manifesto Reign in Blood in 1986, Slayer slowed down their tempos for 1988’s South of Heaven. But it ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It was not Kerry King’s idea to bring Slayer to an end in 2019. But in King’s case you can’t keep a good headbanger down, so the Los Angeles-born guitarist has formed his own band - ...

Kirk Hammett (Metallica guitarist): I could tell it was really blossoming into something to be reckoned with. Every song we came up with was like the greatest thing. Every time we’d write another it ...

Slayer and Exodus guitarist Gary Holt has named the two thrash metal acts who deserve more “credit”. “Well, it’s none of the Americans, I’ll tell you that right now!” Holt tells host Eddie Trunk (via ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Slayer's Kerry King has occasionally hopped on songs with other acts, but the guitar great reveals in a recent interview that it took some convincing before he stepped up to the plate to play on Sum ...

Revolver Magazine‘s Golden Gods Awards were last night. I’m not typically one for awards shows, but this one was notable for a surprise (read: tweeted about several hours in advance) live appearance ...