Slayer’s debut was a product of intense late-night recording sessions, financed by Araya’s earnings as a respiratory therapist and a loan from guitarist Kerry King’s father. The total bill was $1,500.

In the early days of thrash, not every town was ready for the arrival of Slayer. The band’s longtime manager, Rick Sales, remembers hearing of a document shared among police departments in the 1980s ...

In the story of the Big 4 of thrash, the band that is always considered to have stayed truest to the genre is Slayer. Anthrax dabbled with rap metal, Megadeth went for radio-friendly rock, and ...

In a new interview, Kerry King addressed whether the upcoming Slayer reunion shows will lead to new music or a full tour from the band. "For me, it’s three shows marking five years since our final ...

They took things faster, louder, and most importantly darker. They merged the heavy melodic riffs of metal’s forefathers with the filthy bitter rage and speed of hardcore punk and birthed the putrid ...

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 ...

Slayer are going up against self-described Slayer fanatics Cannibal Corpse in what will be a brutal fight in Round 1 of March Metal Madness. "Bloodline" or "Make Them Suffer" will survive the round ...

As I compiled the three indexes for my new Slayer biography, the numbers surprised me. First, Slayer didn’t really tour much over the years. But that’s another story. Hanneman was Slayer’s most ...

Guitarist Jeff Hanneman died on May 2, hours before the Revolver Golden Gods Awards kicked off in Los Angeles. By Billboard Staff Golden Gods Awards Manson Cooper - H 2013 Slayer guitarist Kerry King ...

The members of Slayer, one of the world’s most formidable metal bands since it clawed its way up from the Southern California underground in the early 1980s, were in Germany when “Repentless,” the ...

It’s was a strange and cathartic feeling walking out of the Civic Center in Salem, VA. One metal’s all time greats, Slayer, had just finished their performance, one of the last and final shows of ...

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio -- Slayer has shredded in Cleveland for its last time. The influential metal band stopped at Blossom Music Center on Thursday night as a part of its farewell tour around the world ...