The first time Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel saw Slayer is burned on his brain like a pentagram. “They were opening for Bitch, which is one of the original bands we ended up signing, in ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Is there a chance of it happening at all? "I really don't wanna answer anything like that because what ends up happening is that the focus right now would be Empire State Bastard and my future, and ...

Welcome to this quarterfinal matchup of March Metal Madness 2014. The goal of this year's bracketed competition is to find the greatest metal album of the 21st century. We're now down to eight ...

Throughout their storied career, thrash metal legends Slayer have released countless unforgettable singles. Whether it’s the hilarious satanic fury of “The Antichrist,” the earworm death worship of ...

Kerry King of Slayer is all for sponsoring a NASCAR team driver and having the band logo on the car. But Rick Ware Racing has pulled the plug on the plans. (Photo by Mark Horton/Getty Images) Talk to ...

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 ...