November 17, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews • Tags: Heavy Metal, IMPLODE, Reviews, Slayer • 0 Comments
“I’m pretty sure God still hates us all”: This line stood out in the new song that is available to anyone that clicks on the download link. Just give ’em your email . Sure! The reason that line stands out is because Slayer’s “God Hates Us All” studio album was released on September 11th, 2001. […]
March 29, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Slayer • 0 Comments
Brian Lew, co-author of “Murder In The Front Row: Shots From THE Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter” (Bazillion Points Books), has posted a previously unpublished 1983 interview with Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman of SLAYER. The interview, typed by Kerry King, was originally intended for the second issue of Lew‘s pioneering Whiplashfanzine, and covers a time period… Read more here
March 2, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Slayer • 0 Comments
California thrashers SLAYER have once again teamed up with Jammit, this time to bring you the classic “Reign In Blood” track “Raining Blood” (“Angel Of Death” was previously available). Get to know SLAYER from the inside out with Jammit software! Perform experimental surgery on Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman‘s guitars, find out what makes Dave […]
June 30, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Slayer • 0 Comments
SLAYER guitarist Kerry King recently revealed some of his “favorite things” for the Spin.com web site. A few samples follow below. Favorite Song: “‘Becoming’ by PANTERA. Whenever you get asked a question like that this, the answer is whatever comes to mind first. But it’s PANTERA and [guitarist] Dimebag Darrell was my boy. It’s one […]
June 13, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Slayer • 0 Comments
SLAYER performed in Lima, Peru for the first time ever this past Saturday, June 11 at Estadio San Marcos in front of 6,000 fans. The band’s setlist was as follows: 01. World Painted Blood 02. Hate Worldwide 03. War Ensemble 04. Postmortem 05. Temptation 06. Dittohead 07. Stain Of Mind 08. Disciple 09. Bloodline 10. […]
June 3, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Slayer • 0 Comments
SLAYER kicked off its South American tour with a headlining concert last night (Thursday, June 2) at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile. The band’s setlist was as follows: 01. World Painted Blood 02. Hate Worldwide 03. War Ensemble 04. Postmortem 05. Temptation 06. Stain of Mind (first performance since 2005) 07. Disciple 08. Dead Skin […]
April 21, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Slayer • 0 Comments
Steve Appleford of LA Weekly recently conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. LA Weekly: What’s the latest with [SLAYER guitarist] Jeff Hanneman [who was recently forced to sit out shows after coming down with an infection thought to have been caused by a spider […]
April 8, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Cannibal Corpse, Slayer • 0 Comments
Bootleg video footage has made its way online featuring the first live performance from Slayer including temporary guitarist Pat O’Brien from Cannibal Corpse. As we previously announced , O’Brien is filling in for Gary Holt while he completes his duties with Exodus. You can check out the live footage in the player below. Death Scream […]
April 1, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Anthrax, Justin Bieber, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer • 0 Comments
Amazing. Justin Bieber will take the stage with heavy metal heavyweights Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax at the Empire Polo Club in Indio CA, later this month. Justin will sing one song with each band. Didn’t know Justin was a heavy metal fan. Complete story here: Justin Bieber To Join Heavy Metal Acts Metallica, Slayer, […]
Slayer – “Repentless” 2015 LP
July 2, 2015 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews • Tags: Araya, Exodus, Hanneman, Holt, King, Slayer, Thrash • 0 Comments
Unrepentant. That is how Slayer feel at this moment in time about having an album that spawned it’s legs by being released on 9-11-2001, “God Hates Us All”. In any case this new album carries the stench of death also by being Slayer’s post-Hanneman affair. “Repentless” (bad English is not cool Mr. Araya and Mr. […]
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