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How Kerry King Found Out Slayer Were Retiring

In a new interview, Kerry King revealed how he found out Slayer were retiring years ago.The guitarist spoke about the thrash legends' handful of 2024 shows, as well as his upcoming debut solo album From Hell I Rise, in a recent interview with Revolver. During the discussion, he explained that he'd originally written a few of the songs on the album for Slayer back before he found out they were retiring in late […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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Kerry King Addresses Whether Slayer Will Record New Music

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.Slayer played their final shows in late 2019, and this past February, the guitarist revealed that he hadn't spoken to former bandmate Tom Araya since then. Instead, he'd been working on his own solo project in that time, and released his first single "Idle Hands" on […]

todayMay 7, 2024 1

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Every Slayer Album Ranked From Worst to best

We rank the 11 studio albums in Slayer’s incredible discography, which, despite the band's occasional tinkering over the years, remains the living definition of thrash metal.Of course, it was Slayer, along with fellow Big Four peers Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth, who pretty much codified the style that took heavy metal by storm in the 1980s, spawning several worthy secondary bands and countless hopeless imitators, to say nothing of virtually every […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024 3

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Every Slayer Song Ranked From Worst to Best

Here is every Slayer song ranked from worst to best!"Blasting our way through the boundaries of Hell / No one can stop us tonight." The first words ever uttered by Slayer takes on an even greater significance as we approach the end of the road for thrash's most defiantly evil band, the band who pushed the genre to new extremes.Most fans regard the band's first five records as the "classic" […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024

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Slayer Fans React to the Band Announcing Their Reunion

Slayer announced their reunion on Wednesday (Feb. 21), the thrash metal pioneers set to play this year's Riot Fest in Chicago and Louder Than Life 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky — both in September — and metal fans are shocked, bewildered, curious and surprised.Indeed, for the first time since Slayer played the last note of the final concert of their supposed farewell tour at the end of 2019, Slayer are coming back to the stage. That includes guitarist Kerry King, […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024

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Slayer Officially Reunites and Announces First Two Shows

This is not a drill: Slayer has officially reunited and announced their first shows back, which will take place later this year at Chicago's Riot Fest and Kentucky's Louder Than Life festival.Slayer played the final show of their purported farewell tour at the Forum in Inglewood, California, on Nov. 30, 2019. Riot Fest is set to take place from Sept. 20 through 22, and it will mark Slayer's return to the stage after nearly five years. They're also one […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024 1

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The Least Played Song Live Off Every Slayer Album

Here are the least played songs live off every Slayer album.With a total of 12 studio albums and one EP to their name (just counting original material only, not the Diabolus in Musica covers album, though there is one original track on there), Slayer have had a lot of material to work with and, with so many hits and fan favorites, the setlists leave little wiggle room for some of the […]

todayJanuary 5, 2024 2

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