Jeff Hanneman

For almost 30 years, Kerry King has been a member of Slayer , a band that transcended its thrash-metal beginnings and became one of the most respected rock groups in the world. Read More

Dancing with the Devil must appeal to the N.A.R.A.S. membership, as they've gone and done it again nominated Slayer for a Grammy Award. Read More

It was late March, and King glanced over at the Jägermeister machine purring nearby, an ongoing benefit of having the liquor company as a sometime tour sponsor. Read More

Slayer 's 11th studio album, World Painted Blood, delivers exactly what fans have come to expect from the world's premiere thrash metal band. Read More

Two names synonymous with fierce, crunching power. Read More

Thrash metal, a genre of music that combines the heaviness and intricate musical structure of heavy metal with the speed and aggression of punk rock, came to prominence in the 1980s. Read More

How can the members of Slayer —now in their mid-40s—still manage to scare the shit out of me? Read More

World Painted Blood is the best album to come from the Big Four of Thrash (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax) since the 1990s. Read More

To bring the uninitiated up to speed, let us note the fact that these Nor-Cal shores were at the epicenter of a musical movement, at a time when bands like Exodus , Testament , Death Angel , and everyone's favorite Napster-enemies were beginning still-extant careers amid an orgy of polka-beating violence. Read More

Only a metalhead who listens to Slayer with his or her elbows would even ask such a ridiculous and misguided question. Read More