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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Before Slayer became the dominant thrash force they're now known as, they still had some New Wave of British Heavy Metal influences to get out as they began to carve their own sound. Tom Araya's ...

In Round 1, Death faced the equally influential Venom and their Welcome to Hell debut. The Chuck Schuldiner fans came out in strong support, sending Scream Bloody Gore to Round 2 with more than 60 ...

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 ...

A couple weeks back we talked about Metal Meowlisha IV: A Headbangers Furball, death metal greats Obituary‘s fundraiser fest for feral cats in the Tampa area on 12/21 featuring Exhumed and Terrorizer ...

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 ...

Last week, thrash metal band Slayer announced that it was partnering with Rick Ware Racing as the primary sponsor for the entry #54 in a race at the Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend, but a ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. It’s was a strange and cathartic feeling walking out of the ...