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Somebody covered Slayer’s “Raining Blood” with a banjo
Rob Scallon, who's already quite famous for his bizarre metal covers, recently covered Slayer’s “Raining Blood”—on a fucking banjo. The song is still actually pretty damn evil sounding on the southern twang instrument. It’s a neat way of paying tribute to the skills of the late Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman. Check out the cover below, […]
Rock On The Range photo recap with Of Mice & Men, Killswitch Engage, Sleepwave, more
Photographer: Brad Heaton AP photographer Brad Heaton delivers exclusive shots from Rock On The Range 2014 of Killswitch Engage, Of Mice & Men, Slayer, Miss May I, Sleepwave, Avenged Sevenfold, We Came As Romans, Mastodon and more!
Title Fight, August Burns Red, Slayer, MGMT to play Fun Fun Fun Fest
Title Fight, August Burns Red, Slayer and MGMT are amongst the many diverse acts to play this fall's Fun Fun Fun Fest. Other acts include Deerhunter, The Dismemberment Plan, Code Orange Kids, Snoop Dogg (Snoop Lion), M.I.A., Descendents, Lupe Fiasco, Ice T and many more. The Austin-based festival will take place November 8 – 10 at […]
Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies from liver failure
Influential guitarist and founding member of Slayer, Jeff Hanneman, has died of reported liver failure at age 49. The band posted the news on their Facebook, stating: “Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about 11AM this morning near his Southern California home. Hanneman was in an area hospital […]
Kerry King of Slayer appears in Jägermeister commercial
Slayer guitarist Kerry King appears in a new commercial for Jägermeister, viewable below. A behind-the-scenes look at the commercial is below as well.
Early days of Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth featured in new book 'Murder In The Front Row'
While the average AltPress.com reader may not be old enough to remember the burgeoning metal scene that existed in California's Bay Area in the early 80s, chances are good some of your favorite bands do–countless contemporary metal acts count bands like Metallica and Slayer among their influences, and even if they don't, plenty of them […]
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