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"We're in debt to Slayer forever." Ice-T explains why Slayer's comeback is great for metal fans

Body Count frontman and self-professed Slayer superfan Ice-T talks the return of the Big Four's most notorious band

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“Dime was taken from us too soon, and I’ve yet to see that next ‘it’ guitar guy. I’m sure there are some out there, but none that stormed the scene like Dime did”: Star players from Kerry King to Chad Kroeger on what made Dimebag Darrell a true original

An all-star panel of six-string superstars – including Zakk Wylde, Kerry King, Marty Friedman, Glenn Tipton, Alex Skolnick, Nita Strauss, Scott Ian, Bill Kelliher and Chris Broderick – explain why Dimebag is still so relevant 20 years after his tragic death

Guitar World

“Iron Maiden’s tough, because it’s a very different vibe between Killers and Number Of The Beast”: Slayer’s Kerry King names his five perfect metal albums

Classics by Judas Priest, Metallica, Black Sabbath and more all make the cut

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New Zealand groove metallers Alien Weaponry announce new album Te Rā, launch epic Mau Moko video

News of Te Rā's release comes as Alien Weaponry embark on a North American tour with Kerry King

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The 50 best metal songs of 2024

Ghost, Judas Priest, Babymetal, Gojira, Knocked Loose... 2024 was a massive year for metal songs. But which song did you vote as the very best?

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Kerry King says Dave Mustaine 'can’t help but stick his foot in his mouth'

Slayer‘s Kerry King says Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine “can’t help but stick his foot in his mouth” but he praised his skills as a musician.

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“Dave Mustaine can’t help but stick his foot in his mouth”: Slayer’s Kerry King explains his relationships with Metallica members old and new

The Slayer guitarist reveals he’ll spend 20 minutes with Dave Mustaine but then “bolt just before anything gets uncomfortable”

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The 20 best metal albums of 2024 - as voted by the readers of Metal Hammer

From Judas Priest to Opeth, Poppy to Bring Me The Horizon, these are the metal albums you said defined metal in 2024

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“If you look at the leads he was doing and when he was doing ’em, he innovated a lot of that stuff”: Slayer's Kerry King reveals who he thinks is the most “overlooked” guitarist in metal

The metal icon also names his top five guitarists of all time

Guitar World

“If you look at the leads he was doing and when he was doing them, he kind of innovated a lot of that stuff”: Slayer’s Kerry King names metal’s most overlooked guitarist

The Slayer man makes the claim while listing his five favourite players of all time

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The ultimate Dimebag Darrell tribute – and the Ultimate Gear Guide! – only in the new Guitar World

Starring the best of Dimebag's classic Riffer Madness column, a transcription of Pantera's 5 Minutes Alone and input from Zakk Wylde, Kerry King, Glenn Tipton, Nita Strauss and many more

Guitar World

Metal Hammer writers name their top albums of 2024

Want to know what our writers and staffers have been spinning in 2024? Here’s the breakdown of every Metal Hammer contributors’ album of the year lists

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“Everyone thinks Slayer is getting back together, but that couldn’t be further from the truth”: How Kerry King rose from the ashes of Slayer – ready to slay all over again

2024 Year in Review: Slay bells ring, are you listening? From Hell I Rise is the sound of a thrash icon doing what thrash icons do best

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"Metal is more of a brotherhood than any kind of music." Slayer's Kerry King hails the inclusivity of heavy metal

Slayer guitarist says metal scene does a good job of not alienating potential fans

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"It's nonstop badassery." Slayer guitarist Kerry King picks his favourite Black Sabbath album

Kerry King picks what might just be Sabbath's heaviest record. Should we be surprised?

Guitar World

“I went to Lars’ house, and he played me the tape of Hit the Lights. I said, ‘This song sucks. You need more guitar solos’”: They forged a new sound, and in 10 years, they were the biggest band in the world

The story of Metallica's meteoric rise – as told by the people who were there, including Dave Mustaine, Scott Ian, Kerry King, Gary Holt, and, of course, Metallica themselves

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Kerry King rules out future Slayer activity and names the much-missed metal icons he wishes he'd collaborated with. "We're never gonna make a record again, we're never gonna tour again."

Kerry King reaffirms that Slayer won't be making a full-scale comeback

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Kerry King adds summer 2025 headline shows in the UK and Europe, plus Gojira support slot, to his solo band tour schedule

More chances to hear monster tunes from From Hell I Rise played live by some of metal's finest musicians

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"When I heard Raining Blood I had this picture of this beautiful vulva raining blood over this male abusive force." How the Taliban inspired Tori Amos to record a Slayer classic, and what Slayer's Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King thought of it

In 2001, US singer/songwriter Tori Amos recorded an ethereal cover of Slayer's Raining Blood for her sixth studio album Strange Little Girls. For this, you can thank the Taliban

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Watch WWE wrestler Damian Priest debut new entrance music featuring Slayer guitarist Kerry King

The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion has given his theme song an overhaul, with the help of some thrash metal royalty

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“Ozzy says, ‘I’ve never thrown a TV out the window.’ So I rip one out of the wall and launch it out of the window”: Zakk Wylde’s crazy tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Axl Rose, Eddie Van Halen and more

Trashing hotel rooms with Ozzy, teaching Mark Wahlberg how to rock and almost joining Guns N’ Roses –Black Label Society guitar berserker Zakk Wylde has done all of it and more

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"If myself and Dave Mustaine could have co-existed, Megadeth would have been a very different band." Kerry King on riffs, venomous housepets and which bands he'd join given the chance

Thrash metal icon Kerry King answers fan questions and discusses which legendary bands he'd love to tour with

Guitar World

“That’s probably our fastest song. It’s not one I’m looking to play live any time soon!” Kerry King picks out the hardest Slayer song to play – and the greatest showcase of Jeff Hanneman’s talents

The thrash legend discussed the genius of the late Hanneman in a new fan-led Q&A

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Kerry King names the hardest Slayer song to play on guitar: “It’s not one I’m looking to play live any time soon!”

The guitarist also names the best riff from his late Slayer bandmate Jeff Hanneman

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Slayer's Kerry King wants Dwayne Johnson to play him in biopic

Kerry King was asked which actor he would want to play him on the big-screen and chose The Rock.

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