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“I think fire goes hand-in-hand with the devil, and I’m no stranger to talking about the devil...” Slayer guitarist Kerry King releases new single Residue and incredibly fiery music video

It’s the second song released from King’s debut solo album, out next month

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"CBS dumped us and we couldn’t get the record out for ages": Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King on the making of Slayer's Angel Of Death – and the fallout that followed

In 2011 Slayer's guitarists reflected on their classic and the blowback from its subject matter

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Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold and Disturbed to headline Rocklahoma 2024, Evanescence, Lamb Of God, Halestorm, Kerry King and more also confirmed

Rocklahoma has announced its biggest lineup ever!

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“We can make records until our hands fall off. But if we can’t sell it live, I don’t want to”: how Slayer reconnected with 80s thrash and made World Painted Blood

Slayer’s 2009 album World Painted Blood was the best since their 80s heyday – and this is how they made it

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Kerry King, Creeper, Bambie Thug and more added to Download 2024

Download adds eight new names to its 2024 bill

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"I have no technical ability, and I know nothing about music": Yet here are 5 Rick Rubin-produced songs you need to hear

From hip-hop to rock and pop, Rubin has done it all...

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6 rare Slayer songs we need them to play at their comeback shows

Five years after bowing out, Slayer have announced some comeback shows. These are the songs we want them to play

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“Without me begging him, it wouldn’t have happened”: Wife of Slayer’s Tom Araya says she “harassed” him for over a year to reunite the band

Thrash metal fans have the wife of bassist/vocalist Tom Araya to thank for Slayer getting back together, according to one of her social media posts

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The Slayer reunion has some haters, and Gary Holt’s wife has a simple message for them: “Don’t go!”

Upset that the evilest band in thrash metal’s Big Four is back together? The wife of guitarist Gary Holt has the solution for you!

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Slayer Reuniting For Two Festival Dates After Nearly Five Years

Iconic metal band Slayer reunites after five years for festival shows, thrilling fans with their intense live performances.

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Slayer to reunite to play Louder Than Life 2024 alongside Slipknot, Korn, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, Disturbed, Evanescence, Five Finger Death Punch and many more

Slayer are officially back, and they are playing one of the biggest festival lineups of 2024!

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Kerry King, My Dying Bride and The Ghost Inside are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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"I don’t wish him dead at this moment": Kerry King hasn't spoken to, texted, or emailed Tom Araya since Slayer split

They may have shared stages worldwide for almost four decades, but Kerry King isn't losing any sleep about not hanging out with his former Slayer bandmate Tom Araya

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Lamb Of God and Mastodon announce epic 'Ashes Of Leviathan' tour playing two classic albums in full, with Kerry King and Malevolence in support

Lamb Of God and Mastodon are teaming up for one of the metal tours of the year - and they're bringing some amazing artists with them

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See the first photos of Kerry King's new band in the studio

Photos have emerged of Kerry King, Paul Bostaph, Phil Demmel and Mark Osegueda in the studio together following the recording of Kerry King's debut solo album

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Kerry King: "Lombardo is dead to me"

As the Slayer man launches his new band, he reveals there's absolutely no peace treaty in sight with his former bandmate, and he's had no contact with Tom Araya either

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"I’m going to be doing this for the next 10 years at least." Listen to Kerry King's ferocious debut solo single, Idle Hands, as the ex-Slayer man reveals his new band members and debut album From Hell I Rise

Kerry King is officially back, and he's back in style!

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“We’ve got lots of leftover material from Repentless – we wrote so much stuff!” The story of the lost final Slayer album

After Repentless, Slayer guitarist Kerry King promised the thrashers had enough music left over to make a 13th album. It never materialised.

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Guitar World

NAMM 2024: Dean Guitars is preparing to come back fighting – and we got an exclusive preview of its killer 2024 line-up, including its new affordable Kerry King signature, Slime Green finishes, and serious mid-price metal guitar contenders

It's set to be a big year for Dean, and Guitar World has been given a sneak preview of the firm’s extensive new 2024 range from president Patrick Schuleit

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"We were rivals once but it doesn't feel like there's any rivalry now. We're all on the same team, for heavy metal": Revisiting the first ever Big Four show, as Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax invaded Poland in the summer of 2010

When thrash's Big Four rolled into Warsaw in June 2010, heavy metal history was made

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“It’s an extension of Slayer, and I think a lot of people will think it might have been the next record”: Kerry King promises business as usual on upcoming solo debut

Slayer is dead. Long live Slayer! Kerry King says his much anticipated new album is very much a follow-up to Repentless

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"It’s an extension of Slayer...a follow-up to Repentless for sure." Kerry King updates us on his highly anticipated new album

Slayer legend Kerry King discusses one of the most anticipated metal records of 2024

The Guardian - AU

The ‘road toll’ is a benign term that sanitises the senseless waste of human life in Australia

Society is inured to the misery of this macabre tally. We must urgently challenge the hegemony of this blithely adopted description

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“The blueprint for the beginning of death metal.” How Slayer dragged metal to new depths of evil with Show No Mercy

From the otherwise hair metal backdrop of Los Angeles, Slayer began a campaign of pure, satanic thrash with Show No Mercy

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The 50 best collaborations in rock

Guest spots, duets, team-ups and mashups – we take a look at the weird, wonderful world of the rock’n’roll collaboration…

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