Tag Archives: Tom Araya

Criminally Slept-On: Slayer

Posted by on August 27, 2015

In Criminally Slept-On, Schuler Benson takes a look at some of the most underrated tracks from his favorite prolific bands’ back catalogs. Slayer’s importance in the history of metal cannot be overstated. They pioneered a style that went on to sire nearly every dominant sub-genre in heavy music today. They achieved a level of commercial […]

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Slayer discuss working with Terry Date in new video

Posted by on August 17, 2015

[youtube]https://youtu.be/868wzI_jXSQ[/youtube] In case you weren’t aware, there’s a new Slayer album coming out on September 11th. That being said, it’s pretty impossible not to know it, from the semi-controversial release date to the three songs we’ve heard from it already to the band headlining the ill-fated Mayhem Festival that just wrapped up. That being said, […]

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Slayer featured on thrash metal documentary by the Smithsonian

Posted by on August 6, 2015

It seems like Slayer have something going on every day with the release of Repentless approaching. Yet we keep finding different reasons to write about them. This time, we’re going to leave Kerry King alone but highlight a mini-documentary done by the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History confusingly titled Slayer: The Origins of Thrash in San […]

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A road-weary Tom Araya loves Slayer, but loves his family more

Posted by on July 29, 2015

In case you didn’t know, Slayer have an album, Repentless, coming out next month. Then again, it’d be pretty impossible not to know, given that they’ve released the title track, have an 8 pound, $180 version of the album up for pre-order and have been headlining Mayhem. Then there’s guitarist Kerry King. The id of the […]

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Slayer reveal cover art, title track coming Friday, have Bonnaroo fans

Posted by on June 16, 2015

If you were tired of listening to “Implode” and “When the Stillness Comes,” you’re about to get a little more Slayer in your life. The title track to the band’s forthcoming Repentless album will be digitally released this Friday (19). Also today, the band released the cover artwork to the album, due out on September 11. […]

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Slayer’s Kerry King was insulted by Rick Rubin’s label offer

Posted by on May 28, 2015

The new Slayer album, Repentless, is their first in nearly 30 years without producer Rick Rubin being involved. Their first release together was Reign in Blood, way back in 1986, so it was a big deal when they signed a deal with Nuclear Blast last year. Why the split? In a recent interview with “The Metal Hammer […]

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Slayer releasing new song for Record Store Day

Posted by on February 18, 2015

While June 6th is known as the “International Day of Slayer,” it might come a little earlier this year. That’s  because April 18th is when you’ll get to hear “When the Stillness Comes,” a brand new Slayer song that will be released as part of Record Store Day. The 7″ vinyl picture disc will have a […]

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Tom Araya disowns Slayer fan page

Posted by on February 2, 2015

There are tons of non-official Facebook fan pages, and Slayer probably have a bunch of them. However, frontman Tom Araya might have made one of them temporarily more popular than they ever were. It’s That Fuckin Slayer Gang appears to exist only to have fans make a gang signal that’s a Slayer “S,” and got some […]

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Get ready for a Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre with Randy Blythe, David Vincent

Posted by on November 21, 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/DL53pLjiScw[/youtube] It seems like only yesterday, we mentioned that Randy Blythe of Lamb of God was branching out into acting by appearing in a movie with Chthonic. It looks like that’s not the only acting he’s doing, as he also recently filmed a cameo in a feature being filmed called Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre: The […]

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Slayer tell fan to keep his car

Posted by on October 30, 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/T94uaZfyxG0[/youtube] On Monday, a video spoofing the Matthew McConaughey Lincoln ad found a guy offering to sell his 1997 Ford Escort so he could afford Slayer tickets. The video went viral, or at least was popular enough to come to the attention of Slayer, who responded in a video of their own. “Slayer tells fan don’t […]

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