If Black Sabbath is the bride of Satan, Slayer is his trusty whore — they do it faster and more consistently. Guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King, singer-bassist Tom Araya, and drummer Dave Lombardo formed Slayer in Huntington Park, California, in 1981, and grew into thrash-metal titans who wrote tunes about all things sick and twisted — concentration camps, psychotic murderers, war....
Slayer’s Myspace : It is with great regret that Slayer announces the postponement of its “Canadian Carnage” tour with Megadeth, which was due to begin on November 8. In addition, the band announces the postponement of its appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” which had been set for this Wednesday, November 4. More information will be released shortly regarding the rescheduling...
The heavy-metal concert scheduled for the Air Canada Centre on Nov. 13 – featuring Slayer, Megadeth, Machine Head and Suicide Silence – has been postponed indefinitely. Slayer cited a back injury suffered by vocalist/bassist Tom Araya, who is to undergo surgery in Texas on Tuesday. A new date for the concert is promised shortly.
Heavy metal rockers SLAYER have been forced to postpone their upcoming tour commitments after frontman TOM ARAYA was advised to undergo urgent surgery.The band has...
It's been 11 years now since Slayer screwed the pooch and released the abominable Diabolus in Musica . In the interim, we've gotten a pair of albums that, while not a total bust, were largely forgettable when compared against this band's body of 80s work. So three years pass after Christ Illusion , and the buzz is mounting for World Painted Blood , Slayer 's 11th full length release. How does it stack...
Clash Music : How do you stay at the top of the metal game as one of the biggest bands on the planet? Slayer’s Tom Araya gives us his learned wisdom… Don’t pressure yourself The pressure in any band is the pressure you put upon yourself. As a band, the only pressure we’ve ever experienced is on this record as we needed some more material for this album. That’s the first...
Heavy rockers SLAYER were forced to cancel a concert in Australia on Sunday (11Oct09) after frontman TOM ARAYA lost his voice.The band is currently down under touring...
Below is some fan-filmed footage of last night’s (10/11) Megadeth show in Adelaide Australia. This video shows Megadeth performing an instrumental version of their song 1,320′ for their adoring crowd. Co-headliners Slayer were forced to cancel this show due to frontman Tom Araya’s severe laryngitis. The Adelaide Megadeth setlist was as follows: Set the World Afire Wake Up Dead Hangar...
File this under huge rumor. In a recent interview with Metal Hammer, Kerry King yapped about the possibility of thrash’s big four (that’s METALLICA , MEGADETH , SLAYER and ANTHRAX ) could be touring together soon: “I’ve heard people referencing Lars,” says King. “I don’t know Lars that well and I haven’t heard it from Lars but apparently he’s talking...
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is secretly plotting a heavy rock super-tour, which will include his band, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. Slayer guitarist Kerry King has let it slip that negotiations[...] Read more!
Tom Araya, bassist and vocalist for legendary metal band Slayer, is unapologetic about the controversy that has always surrounded the group—whether it's charges of devil worship or having sympathies for Nazis or terrorists. "I don't look at any controversy as negative," Araya says f...