Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
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...
kingblind (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... for their understanding. We look forward to seeing you all soon.” Slayer’s Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman and Dave Lombardo are looking forward to meeting their fans at a previously announced in-store appearance this Wednesday, November 4 at 3:30PM at the Hot Topic store located at the Hollywood and Highland complex. Slayer’s World Painted Blood is released tomorrow,...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... for their understanding. We look forward to seeing you all soon.” Slayer’s Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman and Dave Lombardo are looking forward to meeting their fans at a previously announced in-store appearance this Wednesday, November 4 at 3:30PM at the Hot Topic store located at the Hollywood and Highland complex. Slayer’s World Painted Blood is released tomorrow,...
Behind the Hype (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... An interesting thing about Slayer is that you can more often than not tell whether Kerry King or Jeff Hanneman wrote the music. If there’s healthy groove and numerous changeups in the tempo, chances are that Hanneman penned it; if it’s unrelentingly brutal, it’s likely to be a King composition. And with no disrespect to the man who wrote the poetic line “I’m the one who’s gonna...
What Would Tyler Durden Do? (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... the only original member in the current line-up. It’d be like seeing Slayer with no Kerry King, no Jeff Hanneman, or no Dave Lombardo. 10/30/2009 14:54 Zombie your really cool cause you know all the names to the guys in Slayer. I have a tee shirt award for you. 10/30/2009 14:54 Zombie, Jeff the singer bass player is the only original but he is backed up by the guys from Sadistic...
