The unruly offspring of heavy metal and punk rock, thrash metal had coalesced three years earlier around a handful of ...

In the story of the Big 4 of thrash, the band that is always considered to have stayed truest to the genre is Slayer. Anthrax dabbled with rap metal, Megadeth went for radio-friendly rock, and ...

The heavy metal thrash band, Slayer, has announced a huge show this fall in Hershey. Slayer will perform along with Knocked Loose, Suicidal Tendencies, Power Trip, Cavalera (performing “Chaos A.D.”) ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Kerry King is still reigning. Even after Slayer‘s official farewell tour wrapped up in 2019, the guitarist wasted no time in working on a solo project that would keep him writing and performing new ...

Metalheads are in for a treat. Metal band Slayer will perform at Hersheypark Stadium at 4 p.m. Sept. 20. It's the band's only East Coast performance in 2025, says Hershey spokesperson Maddie Martinez ...

In the latest episode of the Beardo and Weirdo podcast with comedian Craig Gass and Five Finger Death Punch bassist Chris Kael, the co-hosts were joined by legendary heavy metal figures — Slayer's ...

Kerry King was far from finished with metal when Slayer ended. Instead, he formed a new band, recorded an album, and hit the road. Most recently, he and the guys traveled to Brazil to perform at the ...

Guitarist Kerry King’s father gave him three choices when he was growing up. “Playing guitar was one, and I think karate was one,” Kerry King, 60, says via phone from his New York home where he was ...

At the start of their conversation, Bittner is asked, “Growing up, what were the first band that got you into metal and made you want to start playing drums?” Bittner responds: The band that got me ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...