Slayer

The story of Slayer's God Hates Us All and the darkest day in American history

By Simon Young Published 11 September 26

Slayer's controversial ninth album was released on September 11, 2001

The 10 heaviest metal breakdowns of all time

By Matt Mills Published 1 September 26

When the beat drops, these songs by Metallica, Slayer and more hit like a freight train

The 'bad' metal albums that are much better than you remember

By Rich Hobson, Merlin Alderslade, Justin Breckner, Joe Daly, Eleanor Goodman, Perran Helyes, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Hannah May Kilroy, Matt Mills, Jonathan Selzer Published 31 August 26

From Iron Maiden to Metallica, Slayer to Guns N' Roses, these are the 'dud' albums that deserve a second look

The story of Slayer vs Slayer, the 80s metal Battle Of The Bands with only one winner

By Dave Everley Published 15 August 26

Two bands, one name, one crazy gig – this is what happened when a pre-fame Slayer shared a bill with another band named Slayer

From Metallica surprise shows to Slipknot triumphs, these are the 13 greatest Download festival sets ever

By Stephen Hill Published 10 June 26

For over two decades, Download has been the premiere rock and metal festival in the UK. These are its finest moments

How Slayer went from thrash provocateurs to metal’s unlikeliest elder statesmen

By Steffan Chirazi & Malcolm Dome Published 6 June 26

Some bands mellow with age – but not thrash icons Slayer

10 amazing covers by massive metal bands that you’ve (probably) never heard

By Matt Mills Published 3 June 26

Iron Maiden going full prog! Ghost doing the Beatles! Black Sabbath smashing Smoke On The Water! Only completists have heard these extraordinary covers

10 terrible metal albums with one classic song

By Stephen Hill Published 2 June 26

These metal albums were pretty much all stinkers – apart from one absolute banger that saved the day

“Megadeth sucks!”: This is what it was like being in the van with Slayer on their first ever UK tour

By Dave Ling Published 26 April 26

In 1987, one intrepid writers got in the van with thrash’s most controversial band as their Reign In Pain tour hit the UK