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Slayer performing on a stage with lots and lots of fire

Watch Slayer charge through Hell Awaits during the fieriest rehearsal video you’ll probably ever see

By Matt Mills published

Lots of metal bands want to tear the house down – Slayer are doing their damnedest to burn it down

Bands & Artists
A scene from the movie Judgment Night with insets of Faith No More and Cypress Hill

This 1993 action movie was a bomb. But it produced one of the most revolutionary soundtracks of the decade

By Stephen Hill published

Movie Soundtracks Box office bomb, killer soundtrack

Movie Soundtracks
Slayer posing for a photograph in the late 1990s

The prophetic Slayer song that marked the end of one of thrash metal’s greatest songwriting partnerships

By Metal Hammer published

Released on 9/11, this Slayer classic could not have been more timely

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James Hetfield performing onstage with metallica in 1986, with a logo that says HAMMER DEBATE in-set

Debate: who are the greatest thrash metal band of all time?

By Metal Hammer published

Whether it’s Metallica, Slayer or any other gaggle of speed freaks, we want to know your pick for the best of the thrash metal bunch

Bands & Artists
Press shot of Nervosa vocalist/guitarist Prika Amaral

"A bank robber put a gun in my face and stole my motorcycle."

By Rich Hobson published

Nervosa's singer/guitarist Prika Amaral picks the bands who've shaped her musical journey

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Gary Holt and Tom Araya performing live with Slayer in 2018

In perhaps the first wholesome story in Slayer history, Tom Araya renewed his wedding vows over the weekend – and Gary Holt officiated the ceremony

By Matt Mills published

Holt swapped his Kill The Kardashians top for a clerical shirt on Saturday

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Andy Wallace

Legendary record producer Andy Wallace on working with Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, Slayer and Jeff Buckley on some of the greatest rock albums ever made

By Paul Brannigan published

How Andy Wallace helped shape the sound of a generation

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Slayer posing in 1986

The highs, lows, controversies and epic comebacks of Slayer

By Paul Travers published

How one Mercyful Fate-worshipping little band from California changed the face of metal forever

Bands & Artists
Photographs of Lemmy from Motorhead, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and Guns N’ Roses Axl Rose

30 rock and metal songs that defined the 1980s

By Classic Rock published

From AC/DC and Iron Maiden to Guns N’ Roses and Faith No More, this is the soundtrack to a decade

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Ozzy Osbourne smiling while sat in a black throne on stage

Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning: our ultimate review of their triumphant final show

By Rich Hobson published

Our blow-by-blow review of the biggest heavy metal show ever as Black Sabbath triumphantly bow out

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