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According to Glenn Hughes and Slayer's Kerry King, the rock and metal talent pool is drying up
By Stef Lach published
Former Deep Purple man Glenn Hughes and Slayer's Kerry King can't name any new rock or metal artists that excite them

Slayer’s Kerry King prefers Metallica over Megadeth because “Metallica has a singer”
By Matt Mills published
“Sorry, Dave!”

"It was my first time hearing heavy metal – and I was terrified of it." Here are 8 spooky metal classics you need on your Halloween playlist this year
By Merlin Alderslade published
Team Metal Hammer picks out some of the spookiest and most terrifying tracks you need to metal up your Halloween mix in 2025

The story of Slayer’s Angel Of Death – the fastest, freakiest and most controversial song in thrash metal history
By Dave Everley published
The opening song from 1986’s Reign In Blood affirmed Slayer as thrash metal’s scariest scare-mongers

System Of A Down, Korn, Deftones, Slayer, Evanescence and more to play insanely stacked Sick New World 2026 events in Las Vegas and Texas
By Merlin Alderslade published
Sick New World has announced two unbelievable lineups in different States for 2026

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

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

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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