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Listen to the Slayer cover of Born To Be Wild that Slayer really don’t like
By Paul Travers published
In 2002, thrash metal deities Slayer covered a Steppenwolf classic. Then Kerry King disowned it and Jeff Hanneman got bullied by his mates.

“I’m not finished being me!” Kerry King is on the cover of the new Metal Hammer
By Eleanor Goodman published
The Slayer legend reveals the inside story of his new solo album

How Slayer legend Kerry King ended up guesting on Sum 41's pop punk anthem What We're All About
By Merlin Alderslade published
Kerry King explains how one of the 2000s' most surprising music crossovers came about

“We can make records until our hands fall off. But if we can’t sell it live, I don’t want to”: how Slayer reconnected with 80s thrash and made World Painted Blood
By Joel McIver published
Slayer’s 2009 album World Painted Blood was the best since their 80s heyday – and this is how they made it

This 41 year old video is the oldest known footage of Slayer, and it proves they were brilliant from the start
By Dave Everley published
Watch a pre-fame Slayer play a show in Anaheim, California several months before debut album Show No Mercy came out

Vote for the best Slayer song ever
By Metal Hammer published
Angel Of Death? Seasons In The Abyss ? Disciple? Have your say…

This is what Van Halen’s Jump would sound like if it were recorded by Slayer (and no, it isn’t AI-generated)
By Matt Mills published
YouTuber Moonic Productions has imagined a beefed-up thrash metal redo of Van Halen’s signature song

6 rare Slayer songs we need them to play at their comeback shows
By Rich Hobson published
Five years after bowing out, Slayer have announced some comeback shows. These are the songs we want them to play
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