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 ...

The first time Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel saw Slayer is burned on his brain like a pentagram. “They were opening for Bitch, which is one of the original bands we ended up signing, in ...

Kerry King is part of the legendary "Big 4" of thrash as the guitarist for Slayer, but since they're no longer as active as the other three, he's picked a band that he thinks should take Slayer's ...

KATY, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Igloo announces its collaboration with Slayer — one of the most distinctive, influential, and extreme thrash metal bands of all time — by unleashing the first-ever ...

Slayer have just announced two more shows will take place in 2025, this time a pair of headlining concerts in the U.K. that also feature Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon, Hatebreed and Neckbreakker. The ...

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 ...

Ever since their rise to popularity in the 80s, fans all over the world have wondered one thing: who is the categorically best band of the ‘Big Four’? Out of Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer, ...

Kerry King is bringing his thrash metal sound to Spokane during his solo tour. King rose to fame as a co-founder of the legendary metal band Slayer. Over the band’s multidecade history, King acted as ...

There’s not much that ex-Slayer guitarist Kerry King really need to do these days to cement himself into heavy metal immortality. I mean, the dude played in Slayer. But that’s apparently not enough, ...

A legendary metal band is confirming plans to retire after a farewell tour.

Igloo is celebrating International Day of Slayer, a heavy metal holiday, today, June 6, 2023, by launching a special cooler. The Slayer coolers include a Little Playmate and a KoolTunes cooler with ...