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9 heavy metal stars who made it big with their first band

From Lars Ulrich to Lzzy Hale, these are the rare metal musicians who hit the big time on their very first go

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“Don’t get used to this being a yearly event”: Slayer reunion shows will be rare, says guitarist Kerry King

The returning thrash metal legends won’t be road warriors post-comeback, according to their guitarist

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The best metal albums of 2024 so far

From legends like Bruce Dickinson, Judas Priest and Kerry King to modern heavy hitters like Knocked Loose, OU and DOOL, these are the metal albums ruling 2024

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“Nothing against Maiden, but their songs have gotten so long”: Kerry King critiques Iron Maiden’s recent albums

The Slayer guitarist admits he doesn’t have the attention span for Iron Maiden’s double albums The Book Of Souls and Senjutsu

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The 14 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Body Count, Powerwolf and Charlotte Wessels are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Kerry King's From Hell I Rise: The best Slayer album Slayer never made

On solo album From Hell I Rise Kerry King sounds like he's having more fun than he had in years with his old band

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“I’m climbing out of the ashes of Slayer”: Kerry King’s exclusive track by track guide to his new album From Hell I Rise

Kerry King’s first post-Slayer album, From Hell I Rise, is almost upon us. Here’s what to expect, in his own words

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“It was funny when I first met James Hetfield. I was like, ‘Thank you for teaching me how to play guitar. You paved the way for me’”: Mastodon's Bill Kelliher on how meeting his guitar heroes pushed him to improve his craft

Mastodon's Bill Kelliher also credits Slayer's Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman for changing his previously nonchalant attitude to warming up before a show

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“I think Jeff not being around had a lot to do with Tom leaving Slayer”: Jeff Hanneman wouldn’t have wanted Slayer to retire, says Kerry King

Slayer guitarist Kerry King has said that the late Jeff Hanneman would have wanted the metal legends to stay together

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“It was a quality instrument to learn on. Without my dad, who knows what kind of tree trunk I would’ve had”: You’ll never guess what guitar thrash metal pioneer Kerry King learned to play on

Kerry King’s first guitar is as far away from his hellishly barbed electric guitars as you can get

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Slayer's Kerry King and the 30 greatest New Jersey guitarists of all time – only in the new Guitar World

Plus! St. Vincent, Cedric Burnside, Keith Scott, Phil Demmel, the Gun Club, Martin Miller, reviews of seven pedals, the Who and Jackson Browne transcribed and more

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Kerry King didn’t tell his solo band that Slayer were reuniting: “I didn’t want anybody to start getting cold feet”

Slayer’s guitarist also reveals that the thrash metal giants turned down offers to come back “probably every month” for five years

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"The most aggressive thing Kerry King has produced since God Hates Us All": Kerry King's solo debut From Hell I Rise sees the thrash legend at his tooth-gnashing, head-banging best

Slayer might have called it quits in 2019, but From Hell I Rise proves Kerry King still has a lot to say

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Slayer’s Kerry King wants to record his second solo album this year: “I’ve got everything in place to make that happen now”

His solo debut From Hell I Rise isn’t even out yet, but the Slayer guitarist already has plans for a followup

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“When I was doing this record, I thought, ‘Jeff would ****ing love this. There’s plenty of hate’”: Kerry King says his new solo album would have got ex-Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman’s approval

What would late Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman have thought of his former bandmate’s new album? Kerry King thinks he knows

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"We were like, ‘These guys are just like us, this is crazy! We want to hack things up with machetes with them!’” Members of Metallica, Megadeth, Ghost and more talk the years that made Slayer into the ultimate thrash icons

Slayer might not have been the first band in thrash metal, but they became the genre's ultimate champions

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"There's no better catharsis than being at a thrash-metal show, screaming along with the band and banging your head": Scott Ian on why you should still go and watch Anthrax

One of thrash metal’s Big Four bring the noise – plus Kreator and Testament – to Europe in November

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Kerry King’s band made their live debut last night – watch footage and see which Slayer songs they played

See Kerry King’s new band blast through some Slayer classics here

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"My band is not a solo project. My band is the band I intend to play with until the end of time.” Kerry King admits that yes, he will be playing Slayer songs this summer, but only select cuts

Curious about the setlist Kerry King's new band will be playing this summer? The thrash metal legend sheds some light

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“If you want to bench press 200lbs, you start at 80... You should concentrate on performing with articulation at whatever speed it is”: Kerry King on how to master thrash metal speed riffing

In a new interview with Total Guitar, the Slayer axeman demystifies his approach to light-speed riffing, and reveals what he loves about AC/DC

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“I got phone calls from myfriends saying, ‘What the f*ck is up with that sh*t?!’” Listen to the Slayer cover of Born To Be Wild that Slayer really don’t like

In 2002, thrash metal deities Slayer covered a Steppenwolf classic. Then Kerry King disowned it and Jeff Hanneman got bullied by his mates.

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"I was so ****ed they called it punk!" Kerry King reveals the pop punk legends he's excited to see live this summer - even if he doesn't always agree with their genre label

Kerry King explains why punk hasn't evolved and thrash metal probably won't

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“I’m not finished being me!” Kerry King is on the cover of the new Metal Hammer

The Slayer legend reveals the inside story of his new solo album

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"It's the Devil's Music - Hide your kids' stuff!" How Slash made the blues sound like a party again – only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Eagles, Pink Floyd, Kerry King, Sebastian Bach, Lenny Kravitz, Steve Harley, The Black Keys, Walter Trout, Nazareth, Troy Redfern and more

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"I went, 'I just don't know if my fans are gonna get it.'" How Slayer legend Kerry King ended up guesting on Sum 41's pop punk anthem What We're All About in one of the most unlikely heavy metal cameos ever

Kerry King explains how one of the 2000s' most surprising music crossovers came about

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