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“It’s the perfect encapsulation of youthful anger… It still sounds feral and savage to this very day”: The cult 1980s classic Ghost frontman Tobias Forge calls the perfect extreme metal album

And no, it’s not by Metallica, Slayer or Mercyful Fate

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“Iron Maiden’s tough, because it’s a very different vibe between Killers and Number Of The Beast”: Slayer’s Kerry King names his five perfect metal albums

Classics by Judas Priest, Metallica, Black Sabbath and more all make the cut

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Kerry King says Dave Mustaine 'can’t help but stick his foot in his mouth'

Slayer‘s Kerry King says Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine “can’t help but stick his foot in his mouth” but he praised his skills as a musician.

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“Dave Mustaine can’t help but stick his foot in his mouth”: Slayer’s Kerry King explains his relationships with Metallica members old and new

The Slayer guitarist reveals he’ll spend 20 minutes with Dave Mustaine but then “bolt just before anything gets uncomfortable”

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"Snoop Dogg said he’d had over a billion streams and made less than $43,000 – that should scare the **** out of everyone." Ice-T on Body Count, dream collabs and more

Ice-T reflects on the rage behind Cop Killer, the best rap and metal albums and dream collabs as he answers your questions

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Hear ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo team with wife Paula and current Slayer guitarist Gary Holt to cover Scorpions’ Animal Magnetism

The mini-Slayer reunion is taken from To Cross Or To Burn, the second album by the Lombardos’ project Venamoris

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“If you look at the leads he was doing and when he was doing ’em, he innovated a lot of that stuff”: Slayer's Kerry King reveals who he thinks is the most “overlooked” guitarist in metal

The metal icon also names his top five guitarists of all time

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“If you look at the leads he was doing and when he was doing them, he kind of innovated a lot of that stuff”: Slayer’s Kerry King names metal’s most overlooked guitarist

The Slayer man makes the claim while listing his five favourite players of all time

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“Those are the threads of a poser shirt!” Exodus used to cut hair metal t-shirts with knives during 80s concerts

Gary Holt says his thrash aggressors used to hack hair metal tops to pieces – despite secretly admiring Ratt and Dokken

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“Everyone thinks Slayer is getting back together, but that couldn’t be further from the truth”: How Kerry King rose from the ashes of Slayer – ready to slay all over again

2024 Year in Review: Slay bells ring, are you listening? From Hell I Rise is the sound of a thrash icon doing what thrash icons do best

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"Metal is more of a brotherhood than any kind of music." Slayer's Kerry King hails the inclusivity of heavy metal

Slayer guitarist says metal scene does a good job of not alienating potential fans

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"It's nonstop badassery." Slayer guitarist Kerry King picks his favourite Black Sabbath album

Kerry King picks what might just be Sabbath's heaviest record. Should we be surprised?

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“People have tried to copy it and rip it off, but no one has come close. No one will ever beat it”: The cult metal album Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison said was as good as Reign In Blood

High praise indeed from the late Slipknot drummer

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Kerry King rules out future Slayer activity and names the much-missed metal icons he wishes he'd collaborated with. "We're never gonna make a record again, we're never gonna tour again."

Kerry King reaffirms that Slayer won't be making a full-scale comeback

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Kerry King adds summer 2025 headline shows in the UK and Europe, plus Gojira support slot, to his solo band tour schedule

More chances to hear monster tunes from From Hell I Rise played live by some of metal's finest musicians

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"When I heard Raining Blood I had this picture of this beautiful vulva raining blood over this male abusive force." How the Taliban inspired Tori Amos to record a Slayer classic, and what Slayer's Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King thought of it

In 2001, US singer/songwriter Tori Amos recorded an ethereal cover of Slayer's Raining Blood for her sixth studio album Strange Little Girls. For this, you can thank the Taliban

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“If it sounds like I’m standing over a body that’s just been stabbed to death, then it’s perfect.” The brutal heavy metal masterpiece that had producer Rick Rubin yelling: “More Satan!”

How the evil of Slayer flowed “after a few martinis”…

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Watch WWE wrestler Damian Priest debut new entrance music featuring Slayer guitarist Kerry King

The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion has given his theme song an overhaul, with the help of some thrash metal royalty

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"If myself and Dave Mustaine could have co-existed, Megadeth would have been a very different band." Kerry King on riffs, venomous housepets and which bands he'd join given the chance

Thrash metal icon Kerry King answers fan questions and discusses which legendary bands he'd love to tour with

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According to science, metal is the most “intelligent” genre of music you can listen to - and these are its most intelligent bands

Metalheads are boffins, actually, and these bands prove it

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Louder Than Life festival announces Slayer will return in 2025

After getting their set cancelled by adverse weather at last month’s Louder Than Life, thrash icons Slayer will be back for the 2025 bill

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“They were there in the beginning”: Slayer/Exodus guitarist Gary Holt names the two thrash bands who deserve more credit

“They were ripping these albums apart and killing it before these other bands!”

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“That’s probably our fastest song. It’s not one I’m looking to play live any time soon!” Kerry King picks out the hardest Slayer song to play – and the greatest showcase of Jeff Hanneman’s talents

The thrash legend discussed the genius of the late Hanneman in a new fan-led Q&A

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Kerry King names the hardest Slayer song to play on guitar: “It’s not one I’m looking to play live any time soon!”

The guitarist also names the best riff from his late Slayer bandmate Jeff Hanneman

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The 10 bands that defined Aftershock festival 2024

From metal legends to rising stars, Aftershock was stacked with amazing moments

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