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Slayer have added a pair of high-profile UK headlining gigs with a stacked support bill featuring Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon, Hatebreed, and Neckbreakker. The shows mark the legendary thrash band’s first non-festival concerts since reuniting last year.

The newly announced shows are set for July 3rd at Blackweir Fields in Cardiff, Wales; and July 6th in Finsbury Park, London. In addition, Slayer also recently announced that they will be performing at Festival d’été de Québec in Québec City on July 11th with direct support from Mastodon. Get tickets here.

The UK shows surround Slayer’s appearance at Black Sabbath’s final concert on July 5th at Villa Park in Birmingham. In an interview with Spin, guitarist Kerry King revealed that the thrash pioneers will celebrate Ozzy and company by performing a Sabbath cover during their set — the gig marking only the third time Slayer have shared a bill...

Exodus will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their debut album Bonded by Blood by performing the iconic thrash LP in its entirety at two special California shows. Each concert will feature support from fellow thrash veterans Death Angel.

The two shows — April 25th at the Uc Theatre in Berkeley, and April 26th at the House of Blues in Anaheim — will also commemorate what would have been the 65th birthday of late original Exodus vocalist Paul Baloff, who sang on Bonded by Blood. The band will perform the album in its entirety plus other favorites at each of the gigs.

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Tickets for the Berkeley show will be available here starting Friday (January 24th) at 10 a.m. Pt, while a Live Nation pre-sale for the Anaheim concert begins Thursday (January 23rd) at 10 a.m. Pt using the code Octave via Ticketmaster.

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Legendary Slayer guitarist Kerry King kicked off his first-ever headlining North American tour with his eponymous band on Thursday (January 15th) at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. The outing features support from Municipal Waste and Alien Weaponry.

Last year, King debuted his new band at a number of European festivals, as well as a support slot on Lamb of God and Mastodon’s co-headlining summer North American run. The outfit is rounded out by drummer Paul Bostaph (Slayer), bassist Kyle Sanders (Hellyeah), guitarist Phil Demmel (ex-Machine Head), and lead singer Mark Osegueda (Death Angel).

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At Thursday night’s headlining tour kickoff, King and company performed a 19-song set, including 12 of the 13 tunes from their debut album, From Hell I Rise (one of our top metal albums of 2024). The rest of the setlist was made up of five Slayer songs {“Repentless,” “Disciple,” “At Dawn They Sleep,...

Alien Weaponry have announced a new album, Te Rā, arriving March 28th via Napalm Records. The video for the single “Mao Molo” can be streamed now.

The album announcement comes on the same day Alien Weaponry kick off their tour supporting Slayer guitarist Kerry King and his solo band. The outing, which also features Municipal Waste, runs through February 14th in Austin, Texas, and you can get tickets here.

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The single sees the New Zealand band one again melding technical thrash metal with lyrical content that is pertinent to its native culture. In this case, the lyrics are in the te reo Māori language and honor traditional Māori face tattooing while “delving into the costs of maintaining customs that are at-odds with dominant cultural norms,” according to the band’s press release.

“Māori have a rich history of marking traditions that were nearly lost during colonization,...

Slayer have been announced as headliners for the 2025 Louder Than Life festival, set for September 18th through the 21st in Louisville, Kentucky.

Fest organizers wasted no time announcing the return of Slayer after the thrash legends’ 2024 appearance at the fest was washed out by Hurricane Helene. While the other three days of the 2024 edition did take place last month, Slayer were among the acts that didn’t perform due to the cancellation of Day 2.

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“We can’t wait to welcome fans back to finish what we started this year and celebrate the return of Slayer,” said festival promoter Danny Wimmer in a press release. “Our team is hard at work finalizing an incredible lineup that we can’t wait to reveal this winter. It’s going to be epic, and we can’t wait to see everyone back in Louisville next September.”

As previously reported,...

Category 7 — the supergroup featuring former and current members of Anthrax, Exodus, Machine Head, and Shadows Fall — have announced their first ever tour. The band will hit the road for a US outing in March 2025.

The metal outfit is comprised of singer John Bush, guitarist Phil Demmel, guitarist Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob), bassist Jack Gibson (Exodus), and drummer Jason Bittner.

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The 14-date tour kicks off March 6th in Baltimore, and runs through March 23rd in Atlanta, hitting Philadelphia, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Nashville, and more cities along the way. Exhorder and Hand of the Tribe will support most dates, with Dead By Wednesday and Engineered Society Project also on board for select shows.

Various pre-sales begin Tuesday (October 8th) and Wednesday (October 9th), with a general on-sale starting Friday (October 11th). Tickets for select shows are available via Ticketmaster, with all others available via the band’s official website.

After this past summer’s tour supporting Mastodon and Lamb of God, as well as the odd Slayer reunion, former Slayer guitarist Kerry King and his solo band will launch their first headlining tour of North America next year. Municipal Waste and Alien Weaponry will serve as support for the run, which kicks off Jan. 15 in San Francisco and run through the end of February when it will wrap in King’s hometown of Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

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Slayer guitarist Kerry King has announced a 2025 North American tour with his eponymous solo band.

The 28-date trek kicks off January 15th in San Francisco and February 22nd in Los Angeles, hitting Toronto, New York City, Dallas, and Las Vegas along the way. Municipal Waste and Alien Weaponry will provide support.

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A Live Nation ticket pre-sale begins Wednesday (October 2nd) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Tempo. General ticket sales start Friday (October 4th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

“Getting back on the road for the first time in five years wasn’t exactly like riding a bike, that’s for sure,” King said via a press release. “I’ve never had that much time off, but the first tours with my new band — in the UK and Europe, and then in America with Lamb of God and Mastodon — were all total blasts.

Close to five years since the final date of Slayer’s “Final Campaign” farewell tour, the band reunited for an appearance at Chicago’s Riot Fest on Sunday. As any headbanger would expect, they stacked the set list with fan favorites — “South of Heaven,” “War Ensemble,” “Angel of Death” — but they also resuscitated a few surprising songs.

The concert marked the first time since 1998 that the band performed “213,” an eerie deep cut off their 1994 album, Divine Intervention. Frontman Tom Araya wrote the song with guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who died in...

Slayer are reigning once again, as the thrash legends played their first concert in five years on Sunday night (September 22nd) at Riot Fest in Chicago.

The headlining performance at Douglass Park featured a career-spanning, 20-song set that didn’t stray too far from Slayer’s setlists on their farewell tour in 2019.

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After kicking off with the ominous “South of Heaven,” the band immediately delved into Reign in Blood with a rendition of deep cut “Reborn” — the first performance of the song since 2014. From there, each era of Slayer was represented, highlighted by staples such as “Repentless,” “Seasons in the Abyss,” “Hell Awaits,” and “213” (for the first time since 1998).

A final four-song volley ended the set climatically: “Mandatory Suicide” into “Raining Blood,” “Black Magic,” and a finale of “Angel of Death.”

The Slayer reunion marches on with two more 2024 festival appearances at Louder Than Life in Louisville,...

Slayer performed their first live show in five years over the weekend, returning in top form at Chicago’s Riot Fest. The heavy metal band’s last concert was at the Forum in Los Angeles on Nov. 30, 2019 as part of their farewell tour.

In February, two weeks after guitarist Kerry King said a reunion was unlikely, the metal legends announced they would return this fall for a couple of headlining festival gigs. Riot Fest marked the official reunion of quartet — bassist/singer Tom Araya, guitarists Kerry King and Gary Holt,...

As one of the most revered thrash metal axemen of all time, Slayer’s Kerry King is a guitarist first and foremost. But he can sing, too.

Aside from the occasional backing vocals, King sticks to the guitar — especially in Slayer. However, like many songwriters, he demos material with his own scratch vocals to lay down his ideas.

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In the case of his solo debut, From Hell I Rise, those scratch demos were then handed over to Death Angel’s Mark Osegueda, who performed vocals on the final recordings and assumed the role of frontman in King’s solo band.

In a new interview with The Sdr Show, King was asked about those demos and what his singing voice sounds like.

“I just sound like an angry white punk kid… I think it sounds kind of adolescent,” King admitted [as transcribed by Blabbermouth], adding that most of the demos were first takes.

Lamb of God have released a remix of their song “Laid to Rest” by Health, an inclusion on the upcoming Ashes of the Wake 20th Anniversary Edition, out August 30th.

The remix arrives a day before Lamb of God kick off their co-headlining tour with Mastodon on Friday (July 19th) in Grand Prairie, Texas (get tickets here). The “Ashes of Leviathan Tour” will see Lamb of God playing Ashes of the Wake in full and Mastodon performing Leviathan in its entirety. Notably, Slayer guitarist Kerry King and his solo band will provide direct support.

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Meanwhile, the remix of “Laid to Rest” re-imagines Lamb of God as an industrial metal band. Health pull off a crafty edit of the original stems, melding the guitars into a punchy techno beat and leaving Randy Blythe’s vocals isolated on top.

“When we were discussing ideas for the...

We’re pretty sure that Kerry King isn’t hurting for cash these days, but the Slayer guitarist admits his bank account would have a lot more money it if he had set up a different financial arrangement for his contributions to the classic Beastie Boys track “No Sleep Till Brooklyn.”

King famously played the iconic guitar riff on the Licensed to Ill track, but apparently took a singular payment for his contributions rather than a percentage of the royalties. Of course, Licensed to Ill went on to become one of the biggest rap albums of all time, selling over 10 million copies in the US alone and earning Diamond certification.

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The metal legend was asked about the collaboration in a new interview with Border City Rock Talk (watch below), to which he responded, “The simplicity of it is what’s funny about it. [Slayer] were...

As one of the premier metal bands of the 21st century, it only makes sense that Mastodon are diving head first into … the pickle business. That’s right, the Atlanta foursome are selling pickles, with each band member getting his own flavor.

Ahead of their co-headlining summer North American tour with Lamb of God (pick up tickets here), Mastodon have partnered with Atlanta-based Kelly’s Death Pickles for a line of vinegar-soaked cucumbers that reflect each member’s personality.

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Singer-bassist Troy Sanders offers a nod to his supergroup Killer Be Killed with Diller Be Dilled, a “traditional sour dill pickle exploding with garlic.”

Guitarist Bill Kelliher, meanwhile, rocks Dead and Butterslax, a “take on traditional, sweet bread and butter pickles with some unique added spices.”

Singer-drummer Brann Dailor gets spicy with his JalaBranño Dill, featuring “Jalapeño peppers infused into our dill pickle brine.”

And singer-guitarist Brent Hinds...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Billie Eilish returns in shades of blue with her third studio album, Saweetie is unstoppable in a glossy new single, and Omar Apollo puts his heart on his sleeve on the first peek into his next project. Plus, new music from Zayn, Bebe Rexha, and Lainey Wilson.

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Bebe Rexha,...

The first solo album from former Slayer guitarist Kerry King is basically the “Still D.R.E.” of thrash metal.

But where Dr. Dre wanted to remind his fans that he was still puffin’ his leafs, still fucking with beats, and still not lovin’ police after close to a decade’s absence, King wants his fans to understand that even though Slayer are essentially hellbound, he’s still Satan’s preeminent ambassador with furious, jagged riffs and sweet nothings like “Crucifixation” and “Everything I Hate About You.” On From Hell I Rise,...

When Slayer announced that they were unexpectedly reuniting to play music festivals this fall, the timing appeared to upstage guitarist Kerry King‘s then-just-announced debut solo album, From Hell I Rise.

In a new interview on Sirius Xm’s Trunk Nation, King was asked about whether the Slayer reunion had a positive or negative impact on promo for his solo album and subsequent tour. He was quick to clarify that the upcoming Slayer dates are one-offs, and the reunion won’t extend beyond the occasional live appearance.

“I see it both ways,” said King [as transcribed by Blabbermouth]. “We’ve [Slayer] been turning down offers for the last four years. Unfortunately, when the right offer came around, this one, it was right as my project was releasing. So there’s certainly people, like my management and booking agents, who say, ‘Oh, that’s great. It’s gonna boost your solo thing.’ And I’m,...

Slayer stunned fans earlier this year when they announced they’d be reuniting for three festival gigs this fall. Among those who were surprised was Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian, who says he messaged Slayer axeman Kerry King and told him, “Thanks for making me look like a liar.”

The timing of Slayer’s announcement was especially surprising considering that King had just unveiled details of his eponymous solo band, including a debut album, From Hell I Rise, set to arrive May 17th, and a summer tour supporting Mastodon and Lamb of God. Slayer’s reunion gigs will follow in the fall at Riot Fest, Louder Than Life, and Aftershock.

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The festival shows will mark Slayer’s first concerts since wrapping up their farewell tour in late 2019.

When asked in a new interview with Classic Rock about his reaction to the news that Slayer were reuniting,...

Kerry King played his first gig with his eponymous solo band on Tuesday (May 7th) at Chicago metal club Reggies, and the setlist featured numerous Slayer songs as well as cuts from King’s upcoming solo debut, From Hell I Rise.

King’s band is comprised of fellow thrash vets including drummer Paul Bostaph (Slayer), bassist Kyle Sanders (Hellyeah), guitarist Phil Demmel (ex-Machine Head), and Death Angel vocalist Mark Osegueda.

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The all-star group opened the show with the live debut of three From Hell I Rise tracks before dipping into the Slayer discography for “Repentless.”

From there, the setlist scattered a handful of other Slayer cuts from various eras among most of the songs from From Hell I Rise. The 17-song set concluded with a crushing back-to-back combo of Slayer staples “Raining Blood” and “Black Magic” that led into the finale of the new...

Kerry King has unveiled the new single “Residue” from his debut solo LP, From Hell I Rise, arriving May 17th. The song is accompanied by the album’s debut music video, offering the first glimpse of the Slayer guitarist’s all-star solo band in action.

“Residue” follows the album’s lead single, “Idle Hands,” which was our Heavy Song of the Week upon its release in February. Both songs have a Slayer vibe to them, as King has stated that his solo project is a sonic extension of his work in the legendary thrash band.

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The lineup for King’s eponymous band includes singer Mark Osegueda (Death Angel), guitarist Phil Demmell (ex-Machine Head), bassist Kyle Sanders (Hellyeah), and drummer Paul Bostaph (Slayer). The “Residue” music video, co-directed by Jim Louvau and Tony Aguilera, shows the band performing against a fiery backdrop.

“I come from a big fire pedigree,...

Veteran metal vocalist John Bush is fronting a new supergroup dubbed Category 7, and the band has already inked a deal with Metal Blade Records.

The outfit features Bush alongside guitarists Phil Demmel and Mike Orlando, bassist Jack Gibson (Exodus), and drummer Jason Bittner.

It was Demmel and Orlando who initially conceived the idea for the supergroup, sharing the desire to form a classic twin guitar unit a la Thin Lizzy. Bittner and Gibson were the next two on board, and after demoing early material, the musicians tapped Bush to be the frontman.

“Mike Orlando’s and Phil Demmel’s awesome riffs made writing lyrics over the music a piece of cake,” Bush said via a press release. “The rhythm tandem of Bittner and Gibson rounded out the sound and the connection felt like it was put together in the stars. Obviously, everyone being a veteran of the metal scene made it that much easier.

When Troy Sanders isn’t playing with Mastodon, the singer-bassist helps run his local Florida Little League, acting as league president while also coaching his son’s team and handling other tasks such as umpiring.

For his volunteer efforts, Sanders was named the Positive Coaching Alliance’s 2024 Regional Baseball Coach of the Year. The award announcement was quietly posted in late January, but just picked up by MetalSucks.

Sanders is a Little League alum himself, having played from ages five to 14. He began volunteering after his son signed up for the Indian Rocks Beach (Fla.) Little League at age eight. Sanders cheered his son on from the bleachers for the first two seasons before starting to work in the concession stand, helping as an assistant coach, providing teams snacks, etc.

According to the Little League official website, Troy would then further expand his role to become a coach and team...

Last week, Slayer announced their unexpected reunion in the form of two major festival appearances.

The news came just five years after the thrash metal pioneers bid adieu with a celebratory farewell tour in 2019 — shows that certainly felt like a victory lap for the legendary band.

The relatively short-lived retirement has apparently drawn skepticism from some fans, prompting the wife of singer-bassist Tom Araya, Sandra, to make a public statement on social media to inform the “trolls” that she, in fact, convinced Tom to get the back together and that the final decision ultimately came down to him.

“Let’s clarify for the trolls: Tom was done with playing,” wrote Sandra on Instagram [via Blabbermouth]. “I have harassed him for over a year. He agreed Finally. We shared that news with Slayer’s awesome managers and they did the rest! So yes without Tom it wouldn’t have happened.. without me Bugging...

Four years after Slayer wrapped up their farewell tour — and two weeks after guitarist Kerry King said a reunion was unlikely — the thrash metal legends will return this fall for a couple of headlining festival gigs.

The quartet — bassist/singer Tom Araya, guitarists Kerry King and Gary Holt, and drummer Paul Bostaph — have so far booked Chicago’s Riot Fest on Sept. 22 and Louisville’s Louder Than Life on Sept. 27, the band’s first gigs since their goodbye tour concluded in November 2019.

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After five years, Slayer will return to the stage for headlining sets at Riot Fest and Louder Than Life in September 2024.

The announcement on Wednesday (February 21st) comes as a massive surprise, with the thrash legends set to play Riot Fest in Chicago on September 22nd and Louder Than Life in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 27th.

“Nothing compares to the 90 minutes when we’re on stage playing live, sharing that intense energy with our fans,” said frontman Tom Araya via a press release, “and to be honest, we have missed that.”

Added guitarist Kerry King: “Have I missed playing live? Absolutely. Slayer means a lot to our fans; they mean a lot to us. It will be five years since we have seen them.”

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Slayer embarked on their farewell tour back in the fall of 2019, playing what appeared to be their final gig on November...

Slayer — that’s right, a reunited Slayer — are among the headliners of the 2024 Louder Than Life festival, alongside Slipknot, Mötley Crüe, and Korn. The four-day festival will take place September 26th-29th at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.

In addition to the headliners the massive gathering also promises Disturbed, Judas Priest, Five Finger Death Punch, Evanescence, Falling in Reverse, Breaking Benjamin, The Offspring, Staind, Till Lindemann, In This Moment, Chevelle, Dropkick Murphys, Halestorm, Gojira, Sum 41, Three 6 Mafia, Seether, Tom Morello, Anthrax, Mastodon, Clutch, Highly Suspect, Body Count, Spiritbox, Sevendust, Poppy, Filter, Eagles of Death Metal, Juliette Lewis and the Licks, Marky Ramone Plays the Ramones Classics, Pup, Helmet, Soul Glo, Show Me the Body, Health, and more.

Tickets to Louder Than Life 2024, including Ga and VIP passes, are now on sale. If the fest sells out, fans can check for tickets at StubHub, where your...

Lamb of God and Mastodon are each celebrating the 20th anniversary of a landmark album this year, and they’re marking the occasion by embarking on a co-headlining 2024 North American tour. Moreover, they’ll be joined by Slayer guitarist Kerry King’s new eponymous solo band, as well as UK metalcore act Malevolence.

The “Ashes of Leviathan Tour” will see Lamb of God playing Ashes of the Wake in full and Mastodon performing Leviathan in its entirety. Both 2004 albums are considered classics in each band’s discography.

The outing kicks off July 19th in Grand Prairie, Texas, and runs through an August 31st show in Omaha, Nebraska. An artist pre-sale starts today (February 6th) at noon Et using the code LOG20 via Ticketmaster, while a Live Nation presale begins an hour later using the code Energy at the same link. Fans can also check for deals or pick up tickets to sold-out shows via StubHub,...

Kerry King just unveiled full details of his eponymous solo project, including the band lineup, the debut album, and the first single. At the same time, the guitarist also gave a brutally honest interview to Rolling Stone, declaring that fellow Slayer founder Dave Lombardo “is dead to me.”

When asked if he’s spoken with the drummer since Slayer fired him in 2013, King bluntly stated, “No. Lombardo is dead to me.” He went on to bring up the financial squabble that led to Lombardo’s sacking from the legendary thrash band.

“He went on that tirade when we were on a flight to Australia, and he knew we couldn’t retort for 14 hours, and he threw me under the bus,” said King. “I was the only one keeping him in the band. Tom [Araya] wanted him out before that, and [the late] Jeff [Hanneman] had just gotten the spider bite, so he wasn’t playing with us much.

Kerry King has announced his debut solo album, From Hell I Rise, arriving May 17th, along with the lead single “Idle Hands.” The guitarist has also unveiled the members of his post-Slayer band.

The official announcement comes years after King symbolically left his iconic chain onstage at the end of Slayer’s final concert in 2019 at The Forum in Los Angeles. At the time, King was quick to inform fans that he would be forming a new solo band to carry on the sound and ethos of Slayer — whose retirement King felt was “premature”.

“I knew early on that I wasn’t done,” remarked King in the press release for the album, “and I had no intention of not continuing to play.”

“Idle Hands” is the first song out of “two full albums” worth of material that King claims to have accumulated in the years since Slayer’s retirement — a...

Kerry King moved on from Slayer, whose breakneck-paced declarations of destruction redefined metal for a generation, a long time ago. In 2018, as soon as frontman Tom Araya told him he was done with the band, King says he “shifted gears.”

“I’m like, ‘Well, I’m not done,'” he tells Rolling Stone with a piercing gaze. “The only regret I have is that we finished when we finished. But it’s also like, ‘Hey man, we’re Peyton Manning: We won the Super Bowl and we left.’ And...

Kerry King’s long-awaited post-Slayer project will finally see the light of day in 2024. While no formal album announcement has been made as of yet, the metal legend’s outfit will release a debut album produced by Josh Wilbur, as King exclusively tells Heavy Consequence.

While we tried our best to get the names of the other band members, aside from drummer Paul Bostaph, who has readily shared his involvement in the group on social media, King did offer up Wilbur’s name as the man behind the boards.

The acclaimed producer has worked with such acts as Lamb of God, Megadeth, Gojira, Trivium, and Korn, among others. And it appears that King was very pleased with his work, already eyeing him for a second album.

“The producer is Josh Wilbur, it’s my first time working with him, and we hit it off great,” the guitarist tells us. “Can...

The lineup for the 2024 Sonic Temple Music & Arts Festival was recently announced, and it’s an absolutely stacked bill featuring headliners Disturbed, The Original Misfits, Pantera, and Slipknot. To make things even sweeter, Consequence is teaming up with promoter Danny Wimmer Presents to give away two VIP passes and a parking pass to the four-day extravaganza (enter below).

The 2024 edition takes place May 16th-18th at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, and features a bigger lineup than ever before. An additional 40 acts are being added this time around, for a total of more than 120 performances.

In addition to the aforementioned headliners, the lineup includes such acts as Evanescence, Limp Bizkit, Judas Priest, Kerry King of Slayer, Staind, Sleep Token, Bad Religion, Rise Against, 311, Cypress Hill, Baroness, Clutch, Sum 41, Mr. Bungle, Anthrax, P.O.D., and many others.

The fest will also feature art installations, award-winning spirits, and a wide range of delectable eats.

The annual Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival has unveiled its 2024 lineup headlined by Disturbed, The Original Misfits, Pantera, and Slipknot.

Produced and promoted by Danny Wimmer Presents, the fest will return to Columbus, Ohio, for the weekend of May 16th through the 19th at Historic Crew Stadium. This year, the proceedings have been expanded to include a fourth stage, with 120-plus bands (over 40 more than previous lineups) set to perform in addition to other activities.

Headliners Disturbed (Thursday), Original Misfits (Friday), Pantera (Saturday), and Slipknot (Sunday) will close out each evening on the main stage. Other major acts set to perform include Evanescence, Limp Bizkit, Judas Priest, Kerry King of Slayer (the second post-Slayer performance by King to be announced thus far), Staind, Sleep Token, Bad Religion, Rise Against, 311, Cypress Hill, Baroness, Clutch, Sum 41, Mr. Bungle, Anthrax, P.O.D., and many more.

Passes are on sale via the Sonic Temple website.

Slayer’s classic 1983 debut album, Show No Mercy, is set to receive a 40th anniversary edition vinyl reissue via Metal Blade.

The reissue arrives February 9th in two configurations. The first is a “deluxe-edition” style set featuring a slipcase that houses the LP on “Gold Black Dust” colored vinyl, a turntable slipmat, poster, replica show flyers, and a signing card. It retails for $64.99.

Alternatively, hardcore Slayer fans might be tempted by the extremely limited “Blood Filled” liquid vinyl variant. Limited to 250 copies worldwide, the LP itself is a wonder to behold, as it appears to be actually filled with blood. It would appear the vinyl required a costly production process, as this edition — which does not include the aforementioned ephemera in the standard “deluxe” version — will set you back $199.99 (though the record is sure to become a collectible).

Both copies feature a fresh remastering job by Patrick W. Engel, who...

Welcome to Rockville has unveiled its 2024 lineup, and the four-day Florida festival is stacked with headliners Mötley Crüe, Limp Bizkit, Foo Fighters, and Slipknot, plus Disturbed, Mr. Bungle, Queens of the Stone Age, Judas Priest, Evanescence, Slayer guitarist Kerry King’s new eponymous project, and dozens more acts.

The 2024 edition, set to take place May 9th-12th at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, has been expanded to five stages and 150 bands (50 more than this year’s fest) — rivaling European festivals like Hellfest and Download.

Fans can look for tickets and deals via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

On Thursday (May 9th), Mötley Crüe will be joined on the lineup by Disturbed, Judas Priest, Anthrax, Mudvayne, Machine Head, Kerry King, Insane Clown Posse, Dirty Honey, Biohazard, and more.

Friday (May 10th) will see Limp Bizkit headline a bill that includes Jelly Roll,...

After record-breaking attendance of over 170,000 music fans over four days in 2023, Welcome To Rockville returns to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida to kick off the festival season bigger and better than ever May 9-12, 2024. Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents is excited to announce the addition of a 5th music stage and 50 additional bands, bringing the total music lineup to an impressive 150 bands for Welcome To Rockville 2024.

The initial music lineup for the 13th year of Welcome To Rockville is the festival’s most powerful collection of artists yet and features an array of talent not-to-be-missed including Foo Fighters, Mötley Crüe, Slipknot, Jelly Roll, Disturbed, Limp Bizkit, Queens of the Stone Age, Judas Priest, Greta Van Fleet, Evanescence, Falling In Reverse, A Day To Remember, Breaking Benjamin, Bad Omens, The Offspring, Mudvayne, Koe Wetzel, Stone Temple Pilots, Primus, Cypress Hill, Sum 41, a rare appearance by Mr. Bungle, and many others.

Kerry King has teased what appears to be a 2024 reveal of his long-awaited post-Slayer project.

The guitarist kept things vague, sharing an image of his iconic chain, which he wore for years while performing with Slayer, resting on what looks to be the floor of a stage. The caption reads: “Coming in 2024…”

The image is a callback to the symbolic moment when King removed his chain before lifting it and letting it fall to the stage floor at the end of Slayer’s final concert in 2019 at The Forum in Los Angeles.

“One of the reasons I did the chain drop at the last show was so everybody in the building could hear it,” King later told Dean Guitars in a 2020 interview. “And it wasn’t something I planned. We were doing the last run, and I said, ‘I wanna do this on the last Forum show so people take it more seriously.

A hell of a BBQ awaits: Slayer are now selling a branding iron and bikinis as part of a new merch drop on their online store.

The meat brander retails for $75 and features the band’s iconic logo in die-cast metal. Whether it’s steaks or burgers, you can now literally emblazon your meat with the Slayer pentagram.

The drop also includes a pair of Slayer-themed swimwear pieces ($50 each): a monokini with in black/red with dripping blood, and a bikini with Slayer iconography in a graffiti style.

We sense a theme going here. Recently, we reported on Igloo introducing a new line of Slayer-themed coolers — including a 14-quart KoolTunes Reign in Blood cooler that doubles as a Bluetooth speaker, and a smaller seven-quart Little Playmate — so your next outdoor gathering can be exponentially more metal if you’re ready to splurge.

Slayer called it quits after a final...

Onetime Megadeth drummer Lee Rauch, who played on one of the band’s early demos, died on Friday (June 23rd). He was 58 years old.

The news of Rauch’s passing was shared on Facebook by his brother Chris. A cause for Lee’s death has yet to be revealed. The post read:

“Today is a very sad day, we lost my brother William Lee Rauch.

Lee was a very strong man of faith so I know he is with God now. He was an Awesome drummer, who helped launch one of the biggest metal names in history by being the first drummer for Megadeth, playing along side Dave Mustaine, Kerry King and David Ellifson. His heart was set on making it big and came very close numerous times.”

Lee Rauch played drums for Megadeth in 1984 and is featured on the Last Rites demo from that year. The three-song release featured a lineup including Mustaine,...

Celebrated metal guitarist Kerry King, one of the lead guitarists and founding members of the legendary American thrash metal band Slayer spoke on the death anniversary of co-lead guitarist and co-founder of Slayer, guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who died at 49 due to liver failure on June 2, 2013.

In an interview with Metal Hammer, King opened up on the passing of his friend and former band member’s death and also shed some light on Hanneman’s place in the band during the days before his tragic passing. Battling alcoholism, Hanneman had missed several shows between 2011 and 2013.

This led to fellow guitarist and another legend of the thrash genere, Exodus member Gary Holt to fill up for him as a session member, before becoming full-time replacement for him after Hanneman’s passing.

Speaking of his final days, King said Hanneman was on the mend and “wanted nothing more than to come back” to Slayer.

Judas Priest marked their long-awaited induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with a supersized performance of three of their most beloved songs Saturday.

Despite years of estrangement and sharp barbs in the press, the quintet — in their signature leather, studs, and metal chains — welcomed original guitarist K.K. Downing and former drummer Les Binks for likely the loudest performance of the night. The group is one of only a handful of heavy metal bands to claw their way into the institution.

Glenn Tipton, who has been sidelined for years by Parkinson’s Disease,...

“Community! Community!” The words trumpeted out victoriously last night at Saint Vitus, a long-running metal outpost in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood. During a brief moment between songs by Finnish death-metal apostles Demilich, a mosher had discovered a phone on the floor and called out until its rightful owner claimed it. Then he held up a pair of glasses and called out again until someone felt their way forward from the masses to regain their sight. The group’s frontman, Antti Boman, just looked out bewildered and pleased from the front...

This year, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has once again nominated heavy-metal pioneers Judas Priest for induction. The fact that the group has been eligible for 22 years now and isn’t yet in the Hall after three times on the ballot doesn’t sit well with Kerry King, the former Slayer guitarist, who has been a massive Priest fan since high school.

“Some years, you hear who got in the Rock Hall and you’re like, ‘Well, how did they get in above these other bands?'” he says.

Studio 666 Review — Studio 666 (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Bj McDonnell and starring Dave Grohl, Whitney Cummings, Will Forte, Jeff Garlin, Leslie Grossman, Taylor Hawkins, Kerry King, Marti Matulis, Jenna Ortega, Pat Smear and Jason Trost. When Michael Jackson made Thriller into a 13-minute short film, he was definitely on to [...]

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Dave Grohl hasn’t sat still for more than 30 years, so it’s not much of a surprise that he’s ended up creating and starring in his own feature film.

As Pat Smear, one of the founders of L.A. punk legends The Germs, touring guitarist in Nirvana and a cornerstone of Grohl’s Foo Fighters, told him, “Drummers are like sharks, if they stop moving, they’ll die.”

In Studio 666, a horror comedy in the vein of The Evil Dead, perpetual movement doesn’t necessarily prevent death either. (Watch the trailer below.)

Grohl, who came up with the idea of the Open Road Films-distributed film that debuts theatrically on February 25, is a fascinating creature.

For some, he is best known as the drummer of Nirvana; for many he is the founder and frontman of Foo Fighters, a group that began as a solo project and turned into one of the most successful,...

Some of the leading voices in thrash metal recalled their earliest musical influences in an outtake from the documentary Murder in the Front Row.

Metallica’s James Hetfield names Jeff Beck as in inspiration and his bandmate, Robert Trujillo, talks about Stevie Wonder. Anthrax’s Charlie Benante remembers opera in his house growing up, while Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine talks about the British Invasion and Motown. In the three-minute clip, which will accompany the upcoming home-video release of the film, members of Exodus, Slayer, Testament and many other bands all dig deep on their influences.

It probably won’t surprise anyone that Jason Momoa — a.k.a. Khal Drogo, a.k.a. Aquaman — is a devoted metalhead. So when he showed up at The Forum in Los Angeles on Saturday night for Slayer’s farewell concert, he didn’t pass up the chance to sing a Pantera classic with Phil Anselmo.

Anselmo was one of the opening acts for the thrash metal legends, performing alongside his post-Pantera solo band, The Illegals. During the set, Momoa, who was attending the show with his two kids, joined him onstage while he was performing Pantera’s famous ballad “This Love” from their biggest album, “Vulgar Display of Power.”

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The Ian’s and the Momoa’s got nothing but Love for Philip and the Illegals at the Forum last night. @prideofgypsies @philiphanselmo @panteraofficial #thislove

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Slayer’s lengthy farewell tour and the thrash metal legends’ four-decade touring career came to an end Saturday with what was billed as the band’s final concert ever at the Forum in Inglewood, California.

Following the conclusion of “Angel of Death,” the last song of the final show, Slayer spent 10 more minutes onstage, with band mates hugging each other and taking one last photo of themselves together in front of a crowd. Bassist/singer Tom Araya and guitarist Kerry King then remained onstage as the crowd continued to shower them with applause and chants.

The legendary band Slayer is on the road as their Final World Tour is coming to an end, now is your chance to buy the tickets. Get Slayer Tickets Here! The group was originally formed in 1981, in Huntington Park, California, by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, vocalist and bassist Tom Araya and drummer […]

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