• Slayer to Release New Song "When the Stillness Comes" for Record Store Day Ahead of Upcoming Album

    Slayer will reportedly release its 11th studio album later this year. The metal act will tease fans this Record Store Day with a single from the album, "When the Stillness Comes." The new tune will mark only the second piece of music the band has released since the death of founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman in 2013 -- they shared "Implode" last year. Limited edition copies of the single will hit participating record stores April 18, "Rolling Stone" noted.

  • Man Accused of Murdering Father in Maine Brings Up Slayer at Hearing, Ruled Not Competent to Stand Trial [WATCH]

    A man charged with brutally murdering his father and cutting up his remains was recently ruled incompetent to stand trial in Maine. During a hearing yesterday, Jan. 5, Leroy Smith III told the judge that the band Slayer had once been present in 2011 when he had a gun pointed at his head. His statement had nothing to do with the May 2014 slaying and Smith was subsequently ruled unfit to stand trial, centralmaine.com reports.Smith described a bizarre scenario during his hearing despite the judge telling him that if he spoke he would be removed from the courtroom."With my case, they're telling me that my story is delusional grandiose of proceedings that happened, and they're not investigating it," he said."The fact of the matter [is that] in 2011 I had a gun pointed to my head and was sworn to keep secret of what I am. And they refused investigating any persons that are responsible. The whole entire music group Slayer was there. I was told then that what they did was too overboard. I sent them a message on Facebook and that Jeff Hanneman, the guitarist, takes his own life. He took his own life May 5 of 2013."Founding guitarist Hanneman died May 3, 2013, from liver failure.

  • Slayer Rescued a Kitten Before a Show in Indianapolis Last Week: Metal Band Named It Gypsy

    Heavy metal bands get a bad rap sometimes. Not all headbangers hate the softer side of life. Take Slayer, for instance. Last week, some of the band and its crew went out to eat in Indianapolis and ended up saving a kitten's life. The band's publicist released a statement about the special story, "Blabbermouth" reported."[On the night of Dec. 3, Slayer guitarist] Kerry [King] and some of the crew went to dinner at Kerry's favorite steak house in Indy, St. Elmo's Steak House. Afterwards, the assistant tour manager, Jess [Cortese], saw a homeless man on the street who offered up this little kitten for a dollar. The kitten apparently was freezing, so Jess took it, slept with her in her bunk on the bus and went to the venue with her today, hanging out. One of the runners knew someone who wanted a kitten, so the little guy now has a new home where he or she currently is."The rescued feline is named Gypsy. You can see it getting ready for the band's gig in Indy below.

  • "Just South of Heaven" (Blake Shelton), "South of Heaven" (Slayer) and More Country Songs Seemingly Derived from Metal Titles

    We were checking out Blake Shelton's new album Bringing Back The Sunshine (which topped the Billboard 200 last week) when we were struck by a humorous thought: "Man, 'Just South of Heaven' would sure make a great Slayer satire." It turns out that Shelton isn't alone in borrowing (or nearly borrowing) song titles from metal bands. We gathered a short list below, ranked from least similar in subject matter to most similar in subject matter.

  • This Banjo Cover of Slayer's 'Angel of Death' Is Gnarly [WATCH]

    Multi-instrumentalist and YouTube sensation Rob Scallon has made a name for himself covering thrash metal band Slayer with acoustic tools like the ukulele. For his newest video, Scallon busts out his banjo to take on the break-neck speed of 1986's "Angel of Death."
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