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(PCM) Found Slayer band member and guitarist  Jeff Hanneman has  passed away at a California hospital this morning at the age of 49. The cause of death is said to be liver failure.  Hanneman left the band due to an  illness brought on by a spider bite a while back.

Hanneman and famed guitarist Kerry King co-founded Slayer back in 1981 and achieved massive success with the 1986 album “Reign In Blood”. Hanneman was also one of the primary writers for the band penning tracks such as “Raining Blood” and “Angel Of Death”.

A band spokesperson has issued the following statement in regards to Hanneman’s sudden demise “Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about 11AM this morning near his Southern California home. He was 49...

(PCM) The 2012 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival recently blazed into the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ and this year’s line-up, at least in my opinion has to have been one of the best yet for Mayhem Festival. This year’s festival boasted a line-up of heavy-metal royalty that included Slipknot, Slayer, Motorhead, Anthrax, Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, As I Lay Dying and more!

Mayhem Festival features two stages, the side stage set up in the parking lot area next to the venue along with a ton of vendors and tents and the main stage which opens up inside the venue later in the afternoon...

Words and photos by: Matthew Waite

Icons and legends of heavy metal filled the stage Thursday night at the Key Club on Sunset Blvd deep in the heart of West Hollywood. Individually they stand out and are considered the best of their craft. Together however they form a powerhouse of sound and talent rarely seen in the music of today. A dream team you couldn’t even dream up.

Frank Bello (Anthrax), David Ellefson (Megadeth), Kerry King (Slayer), Mike Portnoy (Adrenaline Mob/Flying Colors), Charlie Benante (Anthrax), and Dave Lombardo (Slayer) made up the main line up of the evening. First up Frank Bello spoke about how he and Charlie grew up together and his grandmother encouraging them to get together to play...

With a second U.S. “Big Four” concert featuring Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax confirmed for September 14^th at Yankee Stadium, ticket on-sale information has been released and is as follows.

Tickets for the second U.S. “Big Four” concert will go on-sale tomorrow, May 4^th, at 10 a.m. to Metallica Fan Club members (www.metallica.com). Tickets will go on-sale to the general public through Ticketmaster on Friday, May 6^th, at 10 a.m. online at www.ticketmaster.com via Ticketmaster phone at (800) 745-3000 and via Ticketmaster TTY at (800) 943-4327.

Fans are encouraged to visit www.yankees.com/thebig4 or www.facebook.com/TheBig4 for up-to-the-moment information regarding the event.

After performing seven shows in Europe as part of the Sonisphere Festival last year, heavy met...

A harrowing “end of the world” song, “World Painted Blood,” the title track from Slayer’s most recent release, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of “Best Metal Performance.”

This is the band’s fifth Grammy nod, with the band having taken home the prize twice, first for “Eyes of the Insane” in 2006, and then again with “Final Six” in 2007, both in the “Best Metal Performance” category.

“I admit, I’m excited and kind of surprised,” said Slayer’s bassist/vocalist Tom Ar...

What says the holidays better than Slayer?

And what says Slayer better than “The Vinyl Conflict”, the limited edition, uber-high-quality box set that features the band’s entire Def/American Recordings catalogue, from 1986′s “Reign in Blood” to 2009′s “World Painted Blood.”

But this is more than just another box set, this really is something special, which is why I’m asking you to consider including it in your Holiday Gift Guide, if you’re doing something like that  this year.

Thrash/metal is rarely associated with the audiophile world, that...

Wrapping up one of the most memorable years of the band’s career, Slayer will make available a previously unreleased track, “Atrocity Vendor,” as part of a special limited-edition 7-inch single. Written by Kerry King, the track was recorded during the 2009 “World Painted Blood” sessions, and will be released on “Black Friday,” November 26, exclusively through Metal Club, the North American indie store consortium that works to connect the metal community with their local “brick and mortar” record stores.

“Atrocity Vendor” will be paired with the Tom Araya/Jeff Hanneman-penned track “World Painted Blood,” and released in a clear sleeve on a red vinyl disc. Go to mymetalclub.com/ to find a Metal Store record shop near you.

Slayer’s Twenty-Ten has indeed, been quite a year for the band and i...