Reign In Blood might get all the press for people talking about landmark heavy metal albums, but Hell Awaits gave us the DNA of Slayer. That album came out 40 years ago, and in 2026 and Metal Blade Records is planning a reissue of the album to celebrate. Slayer started off in 1981 in the early days
It looks like Slayer isn't stopping their revival with just two tour dates. They'll be heading to Northern California for the Aftershock 2024 festival alongside headliners Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, and Slipknot. In addition, bands like Judas Priest, Anthrax, Evanescence, Halestorm, Rise Against,
Slayer "retired" from live shows back in 2019 with two final shows in Los Angeles. Now, it seems like the boys of thrash might have the itch to come back, as they're confirmed for an exclusive Midwest show in Chicago this year. At Riot Fest 2024, Slayer will headline the festival for what is
It's been quite a while since we've gotten any Kerry King or Slayer-related news. Besides people rumor-mongering about Slayer being involved with Power Trip 2023, the only bit of news we've had is that Kerry King is starting a new band. That is, until now, of course. In a new interview with
Before there was even a Fright-A-Thon, we had last Halloween. On that hallowed day we had a list of the Top 10 Heavy Metal Halloween songs. It was a fairly standard list, but in the past almost year, I think we can do better. Or at least we can find ten more songs that celebrate the season of
Have you ever considered the similarities between the landmark 1978 slasher Halloween and 1982’s First Blood? In both films, a man of few words arrives in a small town that treats him like the bogeyman, and when circumstances escalate to the point of murder, a specialist who’s highly familiar
Daemons of the Shadow Realm reveals the depths a certain hunter named Ivan has in Ep. 20 "The Hunted and the Hunter". It's very bloody and dark depths, but it does show that Ivan will likely be a major recurring villain in the story, and will play a major role in that story somehow. As well as
For better or for worse, the Cold War action-comedy lives! 35 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have meshed the longstanding Odd Couple road trip with Iron Curtain hijinks and modern action sensibilities for a surprisingly solid but conceptually
