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Kerry King performs at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill on August 10, 2024 in Sterling Heights, Michigan

Slayer's Kerry King reveals who he thinks is the most “overlooked” guitarist in metal

By Janelle Borg published

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

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Kerry King with his new signature Dean

How Kerry King rose from the ashes of Slayer – ready to slay all over again

By Amit Sharma published

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

Guitarists
Kerry King lit up in red with his signature Dean Overlord

Kerry King picks out the hardest Slayer song to play – and the greatest showcase of Jeff Hanneman’s talents

By Phil Weller published

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

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Slayer, L-R Jeff Hanneman,Tom Araya and Kerry King performing at Roseland Ballroom, New York 17 February 1995

How Rick Rubin shaped the sound of Slayer’s first album by ignoring heavy metal norms

By Matt Owen published

The 1986 record was the first metal album Rubin produced – and he singled out one of the genre's biggest names when highlighting what he thought shouldn't be done in the studio

Producers & Engineers
Maya Neelakantan holding the jeff hanneman signature model in a restaurant

America's Got Talent sensation Maya Neelakantan gifted a rare prototype of the late Slayer guitarist's signature model by his wife

By Janelle Borg published

Neelakantan was handed an ESP LTD Jeff Hanneman Tribute 2014 – of which only 666 guitars were made

Electric Guitars
Jeff Hanneman screams as he plays his Heineken/Hanneman graphic ESP signature guitar onstage with Slayer

Jeff Hanneman gave Slayer an unholy dimension – learn his incendiary rhythm and lead style here

By Charlie Griffiths published

Hell awaits your forearm in this punishing tutorial in the late Hanneman's style, but it will soon whip your downpicking and tapping skills into shape

Artist Lessons
Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King

Learn the brutal, evil-sounding rhythm style of Slayer's Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King

By Jamie Hunt published

Hell awaits in this lesson in the era-defining riffing style of thrash metal's most dynamic duo

Song Lessons
Kerry King lit up in red with his signature Dean Overlord

Kerry King on flying solo, those reunion shows – and why he doesn’t demo with modelers

By Jon Wiederhorn published

Kerry King takes us behind the making of From Hell I Rise, the thrash album of the year and the comeback of a metal icon who has every intention to keep on slaying, Slayer or no Slayer

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Phil Demmel plays a polka-dotted Jackson V onstage in London with Kerry King's new band

How Phil Demmel nailed one of the biggest gigs in metal – and became Kerry King’s six-string wingman

By Jon Wiederhorn published

The former Machine Head guitarist on landing a gig with his hero, grappling with 6/8 and super-fast triplets as Kerry King picks up where Slayer left off in fire-breathing new solo project

Guitarists
Kerry King with his new signature Dean

Kerry King on his personal history with B.C. Rich and ESP – and why he switched to Dean

By Jon Wiederhorn published

The former Slayer guitarist and bona fide metal god on his relationship with metal's heavyweight guitar brands, and what he wanted from his new partnership with Dean

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