Since Slayer’s 1983 release, Show No Mercy, Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman have established a brand of sinister, frenetic thrash metal that took the world by storm. Their fast-paced, 16th-note ...

If it weren’t for me, Slayer would not exist. I approached Kerry to start this band. Somehow they have forgotten that.” Or when he talks about Jeff Hanneman’s memorial celebration: “I was shocked that ...

In a nearly empty theater on Hollywood Boulevard, Kerry King is making an ominous sound ... up from his late Slayer bandmate, guitarist Jeff Hanneman. Back when Slayer began on the Los Angeles ...