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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. guitarist Jeff Hanneman, a co-founder of the seminal heavy metal band Slayer, died in Southern California on Thursday, the band said in a statement posted on their website. He was 49. "Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure," the band said. Hanneman founded Slayer with fellow guitarist Kerry King in the early 1980s in suburban Los Angeles. The band was known as one of the "big four" thrash metal groups of the 1980s, along with Anthrax, Megadeth and Metallica. ...
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Slayer haven’t been broken up for long, but they’re already back together. The thrash heroes released Repentless, their last album, in 2015, and they wrapped up their farewell tour in December 2019 — just in time, before the pandemic got in the way. Just a few weeks ago, guitarist Kerry King announced his debut solo...
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Slayer: Demon Slayer season 3 episode 2 recap: Tanjiro versus robot
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**Spoilers for ‘Yoriichi Type Zero’ ahead**The post Demon Slayer season 3 episode 2 recap: Tanjiro versus robot appeared first on NME.
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Metallica: Announce Marching Band Competition
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’80s thrash legends and collegiate marching bands feel like an odd pairing. To the best of my knowledge, for instance, Slayer have never encouraged anyone to figure out a halftime-show arrangement of “South Of Heaven.” But Metallica have long been an ingrained part of college-sports culture, so maybe it makes sense ...
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Journey: ‘Demon Slayer’ season 3 episode 1 recap: journey to the Swordsmith Village
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**Spoilers for 'Demon Slayer' season three, episode one ‘Someone's Dream’ ahead**The post ‘Demon Slayer’ season 3 episode 1 recap: journey to the Swordsmith Village appeared first on NME.
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Slayer: Watch: WWE superstar Edge used Slayer's South Of Heaven for his spectacular, metal-as-hell entrance at Wrestlemania last night
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Metal-loving WWE star Edge has officially provided us with the most metal Wrestlemania entrance ever - courtesy of Slayer
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