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There was a lot of big news this week, we heard further (although smaller) developments in the Tim Lambesis trial, Jeff Hanneman's memorial celebration was announced, and those slimbags at Westboro claimed they will be there to protest. We also saw how lavishly Metallica's James Hetfield once lived and learned that Guitar World has a [...]

Full disclosure: I loved Korn all the way up until college, then I discovered Slayer. It was a glorious time. The band lost me after Issues and then they just kept putting out sub-par material. I remember re-visiting some of their older stuff not too long ago, and deeming it still listenable. Although, I probably [...]

We knew this was coming, they just had to confirm it. At next week's celebration of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman's life, the Westboro bapitist church will stage a protest.

It's been almost two weeks since the tragic passing of Jeff Hanneman due to liver failure. Last week, the band announced the official cause of death being alcohol related cirrhosis and that a memorial will be held in his honor later this month. The band just released all the details surrounding the memorial:

The lord of all grimness interviews Exodus guitarist Gary Holt during their stop in Philadelphia during the Metal Alliance Tour. Featuring metal destruction from the mighty Vomitor, Bode Preto and Slayer. The Necrosexual is too brutal to own the rights to any of the clips he uses in this film. Filmed by Frank Godla. Edited [...]

Layne's mom Nancy McCallum is suing the band over royalties, which really is just a damn shame if she's right. Where's the love anymore?

This is the craziest week in recent memory. Between the passing of Jeff Hanneman, this meth lab situation and of course this trial of Tim Lambesis, I have never remembered a more chaotic week of metal. Here is a recap of our most visited stories and videos: AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis arrested [...]

One thing I missed in yesterday's announcement of the official cause of death for Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman, was that the band announced they will be continuing to tour in the wake of the Slayer guitarist's death. Here is their official statement:

In tribute to the memory of legendary Slayer guitarist, Jeff Hanneman, we play some of our favorite Slayer videos and live footage on this edition of the FiX. RIP Jeff!

Slayer have just released an official press release with a lot of answers to lingering questions.

It's been one week since the tragic loss of Slayer guitarist, Jeff Hanneman, who passed away due to liver failure. It was assumed that his 2011 spider bite and resulting flesh-eating disease, necrotizing fasciitis, was what eventually lead to his death, but a new report by a physician questions that theory.

A week after Slayer legend Jeff Hanneman's death, Dave Lombardo is remembering his former band mate and best friend.

Metal Injection hits the Golden Gods 2013 black carpet featuring interviews with members of Metallica, Five Finger Death Punch, Pantera, Stone Sour, Suicide Silence and more.

In 2013, melodic death metal is as musically relevant as barbershop. The genre peaked when At The Gates dropped Slaughter of the Soul, but that was almost twenty years ago. Since then, bands like In Flames and Dark Tranquility have contributed some classic albums to the melodeath canon, but there haven't been any really good [...]

Talk about terrible coincidences… Dave Lombardo is currently in Israel with his project Philm, and was being interviewed by KZRadio the day before his Slayer bandmate Jeff Hanneman passed away. The interviewer was asking Lombardo about his recent troubles with Slayer when he said: