Kerry King will release “My War”, the first single from his second solo album, on 17 November
The Slayer guitarist is working with producer Josh Wilbur again. “The End Of All Gods” is out on 12 February 2027, and the tour starts early that year.
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Tom Araya and Kerry King DJ the metal station in “Grand Theft Auto VI”
Rockstar Games has unveiled The Chamber, at 106.6 on the Leonida dial, with the two Slayer men as DJ Tom and DJ Kerry. The game is out on 19 November.
“Reign in Blood” turns forty and Slayer are putting out a vinyl full of red liquid on 20 November
The album came out on 7 October 1986: ten tracks in 28 minutes and 58 seconds. Sound Of Vinyl has the new pressing exclusively, and neither price nor run size has been announced.
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Slayer, one of the Big Four of American thrash metal, a byword for aggression and speed.
A book on thrash metal’s big four comes out on 10 November and starts the story in 1981
“Heavy Metal’s Big Four” is by Daniel Bukszpan, author of “Rush At 50” and “Iron Maiden At 50”, and works through Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer year by year.
Slayer open 2026 playing «Reign in Blood» in full, forty years on
Slayer’s first show in a year featured the full «Reign in Blood» album on its fortieth anniversary, plus tracks unheard live since as far back as 2014.