Tag: Slayer

Riff Police! Pull Over! #93: Pantera Vs Overkill!

Arguably one of the most underrated Pantera albums is their ninth and final offering “Reinventing The Steel“. Recorded in 1999 with Sterling Winfield sharing production duties with the band themselves. Lyrically largely about the band themselves, it sees Slayer guitarist Kerry King add a solo to “Goddamn Electric” while the band headed out on Ozzfest

Riff Police! Pull Over! #92: Forbidden Vs Machine Head!

Formed in 1985 as Forbidden Evil and laterly renamed Forbidden, a San Francisco Bay area Thrash Metal act was founded by Jim Pittman and guitarist Robb Flynn, who went on to join Vio-Lence and then Machine Head. They had numerous line up changes over the years they were active and have had both Slayer drummer Paul

Bootleg: “Fabulous Disaster” from Exodus!

Filmed on 10th February 2020 at the Helsinki Finland stop of the Bay Area Strikes Back Tour, here’s “Fabulous Disaster” from Exodus. We know that after this European Tour trek, Testament will be dropping a new album, but with Gary Holt now firmly back in the fold after his run with Slayer, we’re hopeful that

Review: “Through Fire” EP by Antagonist A.D.

Antagonist A.D will no doubt have big thanks to give Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou who recorded and mixed “Through Fire” at his very own God City Studios, while Brad Boatright handled the Mastering situation over at Audiosiege. The Auckland and Hamilton based band have been around for at least 15 years, debuting “These Cities, Our

The 12 Days of Christmas #10: “Repentless” by Slayer!

The festivity of the twelve days of Christmas runs from 25th December to 5th January, based on an English Christmas Carol that sees a lover give gifts cumulatively over the Christmas season starting with Christmas Day. Originally published in 1780, it’s probably French in origin, Skull Island has been conquered many times in it’s rich

Documentary: Behind The Scenes of “A Vulgar Display Of Pantera”!

Part behind the scenes, part live footage, this pro-shot set from Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals from the final Slayer tour sees them do “A Vulgar Display Of Pantera” in full Pantera tribute and includes footage from back stage & inside the barricade. The set was shot in Oakland California and includes “Becoming“, “Walk”

Interview: Little Punk People talk to Slayer!

Little Punk People have delved into the archives of the editing room floor and compiled an interview of out takes from their original 2017 interview with the voice of Slayer, Tom Araya. Elliott Fullam chats to the main man about Country Music, the apocalypse according to the Bible and of course Metal. So could Araya

Documentary: The Most Metal Christmas Film Characters!

Backed by a soundtrack of cuts from Slayer, Immortal and of course Darkthrone, Black Metal Werewolf discusses the most Metal Characters in Christmas Movies. Our vote has to go to  OldMan Marley from Home Alone who is rumored to be a serial killer who killed his family in 1958 but does nothing but clear the

Documentary: An American History of Thrash?

Cover Killer Nation might be hanging up his boots in the New Year but he sure as hell is going out in style. In this new I’m depth analysis he looks at the Big Four of Thrash that is Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth and explains why they could in fact be expanded to become