![]() ![]() (And big-name metal hasn’t been much to write home about until recently.) The same week, Iron Maiden announced their long-awaited follow-up to 2010’s The Final Frontier, which was thought to be the band’s last album for a time (putting “final” in the title tends to have that effect). That would be enough to make June a month to celebrate, as far as big-name metal goes. But Slayer is Slayer, isn’t it? Based on the tracks they’ve released from the new record (such as “ Repentless“), it sure sounds like Slayer, and that’s maybe the most important thing we can take away from this. Dave Lombardo isn’t in the band anymore, either, which leaves only half of the classic lineup: Tom Araya and Kerry King. It’s bittersweet, in a way, because it’s not entirely the same band that it used to be. ![]() ![]() Earlier this month, thrash metal legends Slayer announced the details of Repentless, their first new album since 2009’s World Painted Blood, and their first since the death of guitarist Jeff Hanneman. ![]()
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