Slayer has announced that guitarist and co-founder Jeff Hanneman died today after suffering liver failure. Hanneman was 49 years old, and had been through many medical maladies of late—including a bout with necrotizing
Hanneman's band will most likely be remembered for its sensational lyrics about violence, mortality and the blood encrusted pits of h-e-double-hockey-sticks, but the true legacy of Slayer's frenetic music is its ability to approximate the confusion of
Jeff Hanneman, one of the founding guitarists of the pioneering thrash metal band Slayer, died today in Southern California of liver failure. He was 4.
Thrash metal, the uncompromising subgenre of heavy metal which focuses primarily on speed and aggression, was given huge publicity in the 1980s by the California foursome Slayer, whose guitarist Jeff Hanneman has died of liver failure aged 49.
Jeff Hanneman, a guitarist for the thrash metal band Slayer, died Thursday of liver failure, the band announced in a statement on its website. "Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about 11AM
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