Slayer (Band)

Pig Destroyer at Churchill's Pub December 15

Pig Destroyer's Blake Harrison on Grindcore: "You Gotta Have a Fire in Your Belly"

After a few months spent dabbling in bottom-heavy sludge and tension-and-release death metal, South Florida extreme music promotion powerhouse Speedfreek is living up to its name like never before. Six days before the alleged Mayan Apocalypse ends the world as we know it, Richmond, Virginia grind f ... More >>

Cypress Hill, With Action Bronson, at Grand Central November 13

Cypress Hill's B-Real and Sen Dog Talk Weed, Rap, Punk, Gang Life, and Being Cuban

If you're ever in Amsterdam, cop a slab of paper-flat hash, palm the sheet, and breathe hot air on it. Once the sheet becomes pliable, load it up with OG Kush, roll it like a blunt, and smoke up till society melts. That's what Cypress Hill's B-Real calls "the giggle stick." Obviously, he and his S ... More >>

Best Coast Ranks Other Coasts, Survives Slayer Riot, Can't Punch Out Glenn Danzig

See also "Best Coast's Guide to Local Eats Across America." When Bobb Bruno and Bethany Cosentino bring their band Best Coast to Grand Central on Tuesday night, it's entirely possible that Downtown Miami will break out into a riot. And if it does happen, count on Bobb to keep a level head; he's go ... More >>

Corrosion of Conformity With Holly Hunt, Consular, and Shroud Eater at Grand Central Miami, March 19

Corrosion of Conformity​ With Holly Hunt, Consular, and Shroud Eater Grand Central Monday, March 19, 2012 Louder Than: Volcanoes, stampedes, and a skirmish in the valleys of Afghanistan. Can someone please explain how Corrosion of Conformity ended up playing an only-show-in-Florida date at G ... More >>

Tobacco Throne of Doom

Miami's 12 Bands, Producers, and Promoters Set to Take Over the Scene in 2012

​With the first month of 2012 dead and gone, it's time to take a survey of up-and-coming South Florida music and maybe try to predict what the rest of the year has in store. This is not a best-of list. Nor is it a complete appraisal of South Florida's expansive nightlife sphere and its million m ... More >>

Anthrax at Revolution Live November 2

Top Five Rap Tracks That Ripped Off Classic Rock Songs

Does the Godfather of Heavy Metal get crunk? You bet he does. ​It seems like enough time has passed since the sweaty-armpit era of mainstream rock (otherwise known as the Nu-Metal Dark Ages) that we can finally, maybe, approach the subject of fusing hip-hop with rock and roll. It wasn't always Fr ... More >>

Toxic Holocaust at Churchill's Pub August 10

Toxic Holocaust Brings The Throwback Thrash To Churchills, August 10

Joel Grind will toss you in the mosh.​Joel Grind is Toxic Holocaust, a one-man metal militia that unabashedly indulges every single thrash cliche, from the speed-shred of '80s standards like Slayer and Motörhead to lyrics almost exclusively about annihilation, nuclear or otherwise. However, Grin ... More >>

American Hardcore's Steven Blush Talks the Middle Class, Youth Culture, and Loud Fast Riffs

Hardcore historian Steven Blush.​It's hard to believe that three decades have slipped past since the birth of hardcore punk. And it's even harder to believe that legends like Black Flag and Minor Threat haven't let loose a loud fast riff in 25 years. But that's the truth ... Hardcore is history. ... More >>

Phoenix at the Fillmore Miami Beach, October 27

Photo by Ian WitlenPhoenix frontman Thomas Mars.​As we wrap up 2010, Crossfade looks back at the best live performances of the year. View the full list of Miami's Best Concerts of 2010. Phoenix October 27, 2010 Fillmore Miami Beach Thanks to last January's merger between music industry monoliths ... More >>

2010 Miami Music Festival, November 11 to 14

Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer at Bayfront Park Amphitheater, October 3

Marta Xochilt Perez Anthrax's Joey Belladonna salutes Satan.​See the full Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer slideshow. The Jagermeister Music Tour With Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer Sunday, October 3, 2010 Bayfront Park Amphitheater, Miami Better Than: Watching the admittedly great current Su ... More >>

Anthrax at Bayfront Park Amphitheater October 3

Anthrax's Scott Ian Talks Amps and Cover Songs in Outtakes From This Week's Print Feature

Anthrax's Scott Ian rocks the goat beard.​Thrash kings Anthrax, anchored by famously outspoken guitarist Scott Ian, land in Miami this Sunday as special guests on a tour with Slayer and Megadeth. Or at least, that's the plan. If we learned anything from this week's Miami New Times print music feat ... More >>

Who Wants Slayer, Anthrax, and Megadeth Tickets for Free?

Hang with Slayer this Sunday!​Are you a massive fan of extreme brutality? And what, you don't even have paid passes to the Jägermeister Music Tour, AKA Black Sunday, AKA the Slayer-Anthrax-Megadeth triple bill at Bayfront? Dude, that's wrong. You obviously aren't living by the code of thrash. No ... More >>

Q&A Preview with Scott Ian of Anthrax; Metal's Big Four to Play Shows Together Again Next Year?

photo by Andy BuchananAnthrax's current lineup, with Scott Ian second from left​This past May, thrash metal's "Big Four" -- Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth, and Metallica -- appeared together onstage for the first time in years. For whatever scheduling reasons, the show took place in the semi-unlikely l ... More >>

Kryptic Throne, Paralysys, and More to Play a Metallica Tribute Show at Tobacco Road

​We all breathed really heavy sighs when we heard that Metallica was going to release a DVD along with Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer, but realized they won't be joining them for their October 3 South Florida show. After all, what's real metal fan doesn't have a little Metallica stashed away in the ... More >>

Metallica Announce Live EP and Plans for a Joint DVD with Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer

via their MySpace page​Unfortunately Metallica won't be joining Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer for their October 3 performance at Bayfront Park. But they're still a band that always comes to mind when thinking of classic metal. And what's more "metal" than a band putting together an EP filled with ... More >>

In This Week's Print Music Section: Cynic, the Crystal Method, and More

Cynic plays at Culture Room on Friday.​While this blog keeps on trucking with the multiple daily updates, there is, in fact, in a nod to Stone Age tradition still a print music section that comes out weekly. That's where the longer music features live, and we've got at least one in-depth look week ... More >>

Slayer Megadeth Anthrax at Bayfront Park = Best Metal Show of 2010 in Miami, October 3

Photo by Ben ThackerTom Araya of Slayer last played South Florida at the Mayhem Festival in 2009. The band returns in October, this time to Miami's Bayfront Park Amphitheater.​Last year was especially good for classic metal in South Florida, as all of the big four -- Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Meg ... More >>

Massachusetts hardcore band Converge plays Pompano Beach Amphitheatre

NeckFace's "Devil's Disciple" at O.H.W.O.W. turns heads and stomachs

Concert Review: The Jonas Brothers at BankAtlantic Center, August 19

photo by Michele Sandberg​To view a full slideshow of photos from the concert, click here. The Jonas BrothersBankAtlantic Center, SunriseAugust 19, 2009Better Than: The Backstreet Boys, N Sync, and NKOTB put together.The Review:I felt a little ashamed as I slinked up to the BankAtlantic Center for ... More >>

Concert Review: Judas Priest at Hard Rock Live, August 17

​Judas PriestMonday, August 17Hard Rock Live, HollywoodBetter Than: A case of the MondaysThe Review:Classic metal shows are always an excellent bang for the buck -- see previous reviews on local shows by Iron Maiden or Slayer, for example. The bands are drawing on years of a critic- and fan-vetted ... More >>

Concert Review: Mayhem Fest at Cruzan Amphitheatre, August 12

photo by Ben Thacker​Click here to view a full slideshow of photos from the show.Mayhem Fest main stageBullet For My Valentine, Killswitch Engage, Slayer, and Marilyn MansonCruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm BeachWednesday, August 12, 2009Better Than: Sitting at an office desk!The Review:Mayhem Fest i ... More >>

Slayer Slashes into South Florida

With a new album, the thrash titan reclaims the metal world's throne.

Q&A With Tom Araya of Slayer, Headlining Mayhem Festvial at Cruzan on August 12!

photo by Mark Seliger​For all his band's purported fascinations with life's uglier aspects, Slayer frontman Tom Araya sure is a cheerful guy. Calling from a moving bus in rural Washington state, Araya laughs seemingly every couple of minutes. Surely, though, it's this laissez-faire sense of humor ... More >>

Live Nation Discounting Four- and Six-Packs of Tickets

This week's Live Nation Wednesday deal isn't the greatest unless you've got 3-5 people you can persuade to your musical tastes. In what's becoming a weekly event, Live Nation is dropping the service fees on four packs and six packs to a slew of events this summer (Hit the jump for the list). These p ... More >>

No Service Fee Wednesday Continues with All-In Tickets

It seems like this is going to be a habit: This Wednesday, Live Nation is offering another special deal for a whole bunch of upcoming shows at the Cruzan Amphitheatre. Exactly $24.99 will buy you lawn tickets for the list of shows after the jump. That means no user fees, convenience fees, or web-fee ... More >>

Live Nation Dropping Service Fees Again on Wednesday

It seems as if the last time they did this it went well so on Wednesday, Live Nation is again dropping all the service fees for shows at Live Nation-sponsored venues. That means, any shows at The Cruzan, Mizner, Pompano Beach, or Bayfront Park Amphitheaters will be a few dollars cheaper. This of ... More >>

Reining in the Blood

Once pop culture's most notorious scapegoat, Slayer's Tom Araya talks spirituality, farming, and Paul Simon

The Independents

Midnight Glimpse: Laundry Bar

Saosin

Saosin (Capitol Records)

Slayer

Christ Illusion (American)

Don Caballero

World Class Listening Problem (Relapse Records)

Fantasy Island

System of a Down

Mezmerize (Sony)

Kid606

Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You (Ipecac)

Could It Be ... Satan?

Reverb

Insanity Claus

Rotations 36

Be My Guest

The music biz mixes and matches to line its coffers

Alice Unchained

Reality from the ground up, brutal and rocking

Name That Tomb