Jeff Hanneman, a guitarist for the influential metal band Slayer, who helped shape the group's sonic assault and wrote some of its most popular â€" and controversial â€" songs, died on Thursday at a hospital near his home east of Los Angeles. He was 49.
Dom Lawson: The heavy metal world will mourn the guitarist whose hell-raising riffs defined Slayer's uncompromising sound.
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, guitarist for legendary thrash metal band Slayer, has died of liver failure. He was 49. The band posted the news on their website and Facebook page Thursday.
Slash, Geezer Butler of Black Sabbathand Dave Mustaine ofMegadethwere among those who paid their immediate respects online toSlayerguitarist Jeff Hann.
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