Wow RIP

RIP

Should probably be "dead" cuz he's not dying right now

Fair enough.

Damn RIP

Oh wow. This is really sad. It seems like yesterday I was at Mayhem Fest watching pyrotechnics go insane and watching Kerry King play incoherent fast notes gloriously. I will blast some Slayer after work tonight.

RIP

Not a huge Slayer fan but RIP regardless. Saw them at Mayhem last summer and they fucking killed it.

Never was a huge Slayer fan but RIP

Should probably be "dead" cuz he's not dying right now

RIP

I think "Dies" would sound better/more professional

in any case, RIP

Holy fuck. RIP.

Terrible news. R.I.P.

Shit, that is terrible news. RIP

Holy fuck could never have seen this coming

RIP

Well, that sucks a hell of a lot. RIP

Holy shit...RIP

did he drink a lot?

I mean, he was in Slayer. What do you think?

he was is slayer

Wow... This is really sad. Such a great musician, thanks for everything Jeff.

RIP, damn.

RIP

well that fuckin sucks

Shocking news, RIP

Why do people feel the need to say "Not a fan but.."?? are you embarrassed or what?

Holy shit, I can't believe that !!!!
When I read the news I thought it was a joke !!!
RIP Jeff and thanks for the music.

Also, RIP Slayer.

not gonna lie i almost teared up when i heard this

RIP, dude was a legend.

fuck fuck fuck

rip. the dude was a legend )':

Even if you dislike the band you gotta acknowledge theirs and his influence on basically all metal since they released Reign In Blood. RIP.

Wow that came out of nowhere. Damn. RIP dude

Not the biggest Slayer fan but.. R.I.P.

wow, sad to lose such a prolific metal guitarist, rip

RIP

Rest South of Heaven Hanneman

holy shit

RIP

RIP

RIP dude

holy shit RIP

God damn this is terrible news. RIP

dude was the best guitarist in slayer

rip

Rip hard

shocking. RIP m/

R.i.P

jesus christ what a shit way to go

damn rip

Holy shit. RIP gonna jam some Slayer now in remembrance

D:

well that fuckin sucks [2]

RIP so fucking hard m/ Gonna jam South of Heaven

Terrible news.

shit. RIP.

Seen Slayer live 6 times. They have become like a regular thing for me. Awful news.

shitty

rip

Holy fucking shit wtf

RIP you legend

Rip dude

Gonna blast some slayer when i get home from work

RIP Jeff Hanneman. Me and my father listened to the 'Reign in Blood' album in memory of his great presencem/

god damn


RIP

Last guy I think would die. Rest in Peace man :/

never was the biggest slayer fan but this sucks. rip

RIP.

thanks for the riffs bro m/ 666 R.I.P.

Wow....RIP

rip

RIP HARD

Listening to Fade to Black seems so fitting right now.

Jamming only Big 4 music in Jeff's memory today... his hardcore punk-influenced playing style influenced my guitar playing immensely.

R.I.P. :'(

Totally and utterly blown, first Chi and now Jeff. Metal has lost an awful lot this past month, Slayer were an excellent band back in the day.

Oh what the fuck, this fucking sucks
RIP

Time to jam slayer

Damn, not the biggest Slayer fan here but they know how to riff. RIP

We're not even halfway this year and already so many deaths in music wtf.

God fucking damnit

R.I.P. always was a huge Slayer fan m/

shit sucks

rip man, gonna slayer hard tonight

God fucking damnit

R.I.P. always was a huge Slayer fan m/

The dude wrote Raining Blood, War Ensemble, and Angel of Death. Nothing more needs to be said.

Rest in peace, Jeff. I'll see you south of heaven.

This is pretty shocking, I didn't even know he had problems.

Time to go drink and play some old Slayer really fucking loud.

RIP

I knew about the spider bite but I thought he recovered had no idea about this.

Shocked, RIP

This dude is prime real estate for a Westboro Baptist Church protest. I can see it now. ugh

slayer fans might actually kill a WBC member if they protest

Tragic, RIP

Didn't they protest Dio?

RIP

RIP, terribly sad. Wrote one of all-time greatest heavy metal songs ever in "Angel of Death".

This came out of nowhere. Sad to see him go but I am glad that I got to see them live at least once. I hope they finish up the new album and then do maybe one last tour with all of their metal brethren filling in on guitar for Jeff in his memory and then hang up the towel.

RIP to a true metal legend

'slayer fans might actually kill a WBC member if they protest'

Agreed.

"I hope they finish up the new album and then do maybe one last tour with all of their metal brethren filling in on guitar for Jeff in his memory and then hang up the towel."


HELL YES

"slayer fans might actually kill a WBC member if they protest"

Apparently that was their concern when they decided that they weren't going to Boston in the wake of the attacks. However, I'd make the argument that the WBC are geniuses because they're able to make money off of all this.

RIP to a legend

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

damn, so sad an crappy news

RIP

straight out of left field

RIP

This completely sucks. I wish he had many years left to keep playing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1vQe4ym-ixQ

Damn, this is crazy. RIP.

Aww fuck, and he was their best songwriter too

RIP hard

Did not expect this. RIP

bumping slayer tonight. RIP.

Face of the Slayer for me. Really depressing. R.I.P Jeff

RIP dam this sucks

RIP, used to be one of my favorite bands...

And I've been wearing my Slayer shirt all day. R.I.P.

RIP

This fucking sucks. Rest in peace.

Pretty much cried when I heard this. Dude is part of the reason why I got into metal.

RIP brother, Hell Awaits will live on forever m/

SLAYERRRR

FUCK... R.I.P.

Necrotizing Fasciitis almost sounds like a Slayer song.

Saw them in '09. Great gig.
Sucks he's gone. Was a way better riff writer and lyricist than Kerry.

Best megadeth drummer rop

damn

Oh man, this is sad.

Reign in Blood was a groundbreaking album and they have produced many classics aswell. Saw them a few years ago live and they were incredible.

Tomorrow is definitely Slayer day for me...

RIP, not a big fan of Slayer but their work pretty much influenced and shaped metal.

Tomorrow is definitely Slayer day for me... [2]

So sad, RIP

RIP

Terrible news. Tomorrow is Slayer day for me [3]

RIP

RIP, Jeff! Thanks for SLAYER! I will jam South of Heaven tmrw.

Jesus, that's awful. RIP.

RIP

It's just a shame cause he seemed stable after the spider bite. When it is as venomous as the one that got it, it's not like you'll make a full recovery, but damn....

RIP so hard

Yeah will def jam some slayer tomorrow

Noooooooooooooooo rip jeff slayer all day erryday

what kind of spider bite him? i killed a big one in my bathroom last night.

RIP, will be jamming Seasons In The Abyss

Shit, drinking and belting out Slayer on my guitar right now. Fuck the neighbors. I remember the first time seeing them live was at Pearl Street in North Hampton MA back in like 91, 92. 14 years old and I sneaked out of the house, bummed a ride with friends and ended up having to go to the hospital after getting destroyed in the pit. Made it through the whole show though :D Had the honor of seeing them a few more times after, but that was always my fondest memory. Fuck fuck and more fuck.

wow this is too wild. RIP. thought it all started from a spider bite. can't believe it. blessings

Fucking hell. RIP.

Rest in peace Jeff

Ohhh, and I thought that Cheng's death will be the worst thing of this year. This is fucked up. R.I.P Jeff.

yo fuck this
RIP

RIP

A dark day in music history, Jeff - WAS - Slayer!

RIP so hard!!!

RIP man :/

RIP man this is terrible news to hear...

RIP
He wrote all of Slayer's good songs

fuck this

rip

rip

gonna jam angel of death now

=( This is beyond sad.

RIP

"Hanneman had just survived a case of Necrotizing Fasciitis in 2011 "

Am I the only one who thinks this would be a great band name?

Oh also RIP

Shit man, fuck RIP

I just saw this and...

...................................

This is sad, this is really, really sad..............

...................................

RIP

I'm shocked. Jeff was a great guitarist. I pray for his family and his metal family.

Slayer was one of the my first metal bands. R.I.P.

Lmao eyeswideshut same here, spiders everywhere man, fucking cowards. I hate spiders, they're such pussies.

RIP

RIP

"I'm shocked. Jeff was a great guitarist. I pray for his family and his metal family."

lol exactly what he'd want you to do. PRAY

HELL AWAITS.....

The only way Jeff would want it..

RIP

Damn... RIP m/

Not much of a Slayer fan, but still RIP

Fuck this 'I'm not much of a Slayer fan' bullshit.

You don't have to mourn just because you weren't a 'fan'.

RIP hard.

R.I.P : (((((

Holy shit, this fucking sucks!
RIP, dude was a true legend.

rip

holy shit RIP hard...

RIP

RIP. Sad day for music.

he was a legend. the month will be spend listening to slayer 24 hours a day in his honour. R.I.P.

he met Angel of Death....was too cool for this world. Sure will rule in hell. RIP m/

dammit he was the good guitarist rip bro you are a legend

man this sucks..

RIP

Goddamn man, RIP.

My friend rang me up at 12:30 at night to tell me this news, probably the most shocking news I've heard in a while. RIP .

so sad, such an awesome musician, RIP.

RIP

Damn...RIP

RIP


btw NPR paid their do respects too, I thought that was pretty awesome.

RIP

Angel of Death about best m/ song of all time

Such a shitty fucking loss. First Chi Cheng and now this :/ RIP

read about this in the papers this morning. RIP.

Damnit.

You were my dude Jeff Hanneman.

R.I.P.

blast slayer with us south

btw NPR paid their do respects too, I thought that was pretty awesome.

For the liberal hippy station, NPR has become pretty metal in the last few years.

blast slayer with us south

apparently he was bit by a spider that gave him flesh eating disease, causing the failing liver. What a way to go

RIP brother, huge Metal legend

RIP RIPsen

I always thought he was the better of the 2 guitarists...

RIP

RIP. Sad day for metal, whether or not you liked Slayer.

RIP

"I always thought he was the better of the 2 guitarists..."

by a mile

he also wrote most of their best material

@mabbit who didnt

Kerry is a lazy fuck who kicks people out of 'his' band for money.

"I hope they finish up the new album and then do maybe one last tour with all of their metal brethren filling in on guitar for Jeff in his memory and then hang up the towel." [2]

That would be awesome but I'm afraid this will be the end of the new album and the band. Hope they still go through with it and Jeff left enough behind for them though. Really sad news. Slayer always meant a lot to me growing up. RIP.

RIP

cant you just see Jeff shredding in fires of hell.

Flesh eating spider bites and liver failure, how much more M/ can a dude get.

This is definitely the last thing I expected to see coming on here today. RIP and thanks for all the years of amazing riffs and brutally mesmerizing lyrics.

In honor to him, I think they should finish the thing if Jeff had any part in writing the material. It'd be a shame to leave his last pieces unused. I'd hate to see this become another Control Denied.

RIP

RIP to one of the greats.

Definitely bumping Seasons of the Abyss all day today.

Man i cant believe this. Rip. He wrote all of their best songs.

RIP dude

R.I.P.

RIP.

Holy fuck that sucks. He wrote some of my favourite Slayer riffs.

RIP

"In honor to him, I think they should finish the thing if Jeff had any part in writing the material.
It'd be a shame to leave his last pieces unused. I'd hate to see this become another Control Denied."


I agree with this. I liked it when Voivod did that for Piggy on Infini after he died.

As a medic, I know what awaits you all if you google necrotising fasciitis

You will not sleep

but yeah RIP, that sucks

Say hi to Dime for us if you can, man. RIP

RIP thoughts go out to all his friends and family
Horrible news for the metal world but hope slayer go on!

i remember someone saying it was an australian spider, so it would make sense

As a medic, I know what awaits you all if you google necrotising fasciitis

You will not sleep

Well, Westboro Baptist Church is picketing his funeral.

There's a shock

Fuck them and their silly little church.

Is that still legal?

RIP

and god damnit, fuck the Westboro baptist church

RIP My favorite Slayer songs were always written by him, gonna go jam south of heaven m/

Incredibly sad, terrible that i'll never have gotten to see the original line-up live either.. RIP

Jeff Hanneman’s Official Cause Of Death Revealed, Slayer Issue Statement:

http://www.metalinsider.net/legacies/jeff-hannemans-official-cause-of-death-revealed-slayer-issue-statement

Like a boss

m/

Alcohol-related damage was probably exacerbated by whatever antibiotics they had him on while he was recovering from necrotizing fasciitis.