Slayer’s Unfinished Business Matters, Defending Janick Gers, and More Stories You May Have Missed This Week

Worst Week Ever Playlist — Week of July 24 – July 28, 2017

• Tom Araya says he and Kerry King are dealing with “unfinished business matters” regarding Slayer.
• We hereby declare Janick Gers to be the second-most badass dude in Iron Maiden.
• Abbath fall down go boom.
• These are Mikael Åkerfeldt from Opeth’s ten favorite metal albums of all time.
• Devil You Know have changed their name.
• Trent Reznor is not looking forward to having to explain Nine Inch Nails lyrics to his kids someday.
• Members of Nickelback called Corey Taylor to apologize and distance themselves from Chad Kroeger, who recently insulted Stone Sour.
• This is the Megadeth riff Dave Mustaine is must proud of having written.
• Here is the first Nitro song in 25 years.
• Here is a new song by The Black Dahlia Murder!