It's always strange when the anti-establishment becomes the establishment.  So when the Grammy's started nominating Slayer for awards, I was waiting for it to begin raining blood.  When they actually won for the song "Eyes of the Insane," I knew Hell was awaiting.  When they won the next year for "Final Six," I ran out of Slayer song titles to use as cliches.

Well, the Grammy's have done it again.

Slayer has been nominated for yet another award in the Metal category, this time for their new Kerry King-written tune "Hate Worldwide."  Their previous album, Christ Illusion, debuted at #5, and their newest effort, World Painted Blood, debuted a few weeks back at #12.  Clearly, metal's hardest hitting band for the last 25 years has the best of both worlds:  they've become a lot more mainstream without sacrificing any of their hard and heavy edge, an almost impossible, and absolutely noble feat.

Read the news on Slayer's official site here.

Congratulations to Slayer.  Or as their legions of fans would say,

SLAYYYYYYYEERRRRRRRR!!!!!!

--Phil Fasso