Tag: Jeff Hanneman
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Raining Blood: The Riff Jeff Hanneman Refused to Forget
Some riffs arrive with a warning: record this now, or lose it forever. That was Jeff Hanneman’s reaction when the central idea for “Raining Blood” appeared. Years later, the Slayer guitarist remembered thinking the riff was good enough to grab his recorder immediately, before it disappeared. He built out a rough version on his small…