Jeff Hanneman: Slayer Guitarist Dies Aged 49

Jeff Hanneman, a co-founder of the seminal heavy metal group Slayer, has died of liver failure at the age of 49, the band has announced.

In a statement posted on its Facebook page on Thursday, the band said: "Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother ... passed away at about 11am this morning."

Slayer spokesman Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald said the guitarist died at a hospital in southern California with his wife, Kathy, by his side.

Hanneman had been suffering since 2011 from a flesh-eating disease that he is believed to have contracted from a spider bite. According to reports, it nearly cost him his arm after he failed to seek immediate treatment.

Ms Robinson-Fitzgerald has said it is thought the bite contributed to the failure of his liver, but it is not yet clear if a post-mortem examination will be scheduled.

Hanneman was a founding member of Slayer, which was known as one of the 'big four' thrash metal groups of the 1980s - along with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax.

Slayer's album Reign In Blood is considered a landmark of the genre

The band described its own music as "punishing yet precise".

Over nearly three decades, Slayer released nine studio albums and performed at thousands of live shows.

Hanneman is best known as a writer of the songs Raining Blood and Angel Of Death from the 1986 album Reign In Blood, which is regarded as a landmark of the genre.

Apparently slowly recovering from his disease, he had recently started writing songs with the band in anticipation of recording another album later this year.

Musicians who paid tribute on Twitter included Guns N Roses guitarist Slash. He tweeted: "Tragic and shocking news about Jeff Hanneman. He is going to be missed by so many. What a sad day for Metal. RIP man."

Hanneman is also survived by a sister and two brothers.

Slayer are due to play a series of gigs in the coming months, including Bloodstock Open Air metal festival in Derbyshire and Spain's Resurrection festival, both in August.

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