Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo recently joined a metal mariachi group on stage for a rendition of his band’s 1986 song “Raining Blood.”

Lombardo posted to his Facebook page video of himself pounding the skins on the song with Metalachi, who are apparently the first and only heavy metal mariachi band.

Check out that video here below shot from the crowd of the Lombardo playing with Metalachi at the Roxy Theater in California on January 3, 2013.

In the video, Lombardo warms up behind the kit as the crowd chants “Slayer!” before Metalachi takes the stage and runs through their unique take on the song, which was a standout on Slayer’s Reign in Blood album and is til this day a concert favorite.

Now that I’ve spent my entire afternoon listening to lullabied rock songs, it’s time to dedicate my evening to French Black/Industrial metal (obviously).

Apparently, there’s this band CNK (which currently stands for The Cosa Nostra Klub; it seems they like to change the name periodically), which is described as a “French martial industrial/electronic black metal,” who are fronted by former Anorexia Nervosa singer Nicolas St Morand (aka Mr Hreidmarr). They recently caught my attention because their third studio effort, Révisionnisme, is a covers album with songs like Motley Crue‘s “Too Fast For Love,” The Beastie Boys‘ “Sabotage,” and Slayer‘s “Seasons In The Abyss.” (See full track listing here below.)

You can listen to CNK’s covers of “Seasons In The Abyss” and “Too Fast For Love” here below.

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at a RIPT Apparel today is Ghostbusters-themed shirt with a nod to the Slayer band logo called “Thrashin’ Mad” by helljester.

The shirt went on sale at RIPT today, Thursday, October 4, 2012, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore.

The t-shirt is available in men’s (through 3XL) and women’s sizes for $10 each in black. Kids sizes are $15 (Boys, Girls, and Toddlers in black); Onesies are $18 (in black); Hoodie for $38 (in Men/Unisex sizes in black). You can also get the design on coasters for $25; iphone cases for $18; and prints (18″x24″) for $20.

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Today Slayer bass player and lead singer Tom Araya celebrates his 51st birthday!

Born June 6, 1961, his famous voice (click here for an example of Araya’s impressive scream) has lead one of the mightiest metal bands of all time for over 30 years.

Most famous for their 1986 metal masterpiece, Reign In Blood, Slayer is part of the “˜Big 4′ and continues to tear it up live. Check out the video below of Slayer performing “Raining Blood” last year.

Have you noticed all our March Is Metal posts? What’s March Is Metal, Precious? It’s only this awesome event celebrating all things metal over at Amazon, where tons of hard rock and heavy metal music is on sale. Now, I don’t know about you, but I do not want this March Is Metal madness to end, but alas, all good things must come to an end. With today being the final day in March, I started to panic thinking about all these good metal deals on albums from bands like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, and more going away, therefore here’s my final March Is Metal post: 20 MP3 Albums For Under $7 Each

First up, let me remind you that there’s a ton of Rush albums on sale for $5 each, so seriously, get on that if you haven’t already. Second, FREE FREE FREE March is Metal Month – 2012 Sampler MP3 download. Get 18 songs from bands like Ice Earth, Corrosion Of Conformity, In Flames, Five Finger Death Punch, Lacuna Coil, and more for FREE. Free. free. FReE. Get it? Ok, good.

Also, head’s up: These Anthrax CDs are on sale for only $4.99 each, and they are awesome albums, so grab them up! Spreading the Disease, Among The Living, State of Euphoria

And for those about to rock, we salute you.