Jeff Hanneman
Slayer guitarist and songwriter whose punk-informed speed, riff construction and bleak historical imagery helped define thrash metal.
Life, work & what’s documented
Jeff Hanneman was born 1964-01-31 and died 2013-05-02 at age 49. Slayer guitarist and songwriter whose punk-informed speed, riff construction and bleak historical imagery helped define thrash metal. A principal Slayer songwriter whose riffs became part of thrash metal's permanent architecture.
Why They're Awesome
A principal Slayer songwriter whose riffs became part of thrash metal's permanent architecture.
Essential works: Reign in Blood · South of Heaven · Seasons in the Abyss
What changed because they were here
Contribution: Helped define Slayer's sound and thrash metal through riff construction, speed, punk influence and principal songwriting.
Influence: His riffs became part of thrash metal's permanent musical vocabulary.
Connections: Founding guitarist and songwriter in Slayer; connected to thrash metal.
Meaningful connections
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- SlayerBand Member Of / Jeff Hanneman was a founding Slayer guitarist and principal songwriter.Relationship source / confidence: high
- Thrash metalContributed To / Jeff Hanneman's riffs and songwriting helped define thrash metal.Relationship source / confidence: high
Context is not destiny
Born 1964-01-31; died 2013-05-02; age at death 49. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.
Death context: Jeff Hanneman died on 2013-05-02 at age 49. This profile states only the sourced date and age until a reviewed cause or circumstance source is attached.
Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.
The cosmic file
The cosmic file
Sun
Aquarius 10.6°
Moon
Virgo 12.9°
Mercury
Capricorn 16.3°
Venus
Pisces 17.5°
Mars
Jupiter
Aries 14.7°
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Scorpio 17.7°
PlutoTime-stable natal aspects
- Sun conjunction Mars orb 3.8°
- Sun sextile Jupiter orb 4.5°
- Moon conjunction Pluto orb 7.6°
- Mercury sextile Venus orb 1.2°
- Mercury square Jupiter orb 2.2°
- Mercury sextile Neptune orb 2.0°
- Mercury trine Pluto orb 3.2°
- Venus trine Neptune orb 0.8°
- Venus opposition Pluto orb 4.4°
- Mars sextile Jupiter orb 0.6°
- Mars square Neptune orb 3.8°
- Saturn square Neptune orb 6.1°
- Uranus conjunction Pluto orb 4.6°
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 4.0°
These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is presented separately and uncertainty is retained.
Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable. Moon: date based reliable. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon is evaluated across the full UTC day. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.
Sources & provenance
- Wikidata item Q299122Wikidata / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: mediumSource ID jeff-hanneman:discovery_index:1. Verification: identity_discovery_only. Claims: identity.
- Slayer official archive: The WoodstockSlayer / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID jeff-hanneman:primary-archive:1. Verification: content_reviewed. Claims: good deed or positive legacy, legacy treatment.
- Repentless album notesSlayer / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID jeff-hanneman:official-tribute:2. Verification: content_reviewed. Claims: good deed or positive legacy, legacy treatment.
Official links
Batch adw-publication-batch-2026-08-26-01. Research package completeness 96/100. Claims are linked to the source IDs retained in source notes.
Research last updated 2026-08-26.
Portrait provenance
Jeff Hanneman photo by Victoria Morse; https://www.flickr.com/photos/torichelbyphoto/3811010822/; CC BY-SA 2.0.
Exact source file · CC BY-SA 2.0 2.0 · Retrieved 2026-08-27.
Editorial identification only. No endorsement is implied.
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