Jeff Hanneman of Slayer in 2011. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Winter/Getty Images The Record 'A Truth Never Told': Remembering Slayer's Jeff Hanneman May 3, 2013 The guitarist, who died Thursday, understood that metal works in darkness, rooting for something, anything that makes sense of this ugly human existence. Hanneman channeled it into a band that exemplifies pain.