Thrash metal outfit Slayer recently rescued a homeless kitten, while touring in America.

The band kept the kitten on their tour bus, and even took it to a music venue with them. They told Nuvo: “Kerry (King) and some of the crew went to dinner at Kerry’s favorite steak house in Indianapolis, St. Elmo’s Steak House.

"Afterwards, the assistant tour manager, Jess saw a homeless man on the street who offered up this little kitten for a dollar.The kitten apparently was freezing so Jess took it, slept with her in her bunk on the bus and went to the venue with her today, hanging out.

Slayer's team then managed to have the kitten rehomed. They said: "One of the runners knew someone who wanted a kitten, so the little guy now has a new home, where he or she currently is.”

Apprently the lucky kitten, pictured above, has since been named Gypsy.