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- Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style made them one of the "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax.
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Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style made them one of the "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax.
- 1981–2019
- Huntington Park, California, U.S.
May 8, 2013 · There's nothing quite as bad as a boring HM band, and Slayer are nothing like a boring HM band. Their latest album, Reign In Blood is hilariously OTT blitzkrieg bop, the real jabbering, puking McCoy.
- Simon Witter
Feb 21, 2024 · February 21, 2024. SLAYER has officially reunited and will return to the live stage in September. For the first time since the band wrapped the last concert of its world tour back in November...
Oct 13, 2015 · As soon as Slayer started outgrowing their pub rock cover band origins, they zeroed in on a sound, look and attitude that was all about speed and aggression, darkness and evil, rebellion and extremity. At first, they struggled to gain attention, though they played with some of the genre’s future luminaries.
- Chris Chantler
- Repentless (Repentless, 2015) Immediately prior to the release of 2015’s Repentless, which is anticipated to be the band’s last album, Kerry King said of the material, “When I listen to the songs I get goosebumps, that’s how good I think they are.
- Evil Has No Boundaries (Show No Mercy, 1983) It was on the Metal Blade compilation album Metal Massacre III, released in 1983, that Slayer made their vinyl debut with the song Aggressive Perfector.
- World Painted Blood (World Painted Blood, 2009) In a surprisingly deep cut, for their final exit Slayer have resuscitated the title-track from the not-greatly-loved World Painted Blood album of 2009, the last LP recorded with Jeff Hanneman before his death four years later.
- Postmortem (Reign In Blood, 1986) Despite ostensibly being Reign In Blood’s slowest song, not to mention one of the very few Slayer compositions not to feature a guitar solo, Postmortem does, in the end, give way to the kind of frenetic full-on thrash for which the album is best known.
Feb 14, 2024 · By Dave Everley. ( Metal Hammer ) published 14 February 2024. Two bands, one name, one crazy gig – this is what happened when a pre-fame Slayer shared a bill with another band named Slayer. (Image credit: Don Van Stavern/Gary Miller/Getty Images) On November 30, 1984, Slayer played their very first gig in San Antonio, Texas.
Dec 1, 2015 · published 1 December 2015. Do Slayer deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Sabbath, Maiden and Metallica? Or are they too intense and outright evil to join the metal élite? Classic Rock thinks the former...
