Slayer is a Thrash Metal band from Huntington Park, California, United States. Formed in 1981, the Group was founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer made famous when they released the album Reign in Blood in 1986. And is recognized as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal band in America, along with Metallica,Megadeth and Anthrax.
The band's lyrics include themes of murder, Satanism, religion and warfare. Slayer never had a ban released the album due to lawsuits and strong criticism from religious groups and the public.
They have released albums since 1983, i.e., 2 live albums, one box set, 6 games, 2 extended plays, and 11th studio album. Including 4 gold certified album in the United States. The band was nominated five times at the Grammy Awards, and twice a winner, in 2007 for the song "eyes of the Insane", and in 2008 for the song "Final Six". They have attended music festivals worldwide, including Unholy Alliance, Download and Ozzfest.
A Brief History Of The Band
Slayer was founded in 1981, when guitarist Kerry King met Jeff Hanneman in a showband auditions. Then they recruited bassist and vocalist Tom Araya, who had playedwith King before. And recruited Drummer Dave Lombardo. At that time Slayer played cover versions of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. At the beginning of the show, they showed a picture of Satanism, i.e. pictures of Pentagrams, inverted Crosses and.
Rumors that the band was originally known as Dragonslayer, which is expected to quote from the title of a film in 1981, but the King refused, he declared, "we never thought to cite it, however this is a myth that is still talked about people until now".
The band was invited to the opening of the Bitch at the Woodstock Club in Los Angeles, they sang eight songs, of whom they sang songs of Iron Maiden's "Phantom of the Opera". While it is cool to play, they secretly in observed by Brian Slagel, a former music journalist, who recently founded the label Metal Blade Records. Slagel soon meet them and ask them to record a song of myself, "Aggressive Perfector" for acompilation album titled Metal Massacre III. The band agreed, and Slagel offering arecording contract with Metal Blade.
Styles Of Music
Their early work was praised for its "very high speed and keapikan its instrumental," they combine the structure of hardcore and speed metal, the band released the Album Reign in Blood album which is called as teragresif and fastest, as is done with an average of 220 beat per minute. The album "Diabolus in Musica" makes Slayer as the first band to use drop D tuning, whereas the album "God Hates Us All" is the first band that performs engineering C # tuning.
Hanneman and King's dual guitar solos, famous as "Wildly Chaotic", and "Twisted Genius". While Drummer Lombardo uses two bass drums, however, does not use double kick, he just wears a kick that is used on a single bass drum. Lombardo's speed and their aggression has been nicknamed "the godfather of double bass" by Drummerworld. And when playing the double bass Lombardo uses the technique of "heel-up".
Grammy Awards
Year Award Nomination
2002 "Disciple" Best Metal Performance
2007 "Eyes of the Insane" Won Best Metal Performance
2008 "Final Six" Best Metal Performance Win
2010 "Hate Worldwide" Best Metal Performance Nominee
2011 "World Painted Blood" Best Metal Performance Nominee
Most Other Awards
Steve Huey of Allmusic argues musical style make this band Slayer is stronger than the "Big Four" of thrash metal to another.
Slayer was ranked sixth as the "greatest metal band of all time, and ranked the 50 on VH1 100 greatest artists of Hard as a Rock. Hanneman and King ranked number 10 in Guitar World's "100 greatest Metal guitarists of all time" in 2004, and was voted "Best Guitarist/Guitar team" in Revolver. Lombardo was also voted "Best Drummer" and the band entered the top five in the categories "Best Band Ever," "Best Live Band," "Album of the Year" (for Christ Illusion), and "Band of the Year."
Personnel
Current personnel
Tom Araya – lead vocals, bass (1981-present)
Jeff Hanneman – guitar (1981-present)
Kerry King – guitar (1981-present)
Dave Lombardo – drums, percussion (1981 – 1986, 1987 – 1992, 2001-present)
Former Personnel
Tony Scaglione – drums (1986 – 1987)
Paul Bostaph – drums (1992 – 1996, 1997 – 2001)
Jon Dette – drums (1996 – 1997)
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