Slayer

Slayer

Slayer is a thrash metal band from US, formed in 1981. The band was founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. The band was credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal bands, along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Megadeth. Slayer`s musical traits involve fast tremolo picking, guitar solos, double bass drumming, and shouting vocals. The band`s lyrics and album art, which cover topics such as death, deviants, suicide, genocide, necrophilia, insanity, Nazism, religion, Satanism…

Vintage Magazines with Slayer

Screamer Magazine October 1990

Screamer Magazine October 1990
Issue: October 1990. Featuring: Judas Priest. Also Included Alice in Chains, Slayer, Don Dokken, Electric Boys, Gypsy Rose, Riverdogs, Spread Eagle, Trouble Tribe and Much More.

Screamer Magazine July 1990

Screamer Magazine July 1990
Issue: July 1990. Featuring: Poison. Also Included Bruce Dickinson, Soundgarden, D'Molls, Atrophy, Electric Boys, Forced Entry, Little Caesar, Lost Boys, Riverdogs, Shark Island, Y&T and Much More.

Screamer Magazine October 1988

Screamer Magazine October 1988
Issue: October 1988. Featuring: Ratt. Also Included Femme Fatale, Jetboy, Britton, Overkill and Much More.

Articles with Slayer

VIDEO: Slayer Talks About Fall Tour

LOS ANGELES, CA – August 12, 2016 — SLAYER has just released a brand new video clip with Tom Araya and Kerry King talking about the band’s upcoming Fall tour of North America.  Fellow Big Four members Anthrax will Special Guest, and Death Angel will support. Check the clip out here – tour dates are below. SEPTEMBER… Read more »


Slayer, Dark Horse Announce Comic Book Series

Dark Horse Comics and thrash-punk titans Slayer have joined forces to deliver a new comic series this holiday season. With full participation from the band and taking inspiration from Slayer’s recent Repentless music videos (filmed in support of their latest album, Repentless, on Nuclear Blast Records), disciple Jon Schnepp (Metalocalypse) will pen the three-issue comic… Read more »


Avenged Sevenfold & Alice In Chains Top The Bill For First-Ever Houston Open Air

Avenged Sevenfold and Alice In Chains top a lineup of over 35 bands for the first-ever Houston Open Air–fueled by Monster Energy–held Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, 2016 at NRG Park in Houston. The biggest rock experience in Texas–produced by Danny Wimmer Presents–will also feature performances from Deftones, Chevelle, Slayer and many more… Read more »


Slayer To Take Over Comic-Con 2016

LOS ANGELES, CA – Monday, May 16, 2016 — SLAYER, the uncompromising super-heroes of thrash metal, is set to do a takeover of San Diego Comic-Con International (SDCC).  The occupation will begin on Thursday, July 21 with a special live performance at the intimate-capacity House of Blues.  Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 20 at 10:00AM… Read more »


Monster Energy Rock Allegiance Returns To Philadelphia’s Talen Energy Stadium September 17 & 18; Avenged Sevenfold & Alice In Chains Top Lineup Also Featuring Slayer, The Offspring, Breaking Benjamin, Volbeat & More

Monster Energy Rock Allegiance returns to Talen Energy Stadium (formerly PPL Park) in Chester, PA, just outside Philadelphia, on September 17 & 18, 2016 with a lineup of over 35 bands on three stages, led by Avenged Sevenfold and Alice In Chains, along with Slayer, The Offspring, Breaking Benjamin, Volbeat and more. Monster Energy Rock… Read more »


Slayer, Anthrax, Death Angel Fall 2016 Tour

Slayer, with Special Guest Anthrax and Death Angel, will join forces this fall for a seven week North American beat down.  The dates start in Cleveland on September 9 and will hit both major and secondary markets across the continent.  Confirmed dates are below.  The Slayer Fan Club Presale starts at 10:00AM local time on… Read more »


New Slayer Video – “You Against You” – A Bloody Carnage

LOS ANGELES, CA — Wednesday, March 16, 2016 — In Slayer’s song “You Against You,” vocalist Tom Araya screams “Your perfect world is ending this day, So what? I wouldn’t have it any other way.”  And so, from the very first frame of the band’s “You Against You” music video, the gore, the violence, the… Read more »


ANTHRAX – For All Kings

It’s truly difficult to overstate the prominence of Anthrax to metal fans.  Chances are if you grew up anytime after 1980, you’re more likely to hear the word “anthrax” first used to describe the New York thrash metallers rather than the actual disease or white powder in envelopes.   Being one of the Big Four, they’re… Read more »


New Slayer Music Video Coming

From BJ McDonnell, the director of Slayer’s “Repentless” video…  New Slayer Music Video  “You Against You” Coming Soon… The first leg of Slayer’s North American tour starts this Friday: FEBRUARY 19        Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL 20        Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL 22        War Memorial, Nashville, TN 24      … Read more »


SLAYER – 2016 Winter N.A. Tour Announced

LOS ANGELES, CA – Thursday, December 3, 2015 – In support of Repentless, the band’s 12th studio album and its career-highest chart debut, Slayer will launch 2016 by pillaging and marauding its way across North America, headlining some two-dozen dates over a five-week period.  With Special Guests Testament and Carcass on all dates, the tour starts on February… Read more »