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==== Slayer Has Released 12 Albums ==== | ==== Slayer Has Released 12 Albums ==== | ||
- | In the band’s 35-year span, Slayer has released 12 albums: Show No Mercy (1983), Hell Awaits (1985), Reign in Blood (1986), South of Heaven (1988), Seasons in the Abyss (1990), Divine Intervention (1994), Undisputed Attitude (1996), Diabolus in Musica (1998), God Hates Us All (2001), Christ Illusion (2006), World Painted Blood (2009) and Repentless (2015). [([[https:// | + | In the band’s 35-year span, Slayer has released 12 albums: Show No Mercy (1983), Hell Awaits (1985), Reign in Blood (1986), South of Heaven (1988), Seasons in the Abyss (1990), Divine Intervention (1994), Undisputed Attitude (1996), Diabolus in Musica (1998), God Hates Us All (2001), Christ Illusion (2006), World Painted Blood (2009) and Repentless (2015). [([[https:// |
==== Slayer Is One of Thrash Metal’s “Big Four” ==== | ==== Slayer Is One of Thrash Metal’s “Big Four” ==== | ||
- | Thrash metal is a heavy metal music subgenre characterized by its aggression and quick tempo. Slayer is credited as one of the "big four" thrash metal bands alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax, and these four American bands have pioneered and popularized the genre. From 1990 to 1991, for the 'Clash of the Titans' | + | Thrash metal is a heavy metal music subgenre characterized by its aggression and quick tempo. Slayer is credited as one of the "big four" thrash metal bands alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax, and these four American bands have pioneered and popularized the genre. From 1990 to 1991, for the 'Clash of the Titans' |
==== The Band Utilizes Satanic and Violent Imagery ==== | ==== The Band Utilizes Satanic and Violent Imagery ==== | ||
- | The band used pentagrams, make-up, spikes, and inverted crosses in their demonstrations in their early shows. Themes like murder, serial killers, torture, genocide, human experimentation, | + | The band used pentagrams, make-up, spikes, and inverted crosses in their demonstrations in their early shows. Themes like murder, serial killers, torture, genocide, human experimentation, |
==== For Hollywood Films, Slayer has scored numerous soundtracks ==== | ==== For Hollywood Films, Slayer has scored numerous soundtracks ==== | ||
- | In 1993, in the Stephen Hopkins-directed action thriller film Judgment Night, the band collaborated with Ice-T on the song " | + | In 1993, in the Stephen Hopkins-directed action thriller film Judgment Night, the band collaborated with Ice-T on the song " |
==== The Group’s Debut Album Had No Recording Budget ==== | ==== The Group’s Debut Album Had No Recording Budget ==== | ||
- | The 1983 debut album by Slayer, Show No Mercy, had no recording budget. By combining the savings of Araya, who worked at the time as a respiratory therapist, and borrowing money from King's father, the band had to self-finance the LP. The release of the album was very rushed; it only reached shelves three weeks after the songs were finalized.[([[https:// | + | The 1983 debut album by Slayer, Show No Mercy, had no recording budget. By combining the savings of Araya, who worked at the time as a respiratory therapist, and borrowing money from King's father, the band had to self-finance the LP. The release of the album was very rushed; it only reached shelves three weeks after the songs were finalized.[([[https:// |
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