Formed: 1982
From:
Huntington Beach,
CA,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Background
The thrash metal sound of Slayer was formed in Huntington Beach, CA in 1982. Comprising Tom Araya (bass, vocals), Kerry King (guitar), Jeff Hanneman (guitar) and Dave Lombardo (drums), they made their debut in 1983, with a track on the compilation Metal Massacre III. After that the rest has been history. The band played at breakneck speed with amazing technical precision, but the intricacies of detail were lost in a muddy production. Araya's lyrics dealt with death, carnage, Satanism and torture, but were reduced to an indecipherable guttural howl. But this chaos called music is what set the ways for Slayer and many bands to follow.
Through the years, Slayer has been hit with much controversy over their lyrics, including lawsuits. But through the years Slayer has managed to build a following from coast to coast. Slayer has played such tours as Monsters of Rock, Ozzfest, and recently toured the U.S. co-headling with Pantera.
Now almost 20 years later, Slayer is still playing just as hard as ever. Will Slayer ever stop? Not likely, considering they are keeping up with thrash bands half their age, after all they did start it!
Latest Slayer News
Below is our complete Slayer news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Slayer Frontman Tom Araya Talks About New Album
In a recent video interview with Artisan News Service, Slayer frontman Tom Araya spoke a little about the bands forthcoming new studio album which will be released later this year. Araya states: "This new album is coming together really well. We've been in the studio now for four weeks. I think four or five weeks and it's coming across together, you know it has all the Slayer elements. I don't want to compare it to but it has very Christ Illusion type songs. You know it's in that vein but there's also fast songs, l mean 'Psychopathy Red' that right there should give you an example of the broad spectrum of Slayer music is going to be on this album."
You can check out the full video at this location.
Hatebreed Posts Slayer And ST Cover Teasers Online
Hardcore metal group Hatebreed has posted two audio teasers online for their covers of "Ghosts Of War" by Slayer and the Suicidal Tendencies classic, "Suicidal Maniac." You can check them both out by heading to the bands official Myspace account. The band will be releasing a collection of covers of May 5th entitled, "For The Lions" and will also feature covers of bands such as Agnostic Front, Sick Of It All, Sepultura, Metallica, Obituary and many more.
Hatebreed Reveals Covers Album Release Date
Hardcore metal act Hatebreed has announced that their forthcoming new covers album, "For The Lions" will be released in North America on May 5th in North America via E1 Music (formerly known as Koch Records) and will appear on the shelves on Europe on May 11th through Century Media.
The covers appearing on "For The Lions" are as follows:
Slayer - "Ghosts of War"
Cro-Mags - "It's The Limit"
Suicidal Tendencies - "Suicidal Maniac"
Sepultura - "Refuse/Resist"
Metallica - "Escape"
Bad Brains - "Supertouch/Shitfit"
Misfits - "Hatebreeders"
D.R.I. - "Evil Minds"
Madball - "Set It Off"
Sick Of It All - "Shut Me Out"
Black Flag - "Thirsty"
Negative Approach - "Sick Of Talk"
Crowbar - "All I Had I Gave"
Merauder - "Life Is Pain"
Agnostic Front - "Your Mistake"
Judge - "Hear Me"
Obituary - "I'm In Pain
Subzero - "Boxed In"
Killswitch Engage Added To Rockstar Mayhem Tour
Killswitch Engage are the latest band to be confirmed for this summer's blockbuster Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour which will be co-headlined by Slayer and Marilyn Manson. Also on the bill will be All That Remains, Cannibal Corpse, God Forbid, Behemoth, Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel and Job For A Cowboy.
The tour dates are as follows:
July 10 -Marysville, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 11 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 12 - San Bernardino, CA @ Glen Helen Pavilion
July 14 - Seattle, WA @ White River Amphitheater
July 17 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavilion
July 18 - Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion
July 19 - Denver, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
July 21 - Kansas City, KS @ Sandstone Amphitheater
July 22 - St. Louis, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 24 - Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheater
July 25 - Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Centre
July 26 - Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 28 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheater
July 29 - Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion
July 31 - Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center
August 1 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavilion
August 2 - Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 4 - Boston, MA @ Tweeter Center
August 6 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Virginia Beach Amphitheater
August 7 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
August 8 - Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Center
August 9 - Washington, DC @ Nissan Pavilion
August 11 - Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
August 12 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre
August 14 - Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center
August 15 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 16 - San Antonio, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Metallica And Slayer Featured In Rick Rubin Book
A new book will soon be released entitled "Rick Rubin:In The Studio" which looks at one of the most celebrated record producers of all time. The book will look at some of the most important and groundbreaking albums of all time which Rubin produced and will contain features on the likes of Metallica, Slayer, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, System Of A Down, Audioslave and Danzig amongst others. The book is expected to be released this summer.
Lemmy To Appear In Guitar Hero: Metallica
Motorhead's godly frontman Lemmy will be appearing in the forthcoming new video game Guitar Hero:Metallica. "It's great to be in 'Guitar Hero' with all these famous people and I'm really pleased to be in it with Metallica," Lemmy said, "but [frontman] James [Hetfield] is still taller than me."
The tracklisting for the game is as follows:
Metallica songs:
All Nightmare Long
Battery
Creeping Death
Disposable Heroes
Dyers Eve
Enter Sandman
Fade To Black
Fight Fire With Fire
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Frantic
Fuel
Hit The Lights
King Nothing
Master of Puppets
Mercyful Fate (Medley)
No Leaf Clover
Nothing Else Matters
One
Orion
Sad But True
Seek And Destroy
The Memory Remains
The Shortest Straw
The Thing That Should Not Be
The Unforgiven
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Wherever I May Roam
Whiplash
Other artists: More...
Hatebreed Reveals Covers Album, New Guitarist
HATEBREED has revealed the release date and tracklisting of their new covers album, "For The Lions." The album is set for release on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 via E1 Music (formerly KOCH Records). This new release is the follow-up to the band’s #1 Billboard charting DVD, LIVE DOMINANCE (released September of 2008).
The songs on "For The Lions" were carefully selected by HATEBREED to represent a panoramic view of some of their favorite artists and greatest musical inspirations. Having completed the album in 2008, the band felt their work wasn’t done yet and just returned to the studio with original guitar player Wayne Lozinak to record additional tracks for the album. The four new covers are among the most bludgeoning the band has yet to record. These include, “Ghosts Of War” (Slayer), “Supertouch/Shitfit (Bad Brains), “Thirsty” (Black Flag) and “Suicidal Maniac” (Suicidal Tendencies).
FOR THE LIONS was produced, engineered and mixed by long-time band associate Chris "Zeuss" Harris.
You can preview of “Suicidal Maniac” on the band's MySpace page.
In additional HATEBREED news, the band announced the departure of guitar player Sean M. Martin, welcoming back to the fold original guitarist Wayne Lozinak.
Front man Jamey Jasta says, “I speak on behalf of all of us and we support Sean's decision to leave and want him to be happy and successful at everything he does. There are no bad feelings at all and you'll probably see him hanging on stage at some of our local shows. We're family and he will be missed but HATEBREED will forge on.” More...
Slayer Posts Rockstar Mayhem Tour Announcement
Slayer's Tom Araya and Kerry King have posted a video announcement of their participation in this year's Rockstar Mayhem touring festival. Also mentioned is that Slayer will re-enter the studio in February to finish up their new album for a July release. You can check out the video below. More...
Behemoth Frontman Speaks On Rockstar Mayhem Tour
Behemoth frontman, "Nergal" has posted his feelings on the bands appearance at this summers Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival. The post reads as follows: "I cannot find words to express the enthusiasm that literally blows us up! It’s a great ennoblement to be accompanied by Slayer and Marilyn Manson. This is the best reward that we could ever get after a dozen of years of hard work and wandering on various venues all over the world. I can promise that Behemoth will be at it’s best. We will play a cross-sectional set with some new material included!"
Behemoth will also support Slayer on a tour for three weeks before the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival.
Slayer And Manson To Headline Rockstar Mayhem Tour
This years edition of the Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival will be co-headlined by Marilyn Manson and Slayer according to Revolver. Also on the main stage will be Bullet For My Valentine. There will also be a "Jagermeister stage" which boasts performances from Trivium, God Forbid and All That Remains, as well as the "Hot Topic stage" which features Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel and Job For A Cowboy.
The latest Rockstar Energy Mayhem 2009 tour dates are as follows: More...
Guitar Hero: Metallica Tracklisting Revealed
Metallica has now revealed the tracklisting for Guitar Hero: Metallica. As previously reported, Guitar Hero: Metallica will be hitting the streets on March 29 with some really cool features like different classic venues such as the L.A. Forum, Tushino Airfield, and The Hammersmith Odeon, the ability to play as us or in single instrument mode, and even the Expert+ setting with double bass drum kick pedals.
Here are the songs on the game, both from Metallica and other bands that they "admire and even call friends": More...
Slayer To Announce Co-Headlining Tour Next Week
American thrash metal legends Slayer have revealed that on January 26th they will be announcing a co-headlining tour. Of yet, no idea of when the tour will kick off or with who have been hinted at but the band are expected to finish work on their as-yet untitled new studio album before it launches. Stay tuned for more details.
Slayer Members To Appear At NAMM 2009
Slayer has issued the following statement about their appearance at this years NAMM in Anaheim, CA:
"The National Association of Music Merchants trade show starts next week! The show isn’t open to the public, but for all you NAMM members out there who will be attending the trade show, here are the slayer signing times:
TOM
Saturday January 17th
1 – 2:30pm – ESP signing
KERRY
Thursday January 15th
1pm – Fernandes signing
4 – 6pm – BC Rich signing
Saturday January 16th
11am – Monster signing
1 – 2pm – Dunlop signing
2:30pm – Shure signing
4pm – EMG singing
Sunday January 17th
11:30am – Kahler signing
1:30pm – Marshall signing & Jammin’ with the King!
DAVE
Saturday 17th
2pm – Paiste signing"
Slayer's Kerry King To Guest At Anaheim Supercross
Slayer guitarist Kerry King will be appearing at the Anaheim Supercross event on Saturday the 17th of this month. He will be doing a meet and greet at the Jagermeister Pit Area at the Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California at 4PM.
Slayer, Manson And More Rumoured For Rockstar Tour
The Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour will return next year and it looks like Marilyn Manson will surface to co-headline the event with Slayer. Also tapped for the bill are Trivium and Behemoth. More details will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.
Kerry King Promises Not To Abominize Slayer
The second part of a video interview with infamous Slayer guitarist Kerry King has been posted online by Germany's Metal Hammer. In the second part, he talks about a possible end for Slayer and how long he feels he can keep going. You can check it out by heading to MetalHammer.de. While you're there, you can also check out the first part of the interview wherein he discusses Rick Rubin and new material.
Slayer Guitarist Talks About New Album
Infamous Slayer guitarist Kerry King has revealed that he has an album title for the new studio album and as many as seven song titles, though the music for these songs has not been written yet. He explained that the album might not be out in time for next summer but that Slayer will be entering the studio on February 1st. More details will be announced as they are revealed.
Metal Video Game On It's Way
Blabbermouth.net reports: Indevent USA and EBT3 Creations have launched their new multi-media company, Reign Productions. The company's first project will carry a multi-million dollar budget for a music video game catering exclusively to metal music. The game will include a soundtrack with performances from major metal artists as well as cameo appearances within the video game. The game will also include the formation of a new "supergroup" metal band. Production for this project will begin later this month.
The company will be headed by Peter Scheithauer (TEMPLE OF BRUTALITY, KILLING MACHINE) of Indevent USA and Bruce Teal of EBT3 Creations and will include Dale Russell (THE GUESS WHO, SASS PROJECT) and Jon Dette (SLAYER, TESTAMENT). Participants in this project currently include Global Unity Limited (Demolition Records), Gerard Drouot (Gerard Drouot Production), Fabio Jafet (Emmy Award-winning director), Ralph Graupner (Indevent) Stephane Minier (Yardie Productions), Thomas Lang (world-renowned drummer) and Alex Maltezo (Radius Media).
A major announcement for this project will be made at the 2009 winter NAMM convention in Anaheim, California.
Godless Rising To Cover Slayer On New Album
Ex-ONWARD guitarist Toby Knapp has issued the following update:
"As I've posted before I've licensed my last solo album Misanthropy Divine to Germany's Rock It Up Records for Europe (this updated version with bonus tracks will be available here in the US as well) I signed the contracts and shipped off the masters well over a month ago. I of course started getting very nervous after several weeks passed and they still had not arrived to Germany - to the point of absolute nervous breakdown and calling the U.S.P.S. and doing all that tracking shit (last night) and it seemed the box was lost enroute; the master discs, contracts, etc. Moments before the 'meltdown' I checked my email and a very welcome letter happened to be waiting from the label president Franko "I GOT THE PACKAGE!!!" So, now we can proceed and I'm sure the results will be worth the wait, this really isn't official news, just my musings over a real stressful several weeks. I will keep everyone interested on the release date of the album and the 2009 tour dates. Oh yes, GODLESS RISING's Trumpet Of Triumph is 99% done - hope we did justice to SLAYER's 'Kill Again'! This album will be out on Moribund Records in early 2009."
You can check out Godless Rising on their MySpace page.
Mabon To Support Slayer On Swiss Unholy Alliance
Swiss progressive thrashers MABON will support Slayer, Trivium, and Amon Amarth on the Swiss date of the Unholy Alliance Chapter III tour:
10.11.08 - Eishalle, Winterthur (ZH), Switzerland
w/ Slayer, Trivium, Mastodon, Amon Amarth, Mabon
Mabon's takes the stage at 6 p.m. for a short set.
Mabon was just joined by their new guitar player, Marco, with whom they will open for the only Swiss gig of The Unholy Alliance tour 2008.
You can check out some of the band's material on their MySpace page.
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