The band was highly influential to death metal and black metal-founding/leading bands like Death, Obituary, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel and Napalm Death. This generated a lot of controversy at the time and have resulted resulted in album bans, delays, lawsuits and criticism from the public and religious groups.
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Their lyrics and album art cover topics such as murder, serial killers, torture, genocide, human experimentation, Satanism, hate crimes, terrorism, religion, anti-religion, Nazism, warfare and even necrophilia. In their early shows, the band utilized pentagrams, make-up, spikes and inverted crosses in their shows. The Band Utilizes Satanic and Violent Imagery Slagel later signed the band to Metal Blade. Slayer was spotted by former music journalist Brian Slagel at a gig, who had them an original song titled “Aggressive Perfector” for his upcoming Metal Massacre III compilation. The three played cover versions of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest tracks at Southern Californian clubs and parties. The two connected over similar taste in music and Kerry soon introduced Jeff to vocalist and bassist Tom Araya, who had played with King before in a band called Quits. The band was found in 1981 when Kerry King met fellow guitarist Jeff Hanneman in Huntington Park, California. From 1990 to 1991, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax played for the ‘Clash of the Titans’ tour, which is considered the peak of the genre. Along with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax, Slayer is credited as one of the “big four” thrash metal bands - these four American bands pioneered and popularized the genre. Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music distinguished by its aggression and fast tempo. Slayer Is One of Thrash Metal’s “Big Four” Reign in Blood, Seasons in the Abyss and South of Heaven are considered to be the band’s best releases. They have also released three live albums, two EPs and two box sets. 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). So far, Slayer has five Gold-certified albums. Rick produced Reign in Blood (1986) and helped Slayer break into the Billboard 200 for the first time. The band was signed to Def Jam Recordings by Rick Rubin after the release of its first two albums, Show No Mercy (1983) and Hell Awaits (1985). Slayer has earned six gold certifications and one multi-platinum plaque from the Recording Industry Association of America. Slayer sold 4,900,000 copies in the United States from 1991 to 2013, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and over 20 million worldwide. The Group Has Sold Over 20 Million Albums
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