Slayer is a famous American torrent metal band. Together with metal, Holocaust and anthrax, Slayer is called thrash metal four giants. In 1982, guitarist kerny King formed Slayer band with lead singer Tom Araya in the suburbs of Los Angeles.
Then the band absorbed guitarist Jeff hanneman and drummer Dave Lombardo, who had been a hospital clinician, to form the initial lineup of the band. At first, the band mainly covered the songs of iron maiden, Judas Priest and some punk bands.
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