Heavy metalSpeed metal
| Years_active = 1981?present| Label = American, Def Jam, Metal Blade| Associated_acts = WhiplashExodusFantômasGrip Inc.TestamentThe Truth About SeafoodMegadeth| URL = Slayer.net| Current_members =Tom ArayaJeff HannemanKerry KingDave Lombardo| Past_members =Paul BostaphJon DetteTony Scaglione}}Slayer is an American thrash metal band founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame as a leader of the American thrash metal movement with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, which has been called "the heaviest album of all time" by Kerrang!. The band is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal bands, along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Megadeth.Slayer is known for its musical traits, involving fast tremolo picking, guitar solos, double bass drumming, and shouting vocals. The band's lyrics and album art, which cover topics such as gore, serial killers, Satanism, religion and warfare have
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