Slayer

Slayer is a 4 membered metal band formed in Huntingtion Park, California in 1981. Slayer was technically the first true metal band. Slayer was different from other bands in their era because of their use of tremelo picking, wicked guitar solo's and were one of the first bands to begin using the double-bass kick. The topics they sang about usually involved satanism, war, religion and serial killers. Slayer really took the use of the whole satanic worship idea, they used pentagrams and pictures of the devil to promote their evil image.

There has been a lot of controvercy for slayer from other religions and the media, for example this logo

made a lot of relgions angry because they were promoting satan, ALTHOUGH.. lead singer and bassist Tom Araya is a christian with a jewish wife.

Slayer of: Kerry King (Founder, lead guitar), Jeff Hannamen (Founder, Rythmn guitar), Tom Araya (bassist, vocals) and current drummer Jeff Lombardo.