It wasn’t until Slayer’s third, seminal record, Reign in Blood, that they achieved great success and popularity in their own right and, hence, became confident enough to realise that they didn’t need to copy anyone and could just be themselves. Instead, they drew on British heavy metal in the likes of Black Sabbath or Judas Priest and adopted the leather and spike-heavy look as well as a lot of the on-stage choreography. Slayer, who were from LA, came on the scene as outsiders-their style was unique and nothing like the local sound. Since many of the aforementioned bands hailed from the San Francisco Bay Area, they also moved in the same circles, frequently sharing the stage as well as band members, which resulted in a uniform, almost incestuous music eco-climate. "Slayer, who were from LA, came on the scene as outsiders-their style was unique and nothing like the local sound"Īlong with such bands as Metallica, Death Angel, Exodus and Anthrax, Slayer were in the vanguard of thrash metal-a 1970s hardcore punk-inspired genre that surfaced as a response to the “poppy”, glam metal, populated by “pretty boys.” However, Slayer have always had an edge over their fellow thrashers.
We take a look at the outrageous history of the holy grail of thrash metal, Slayer, as they embark on a global farewell tour…Ī true Slayer fan will answer any question in only one way: “SLAAAAYYYYEEEEER!” That, along with carving the band’s name into one’s forearms, getting fired from a job to attend a gig or subjecting oneself to countless varieties of bodily harm during the infamous mosh pits ("wall of death," anyone?) are just some of the examples of the religious-cult-like following this legendary band has garnered since starting out in the early 1980s.
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