⭐🔍🎶 Origin of the band name : Slayer

How did band Slayer
 
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Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman.
 Slayer is recognized as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal bands, alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax.

The band Slayer chose their name in 1981 because it fit the aggressive, dark, and heavy image they wanted for their music.
 Drummer Dave Lombardo noted that the band originally considered the name Wings of Fire before settling on Slayer.
 Kerry King has denied rumors that the band was originally named after the 1981 film Dragonslayer, calling it a myth.

The iconic Slayer logo was designed by Dave Lombardo in bassist Tom Araya's parents' living room, styled left-handed to mimic a stabbing motion.

Slayer

Exploring the depths of heavy metal's darkest, scariest moments, Slayer raged about Satanism, serial killers, war and necrophilia as they became one of the most controversial acts of the 1980s. Led by Tom Araya's growling, doomed howls and the ferocious, grizzled guitar of Kerry King, the band got their break when they were picked to appear on the seminal Los Angeles metal compilation Metal Massacre III, and quickly became a key part of California's underground rock scene. Their early albums Show No Mercy (1983) and Hell Awaits (1984) were raw, ragged, self-financed, statements of intent, before the Rick Rubin-produced Reign In Blood (1986) was declared "the heaviest album of all time" and became recognised as a landmark of hardcore thrash metal. Their speed, intensity and demonic onslaught stood them alongside Metallica, Megadeth and the great hard rock acts of the era and albums Seasons In The Abyss (1990) and Divine Intervention (1994) - which reached the US Top 10 - proved hugely influential to later generations of headbanging metal bands, including Sepultura, Pantera, Slipknot and Lacuna Coil. They reached Number 5 in the US with Christ Allusion (2006) and won Grammy Awards for singles Eyes Of The Insane and Final Six; and, despite the death of guitarist Jeff Hanneman in 2013 from liver failure, they continue be an explosive, full throttle force of dark heavy metal. Artist biography compiled by BDS/West 10. All rights reserved .

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