Today in 1998 Sl;ayer released the album Diabolus in Musica Huntington Park, Los Angeles County, California Thrash Metal Status:Active Years active: 1981-present Slayer is a thrash metal band from US, formed in 1981. The band was founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. The band was credited as one of the Big Four thrash metal bands, along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Megadeth. Slayers musical traits involve fast tremolo picking, guitar solos, double bass drumming, and shouting vocals. The bands lyrics and album art, which cover topics such as death, deviants, suicidal, genocide, necrophilia, insanity, Nazism, religion, Satanism, serial killers, and warfare have generated album bans, delays, lawsuits and strong criticism from religious groups and the general public. Slayer is best known for speaking through perspective without being necessarily sympathetic to the cause of their inspiration. Since their debut record in 1983, the band has released two live albums, one cover album, one box set, three DVDs, one VHS, two EPs, and nine studio albums, four of which have received gold certification in the United States. The band has received three Grammy nominations, winning one in 2007 for the song Eyes Of The Insane, and one in 2008 for the song Final Six. They have headlined music festivals worldwide, including Unholy Alliance and Ozzfest. Slayer was formed in 1981 in Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California. The Band was formed by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King when they met at a tryout for a local band. Tom Araya soon joined on bass and vocals, and drummer Dave Lombardo joined last later in 1982. They played in a style reminiscent of early Exodus, influenced heavily by punk acts Minor Threat, Stooges and Heavy Metal bands Venom and Judas Priest. ``Black Magic`` was written in February, 1983, and marked Slayers definite venture into thrash metal. They secured a spot on the compilation appeareance ``Metal Massacre III`` in 1983, contributing the speed metal song ``Aggressive Perfector``. They also recorded two demos in 1983, and became a popular live act in the Los Angeles area. (In 1983, Bob Gourley filled in for Dave for one gig. He later appeared in Dark Angel (US).) Their debut LP, Show No Mercy, was recorded in November, 1983.) A live EP was recorded in the studio in front of 50 of their closest friends in January, 1984, and after that ``Show No Mercy`` was released. The ``Haunting the Chapel`` and ``Live Undead`` EPs followed. After 1985s ``Hell Awaits``, Slayer were signed to Rick Rubins Def Jam record label, better known for acts like Run DMC. This led to three studio albums, including the brutal ``Reign in Blood``, as well as a 1991 live double CD, ``Decade Of Aggression``. Dave Lombardo left the band in 1987 for several weeks, and was replaced for a few live gigs by Tony Scaglione (Whiplash (US)), and then again left in 1992. Finally, in 1994, Paul Bostaph from Forbidden was brought in, and three more albums were recorded. Then, in 2001, Bostaph left to join Systematic, and Lombardo, who had been in Grip Inc. and Fantômas rejoined the band. Guitarist Jeff Hanneman had to drop out of Slayers touring lineup in 2011 after contracting a debilitating skin disease. Exodus guitarist Gary Holt filled in his spot for the next two years. Hanneman died of liver failure on May 2, 2013. Interesting facts: Its official that Slayer is the most covered metal band in the world aside from Metallica and Iron Maiden. Tom Araya (born Tomás Enrique Araya June 6, 1961 in Viña del Mar, Chile. He has provided guest vocals to recordings by other artists, including ``Iron Gland`` from Alice in Chains album Dirt, and ``Terrorist`` from Soulflys album Primitive. His brother is John Araya (Bloodcum (US), Thine Eyes Bleed) Kerry King recorded a guitar solo for ``No Sleep Til Brooklyn`` by the popular hip-hop/rock group Beastie Boys. Tom Arayas brother John (Bloodcum (US), Thine Eyes Bleed) worked as an sound engineer for Slayer in their early days. According the book of Jarek Szubrycht (Lux Occulta) Bez litosci. Prawdziwa historia zespo?u Slayer, Greg Hall was asked to play with Slayer after Tony Scaglione left the band in January 1987. It never happens because Lombardo returned to the band. Gene Hoglan, the legendary drummer who has played in bands such as Dark Angel (US), Strapping Young Lad and Death, used to be a Slayer lights man and roadie on the Show No Mercy tour, and was asked to be Dave Lombardos drum tech on the Haunting North America tour (84), but knocked it back to pursue his own music career. He even did backup vocals on the album Show No Mercy (the song Evil Has No Boundaries). Birth Dates: Tom Araya (06 June 1961 Viña del Mar, Chile) Jeff Hannemann (31 January 1964 Oakland, CA) Kerry King (03 June 1964 Los Angeles, CA) Dave Lombardo (16 February 1965 Havana, Cuba) Paul Bostaph (26 March 1964 Newark, CA)+ Rumor has it the band was originally known as Dragonslayer, after the 1981 movie of the same name. However, when King was asked How did you come up with the name Dragonslayer? King responded We never did; its a myth to this day. American Recordings Tom Araya – bass, vocals Jeff Hanneman – guitar (R.I.P. 2013) Kerry King – guitar Paul Bostaph – drums 1. Bitter Peace (4:34) 2. Deaths Head (3:31) 3. Stain of Mind (3:27) 4. Overt Enemy (4:43) 5. Perversions of Pain (3:32) 6. Love to Hate (3:07) 7. Desire (4:20) 8. In the Name of God (3:40) 9. Scrum (2:20) 10. Screaming From the Sky (3:14) 11. Point (4:12) Total Time: 40:46 Recorded at Oceanway Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Additional recording and mixing at Hollywood Sound, Los Angeles, CA. Additional mixing at Groove Masters, Santa Monica, CA. Co-producer: Slayer. Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, New York, NY. Edited by: Roger Lian. Art direction: Frank. A double CD limited edition version of this album contains the Japanese bonus track Wicked (6:00) on the first disc, and the second disc is a bonus live CD with the following tracklisting: 1. Raining Blood (Live) (02:32) 2. Angel of Death (Live) (05:21) 3. Mandatory Suicide (Live) (04:01) 4. Chemical Warfare (Live) (05:32) 5. Dittohead (Live) (02:37) 6. South of Heaven (Live) (04:25) The Japanese version has two bonus tracks and a slightly different tracklisting: 8. Unguarded Instinct (03:44) 12. Wicked (06:03) Wicked is also on the Australian and European version as track 11. The song Human Disease (4:20), which was featured on the Bride of Chucky soundtrack, was recorded during the Diabolus in Musica sessions. All three songs above would later be released on Soundtrack to the Apocalypse Diabolus in Musica is the seventh studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on June 9, 1998, it is the second studio album to feature drummer Paul Bostaph. Although receiving mixed critical reviews, the album sold 46,000 copies in its first week to peak at number 31 on the Billboard 200. Guitarist Jeff Hanneman wrote most of the albums content which has been described as Slayers most experimental album. It is the bands first studio album to be played mostly in Drop C# tuning. The albums title is a Latin term for The Devil in Music, a musical interval known for its dissonance. Lyrical themes explored on the album include religion, cultural deviance, death, insanity, war, and homicide. Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman described the writing process as, When we were writing this album I was looking for something to beat; I wanted something to beat, but nothing impresses me right now. Nothing sounded really aggressive or heavy enough to inspire me to beat it, so I just had to come up with my own shit. The album was produced by Rick Rubin and was recorded at Oceanway Studios. Adrien Begrand of PopMatters felt Slayer introduced characteristics to its music including tuned down guitars, murky chord structures, and churning beats. He believed these characteristics were adopted in response to the then-burgeoning nu metal scene. Drummer Paul Bostaph claims the album is his favorite as he thought the album was as experimental as Slayer got. This included incorporating groove metal elements and strange vocal effects as said by an interview for High Times. Bostaph returned to Slayer after his short-lived side project The Truth About Seafood, and the band entered the recording studio four months later. youtube/watch?v=RzXdyPqRVqk
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