See Slayer In The Audience On Jimmy Kimmel - 1/19
CALLING ALL SOCAL SLAYER FANS: SLAYER ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE - JANUARY 19th 2007. HERE'S HOW TO BE THERE! We are looking for die hard Slayer fans to be part of his mini-concert on Jimmy Kimmel Live Friday, January 19th. Jimmy Kimmel Live features celebrity guests, cutting edge performers, like Slayer, with plenty of surprises, panic, and general pandemonium. The best part is, Slayer will play anywhere from 3-5 songs for you. If you are interested in seeing Slayer in person and being a part of the Jimmy Kimmel Live audience, please visit www.1iota.com and follow these simple steps: * Click the 1iota TV Shows button * Click the Jimmy Kimmel Live logo * Choose the SLAYER event link to request tickets ATTENDANCE TO THIS EVENT IS BY INVITATION ONLY!!! Remember, BE QUICK, because space is EXTREMELY LIMITED!! MUSTS: * YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 16 YEARS OLD * YOU MUST BE AVAILABLE ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 19th. FROM 7:15PM - 9:00PM * YOU MUST HAVE A VALID PHOTO ID * PLEASE DO NOT WEAR WHITE, LIGHT BLUE, BEIGE OR LOGOS, AS THEY DONTCOME ACROSS WELL ON CAMERA * PLEASE DO NOT BRING LARGE HANDBAGS OR KNAPSACKS * NO CAMERAS OR RECORDING DEVICES 2006 SPIN Readers Poll


Let SPIN know that Slayer are the greatest band in 2006 and every other goddamned year. Click here and let your voice be heard. Slayer invades the US in February


Slayer is hitting the road again, for a winter tour that will shatter your eardrums. Check out the dates on the tour page of this site. For the hard core fans, there will be a pre-sale for select dates, starting THIS WEDNESDAY, Nov 15th. On select shows, buying a ticket through this presale, will allow you early entrance to the venues! Get tix before anyone else by going to slayer.frontgatetickets.com.


Get tix to Slayer's US tour!
Slayer will be heading out on a full US tour in January and February, and you can get tickets before anyone else by going to slayer.frontgatetickets.com right now.


Slayer dedication in Spin
The new issue of Spin has a great example of hardcore Slayer dedication. Click here and here to see the effort.


See the world premiere of the brand-new video from Slayer
The new video for Slayer's "Eyes of the Insane" from Christ Illusion is having its premiere on mp3.com today. Click here to check it out.


Slayer on the cover of Pit!
Slayer is on the cover of the current edition of Pit magazine. Click here to see the cover.


New live Slayer videos
Watch three new live videos from Slayer's recent show in Vancouver! Blood Red: Windows / Quicktime. Cult: Windows / Quicktime. Eyes Of The Insane: Windows / Quicktime.


Christ Illusion - In Stores Now
The day is here: Christ Illusion, the new album from Slayer, is in stores now. You can get it at your local record store, but you can also get a digital copy by going to online stores like iTunes. Click here.


Hear Slayer Radio on AOL
AOL Radio has just launched an "All Slayer" station paying tribute to the thrash/punk/metal legends. The station will feature a playlist of every song ever released by one of the world's best and most influential metal bands, including B-sides and tracks from its new album, "Christ Illusion." To access AOL Radio's "All Slayer" station, click here.


Meet Kerry and Jeff in Ontario tomorrow.
Kerry and Jeff from Slayer will be at Hot Topic tomorrow, Tuesday the 8th, in Ontario, between 2:00-2:30pm.

Don't miss it
Slayer On Headbanger's Ball - Tomorrow
Tune in tomorrow night the 5th as Slayer visits MTV2's Headbanger's Ball at 10pm. After that, you can catch the UnHoly Alliance Tour Special at 11:30 pm. Don't miss it.


Listen To The Entire Album On Myspace
'Christ Illusion' will be in stores this Tuesday, but you can listen to the whole damn thing exclusively on Myspace this weekend. Head over to myspace.com/slayer to check it out.


Join The Slayer Team
Sign up for the official Slayer street team! This is the pla

The band was originally known as Dragonslayer before shortening its name to Slayer. Contrary to what some believe, the name was not chosen as an acronym for Satan Laughs As You Eternally Rot; rather, this wording, found on the liner notes to Divine Intervention, was added as a backronym after the name was shortened. Araya has jokingly stated that they chose Slayer because "it was cool, easy to chant". [3] The backronym might orginate from the line "Laughing as you eternally rot" from the song "Live Undead" (South of Heaven, 198 .

Slayer's first album, Show No Mercy, was released in 1983 on Metal Blade Records. It contains fan favorites such as "Die By the Sword", "The Antichrist" and "Black Magic." It was essential in gaining the band a cult following and respect in the metal community.

The band's second release, the Haunting the Chapel EP, was considerably darker and more thrash-oriented than its predecessor, and is considered to have laid the groundwork for what the band's classic sound would become. It opens with the now classic "Chemical Warfare," which is typically one of two songs the band plays as a live closer.

The band's second full-length release, Hell Awaits, expanded on the darkness of Haunting the Chapel, as hell and Satan were common song subjects. Musically it is the band's most progressive offering, containing only seven tracks, three of which clocked in at over six minutes. The intro to the album is a demonic-sounding voice repeating "Join us," reversed on tape to play backward, and ending with an ironic "Welcome back" before the title track proper begins.

After being offered a recording deal by Rick Rubin's Def Jam Recordings, the band signed and quickly began working on its third album with Rubin as co-producer. The result, 1986's Reign in Blood, has been called a "thrash metal masterpiece" and even credited with almost single-handedly inspiring the entire death metal genre, at least in North America. Kerrang! called Reign in Blood as "the heaviest album of all time". In 2003 Slayer played the album in its entirety throughout their fall tour (something they never did on the original album tour). A DVD of one of these performances was released with the title Still Reigning. Closer "Raining Blood" culminated with the band being drenched in a rain of fake blood. In 2006 Metal Hammer named Reign In Blood their number one of their top two hundred albums in Metal Hammer's lifetime. It also came in at number one in their top twenty thrash albums.

South of Heaven, released in 1988, marked a significant musical departure. To contrast the aggressive assault put forth on Reign in Blood, Slayer consciously slowed down the tempo of the album as a whole. They also added elements like undistorted guitars and toned-down vocal styles not heard on previous albums. Some critics praised the album as demonstrating Slayer's desire to grow musically and avoid repeating themselves. But the new sounds disappointed some of the band's fans who were more accustomed to the style of earlier releases. Even though fans remain divided on the subject, two songs from the album ("Mandatory Suicide" and "South of Heaven") have become almost permanent additions to the band's live setlist. Following the release of South of Heaven, the band recorded a thrash-metal cover of Iron Butterfly's signature song, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. This song was included on the soundtrack to the movie Less Than Zero.

The follow-up album, Seasons in the Abyss, was more of a return to the sound of Reign in Blood and was greeted warmly by fans. A video clip for the title track had the band playing in the Middle East, shortly before the start of the Gulf War. Vocal overdubs on "Temptation" and a child's voice pleading underneath the track "Dead Skin Mask" (about necrophile Ed Gein)?as well as the title track, which originally made use of a flute?were the most obvious signs of the band's growth.

A double live album, Decade of Aggression, was released in