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SLAYER: review
Slayer is an American thrash metal band founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Originally named Dragonslayer, the band shortened the name to Slayer and caused many people to believe the name was chosen as an acronym for “Satan Laughs As You Eternally Rot”. Slayer’s first album, Show No Mercy, released in 1983, contained many top tracks including “Die By the Sword”, “The Antichrist” and “Black Magic” and gained the band a cult following and respect in the metal community. Slayer later rose to fame as a leader of the American thrash metal movement in 1986 with the release of their third album, Reign in Blood, which is known as the “heaviest album of all time”. Today, Slayer is credited as one of the four biggest thrash metal bands along with Megadeth, Metallica, and Anthrax.
