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Slayer is an American thrash metal band, founded
in Huntington Park, California, in 1982[1] by Kerry King (guitars),
Tom Araya (bass and vocals), Jeff Hanneman (guitars) and Dave Lombardo
(drums). Lombardo has been in and out of the group three times,
but the others have been permanent members. Hanneman and King are
the group's main songwriters. Slayer is often mentioned as one of
the "Big Four" of thrash metal, along with Metallica,
Anthrax, and Megadeth. ... Christ Illusion was eventually released
on August 8, 2006 and it immediately debuted at #5 on the Billboard
Top 200 chart, selling 62,000 copies.[citation needed] This is the
band's highest chart position in the United States to date, proving
the 2000s to be the most commercially successful period for the
band within the mainstream. Christ Illusion improved on their previous
highest charting album Divine Intervention, which debuted at #8
in 1994. The following week, Christ Illusion dropped to #41 on the
charts.[citation needed] During the week of the Christ Illusion
CD release, the full album could be heard on Slayer's MySpace page.
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slayer
FaceCulture met guitarist Kerry King of legendary
trash metal band Slayer just before their gig in Den Bosch. We spoke
about the Dragonslayer myth, Christ Illusion, God Hates Us All,
previous albums, experimenting, collecting and breeding snakes,
the return of Dave Lombardo, band changes, Master Of Puppets, the
Big Four of trash metal, Some Kind Of Monster, 'trainwreck' Metallica
and lots more!!
Kerry
King about the Dragonslayer myth, Christ Illusion, previous albums
and experimenting!! (03:55)
Kerry
King about Slayer in the nineties, hobby's, collecting and breeding
snakes and Slayer 2006!! (04:11)
Kerry
King about Dave Lombardo, band changes, Master Of Puppets and 'trainwreck'
Metallica!! (04:56)
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