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Slayer Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Nurburg	Nurburg Ring	Sat	Jun 08 / 13	Find Tickets
Dublin	The Academy	Mon	Jun 10 / 13	Find Tickets
Dublin	The Academy	Tue	Jun 11 / 13	Find Tickets
Belfast	The Limelight	Wed	Jun 12 / 13	Find Tickets
Rome	Atlantico Live	Mon	Jun 17 / 13	Find Tickets
Florence	Teatro Obihall	Tue	Jun 18 / 13	Find Tickets
Milan	Alcatraz	Wed	Jun 19 / 13	Find Tickets
Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	Tue	Jun 25 / 13	Find Tickets
Wacken	Wacken Open Air Festival Grounds	Thu	Aug 01 / 13	Find Tickets
Oslo	Middelalderparken	Tue	Aug 06 / 13	Find Tickets
Stockholm	Grona Lund	Wed	Aug 07 / 13	Find Tickets
Mexico City	Foro Sol	Tue	Sep 17 / 13	Find Tickets

Slayer Biography

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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. and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax. Slayer's sales are in the estimated high 20 millions, although they have never publicly announced their sales worldwide. However, between the years 1991 and 2004, Slayer sold over 3.5 million albums in the U.S. Slayer's musical style involve fast tremolo picking, double bass drumming, and shouted vocals. King, bassist/vocalist Tom Araya, and former guitarist Jeff Hanneman have contributed to the band's lyrics. Most of the band's music has been created and arranged by King and Hanneman, with additional help from drummer Dave Lombardo and sometimes Araya.

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