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Sankt Goarshausen Freilichtbuhne Loreley Thu Jun 20 / 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
Copenhagen Store Vega Tue Aug 06 / 13 Find Tickets
Stockholm Grona Lund Wed Aug 07 / 13 Find Tickets
Belfast The Limelight Tue Aug 13 / 13 Find Tickets
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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. In the original lineup, King, bassist/vocalist Tom Araya, and guitarist Jeff Hanneman contributed to the band's lyrics, and most of the band's music was created and arranged by King and Hanneman, with additional help from drummer Dave Lombardo and sometimes Araya.

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The Big 4: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria Live 2010-11-02 itunes amazon
World Painted Blood / Atrocity Vendor Single 2010-04-17 itunes amazon
World Painted Blood Album 2009-10-28 itunes amazon
Hate Worldwide Single 2009-07-28 itunes amazon
Rips Up Waldrock Live 2009 itunes amazon
Eyes of the Insane Single 2006-11-20 itunes amazon
Christ Illusion Album 2006-08-04 itunes amazon
Eternal Pyre EP 2006-06-06 itunes amazon
Spitting Poison Live 2004-10-14 itunes amazon
Soundtrack to the Apocalypse Compilation 2003-11-25 itunes amazon
War at the Warfield (live 2003) Live 2003-07-29 itunes amazon
God Hates Us All Album 2001-09-11 itunes amazon
God Send Death Single 2001-09-11 itunes amazon
2001-09-22: Darkness of Christ:… Live 2001 itunes amazon
Back in the Game Live 1998-07-25 itunes amazon
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