Slayer

USA, 1981–2019

Californian band and part of thrash metal's Big Four. Tom Araya, Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman. Reign in Blood is one of the genre's most intense and technically demanding albums.

Influenced by

• Iron Maiden
• Judas Priest

Influenced

• Avenged Sevenfold
• System of a Down
• Slipknot
• At the Gates
• Lamb of God
• Killswitch Engage
• Sepultura
• Fear Factory
• Machine Head