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A medley of "Raining Blood" and "Postmortem" appears on Body Count's 2016 album Bloodlust, preceded by a short monologue by lead singer Ice-T where he names Slayer as both a major influence on Body Count and as one of his favorite bands of all time "and always will be"; a video for Body Count's version was released in August 2017.
Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by bassist/vocalist Tom Araya, guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King, and drummer Dave Lombardo. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style made them one of the "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax.
Hanneman composed both music and lyrics for every Slayer album until his death in 2013. Born in 1964 in Long Beach, California, [2] [3] Hanneman listened to heavy metal and hardcore punk in his childhood and adolescence. He was working as a telemarketer in 1981 when he met Kerry King, with whom he founded Slayer.
"Metalstorm / Face the Slayer" Kerry King Jeff Hanneman Kerry King Show No Mercy: 1983 [7] "Mind Control" Tom Araya Kerry King Jeff Hanneman Kerry King Divine Intervention: 1994 [1] "Mr. Freeze" ‡ (Dr. Know cover) Kyle Toucher Undisputed Attitude: 1996 [2] "Necrophobic" Jeff Hanneman Kerry King Reign in Blood: 1986 [5] "Necrophiliac" Jeff ...
God Hates Us All is the ninth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on September 11, 2001, by American Recordings.It was recorded over three months at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, and includes the Grammy Award-nominated song "Disciple".
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South of Heaven is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on July 5, 1988, by Def Jam Recordings.The album was the band's second collaboration with producer Rick Rubin, whose production skills on their previous album Reign in Blood (1986) had helped their sound evolve.
"Raining Blood" was written by Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. [4] D. X. Ferris said that "when Hanneman wrote the song, he envisioned a scene from a dark street or bloody back alley", and later went on to say that the song "described a banished soul awakened and hungry for vengeance."