Tom Araya

Slayer Postpone Tour 11/21/2009

MEGADETH's CHRIS BRODERICK Talks Guitar Technique 11/17/2009

Slayer Postpone Tour 11/16/2009

SLAYER, MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, HIGH ON FIRE: First 'American Carnage' Dates Released 11/16/2009

SLAYER, MEGADETH: New 'Canadian Carnage' Dates Announced 11/16/2009

Although satanic imagery and grisly subject matter was nothing new to the realm of heavy metal (Venom, Black Sabbath, etc.), it wasn't until Slayer came along in the early '80s that it was explored so thoroughly. Although the band's brutal guitar riffing and superhuman double bass drumming were major ingredients of the band's sound, it was frontman/bassist Tom Araya's screaming vocal style and ...more