Slayer debuted in 1982, one of the first shows was at their high school on March 25th 1982 covering Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and punk bands. On August 27th 1983 the Band performed at a club called Woodstock, where they'd been watched by Brian Slagel the owner of Metal Blade Records. He offered them a track on the upcoming Metal Massacre 3. Slayer agreed but only if Brian would help them to produce a whole album, and so Aggressive Perfector was the result for the Metal Massacre 3. In late 1983 Slayer entered the Studio to record their first full length Album 'Show no Mercy'. The Album consisted of a lot of screams and guitar solo fill-in's, and it was packed with such an evil energy. The Album was released December 1983 in the US and early 1984 due to distribution problems in Europe. The following tour was a real experience for Slayer. The Tour itself was very chaotic, the boys ended up sleeping at people's houses sometimes, and a lot of the time they had no money. The money they got for the shows they used for food and beer. In 1985 Slayer recorded Hell Awaits which was also produced by Brian Slagel and which was also released via Metal Blade Records. The Album sold more than 100.000 units in a very short time after it's release, at that point of time major labels began to show interest in Slayer. In 1985 Slayer came to Europe for the first time, they played some club dates and the 1985 Dynamo Festival in Eindhoven/Holland. This was also a big step for the band, because they showed their live talent to all European fans. 1986 saw the release of the best Thrash/Speed Metal Album ever. Reign in Blood was so fast and so evil that no other band till today can match it. The album is still a landmark in the Thrash/Speed sector even today! Fast and evil songs such as Angel of Death and Raining Blood are still the best speed metal songs available today. Reign in Blood sold over 500.000 copies and became Slayer's first Gold Record, the Album also appeared on the US-Top 100 without big advertisements and airplay. Due to multiple problems realted to Slayer and Nazism, Euerope had to wait till 1987. In 1988 it was time to release another Album, everybody expected the band to reach the high pace they reached on Reign in Blood. But South of Heaven was a disappointment at first for some fans, it was much slower than Reign in Blood. Jeff Hanneman and Tom Araya had done most of the songwriting, so the record became slower. After South of Heaven they made a real big tour, which became known as the World Sacrifice Tour. This Tour lead them through the US till Europe and back. 1990 saw the release of Seasons in the Abyss, an Album which combined the old Slayer sound with some new influences. The Album sold over 1.000.000 copies in the US and received Gold and Platinum. With this Album Tom Araya started to write lyrics about Serial Killers, the first Song was Dead Skin Mask which deals with Ed Gein. After that Album one of the biggest Tours in Metal history followed, the Clash of the Titans tour. The bills for Europe and US were different and looked like this, Europe: Slayer, Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, Testament, USA: Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Alice in Chains. Slayer got along very well with the other bands except for Megadeth, since then the relationship between Slayer and Megadeth hasn't been the best. To celebrate their 10th Birthday Slayer released a Double Live Album called Decade of Aggression but one year too early...in 1991. The Album featured all classic Songs in a perfect live atmosphere, I consider this to be the ultimate Metal Live Album! Slayer also wanted to release a Video for Decade of Aggression but they were very critical and decided it not to be released...damn I wish I had that video. Video Clips from "Black Magic" and "Reign in Blood" were taken from that Video for MTV. In early 1994 the news came around that there would be a new Slayer Album, the release date was said to be February. Then it was pushed to Summer, due to some problems with the record company the Album was released in October 1994. In late 1994 Slayer started their European Intourvention with Machine Head as the support band. As usual Slayer blew Machine Head away every show. The European Tour ended in December 1994, the tour itself was very successful! In 1996 Slayer released Undisputed Attitude an Album of Punk Covers, this was very strange for many fans, for me too. But that's the music they grew up with, and I think every fan should respect that. Many rumors were told about Diabolus in Musica, some people said Slayer had sold out like "Metallica", others said the Album was going to be Industrial. But Slayer showed them all and released a great Album that combined old Slayer sounds with new influences. The Album is typical Slayer, even though some songs are really slow, but the highspeed Songs are still there. The Album entered US Top 100 at #31 which is quite a success for Thrash Metal in the 90's. In 1999 Slayer Toured the US first with a Headliner Tour from March till May. In May they then joined the OzzFest which was Touring the US from May till late July. Slayer toured the US very excessively in 1999! It took Slayer until spring 2001 to finish their album, but due to record company problems the release got delayed. Nevertheless Slayer toured in the summer on the Extreme Steel Tour with Pantera and others throughout the world. On September 11th 2001 the new album God hates us all got released and debuted on the US Billboard Charts at #28! This was followed by a tour to europe and then back to the US. The 2nd leg of the US tour started in January 2002 with Dave Lombardo behind the drumkit as a replacement since Paul Bostaph quit the band because of a chronic elbow injury.