Is slayer considered a satanic band?

Answer 1

yes they are, it's obvious because their logo is an inverted pentagram saying Slayer Across it. People have said that the lead singer is a catholic but don't believe it because no real catholic would make a song called "The Antichrist" and write every song on an album called "God Hates Us All".

Answer 2

You would guess so because of their music and stage performances, but the band members are NOT satanists. The bassist/singer and the drummer are Christian, and the other two are athiests. Also, people say they are Nazis because they have the Nazi symbol onstage when they play. But they are not: one of their Guitarists, Jeff Hanneman, grew up in a family of war veterans, so he finds all that Nazi stuff interesting. They write about stuff like Satan and Nazis because they find it more fun to write about that instead of good things. Lastly, those Swastikas (Nazi symbol) and pentagrams (satanic symbol) are just for show and artwork for their albums and to freak people out. If you don't believe me, look at the band members pages on Wikipedia. Band members are Kerry King (guitar), Jeff Hanneman (guitar), Tom Araya (bass/vocals), and Dave Lombardo (drums).

Answer 3

Interviewer: A lot of bands that were influenced by you, like Burzum and Mayhem, have taken black metal to new extremes, burning down churches and committing murder. I always got the impression that Slayer weren't really practicing Satanists, despite a lot of the lyrics dealing with Satanism. Do you want to set the record straight?

Tom Araya: (laughs) Okay, you got us. We're not practicing Satanists. I guess that the best way to describe our fascination with Satanism or serial killers and the psychology of murder is to say that we are all on this planet to learn and experience. Those are the things that I'm learning in my lifetime. They really just spark my curiosity because all of these things are really about the mind. When you write about stuff like that, you have to be really creative and use words you wouldn't think of using, like "decorative." You wouldn't think to use a word like that in a Slayer song, but if you make it "decorative splatter," it gives you a very visual image. I want people to read it and just think, "F***."

Answer 4

From an interview:

Interviewer: A lot of bands that were influenced by you, like Burzum and Mayhem, have taken black metal to new extremes, burning down churches and committing murder. I always got the impression that Slayer weren't really practicing Satanists, despite a lot of the lyrics dealing with Satanism. Do you want to set the record straight?

Tom Araya: (laughs) Okay, you got us. We're not practicing Satanists. I guess that the best way to describe our fascination with Satanism or serial killers and the psychology of murder is to say that we are all on this planet to learn and experience. Those are the things that I'm learning in my lifetime. They really just spark my curiosity because all of these things are really about the mind. When you write about stuff like that, you have to be really creative and use words you wouldn't think of using, like "decorative." You wouldn't think to use a word like that in a Slayer song, but if you make it "decorative splatter," it gives you a very visual image. I want people to read it and just think, "F***."

Answer 5

Slayer is a thrash metal band. Some of their songs are atheistic in nature. Some of their songs are satanic in nature. Some of there songs are even necrophiliac in nature. So I guess you could say they are an atheist thrash necrophiliac satanist band.

Answer 6

No. Tom Araya (lead singer/bassist) is very religious. The members of Slayer dont let words affect their religion. tom and dave are catholic and kerry and jeff are atheist

Answer 7

they aren't satanic, they just write satanic lyrics

Answer 8

Their music uses a lot of satanic imagery as an effect. The band members are not satanists, and the main member is actually a devout Catholic.

Answer 9

no they are not.