Slayer discography

See also: List of songs recorded by Slayer

Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, who recruited vocalist and bassist Tom Araya, and drummer Dave Lombardo.^[1] Slayer's first two albums, Show No Mercy (1983) and Hell Awaits (1985), which were released on Metal Blade Records, did not chart in the United States.^[2] The band was then signed to Def Jam Recordings by Rick Rubin, who produced Reign in Blood (1986). The album helped Slayer break into the Billboard 200 for the first time, peaking at number 94.^[2] After South of Heaven (1988), Slayer signed to Rubin's new label, Def American, and released Seasons in the Abyss (1990). After the album was released, Lombardo departed Slayer and was replaced by Paul Bostaph.^[3]

Slayer discography
Slayer at the Fields of Rock in 2007
Studio albums	12
EPs	2
Live albums	4
Singles	16
Video albums	4
Music videos	14

1994's Divine Intervention, the first album to feature Bostaph, peaked at number eight in the US, the band's best chart performance at the time.^[2] Diabolus in Musica (1998) was criticized for its nu metal traits,^[4][5] while God Hates Us All (2001) created controversy for its graphic artwork.^[6] Bostaph left the band due to an injury and was replaced by former member Lombardo. Christ Illusion (2006) was Slayer's most successful effort, debuting at number five in the US and winning two Grammy Awards.^[2][7] Slayer sold 5 million copies in the United States from 1991 to 2013, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and over 20 million worldwide.^[8][9] Slayer is considered one of the "big four" of thrash metal along with Anthrax, Metallica and Megadeth and has earned six gold certifications and one multi-platinum plaque from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[10][11]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Sales	Certifications
		US [2]	AUS [12]	AUT [13]	DEN [14]	FIN [15][16]	FRA [17][18]	GER [19]	NLD [20]	NZ [21]	SWE [22]	UK [23]
Show No Mercy	Released: December 3, 1983 Label: Metal Blade	—	—	—	—	—	—	44	—	—	—	—
Hell Awaits	Released: April 8, 1985[24] Label: Metal Blade	—	—	—	—	—	—	41	—	—	—	—	US: 100,000[25]
Reign in Blood	Released: October 20, 1986 Label: Def Jam	94	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	47	US: 766,000[26]	RIAA: Gold[10] BPI: Silver[27]
South of Heaven	Released: July 5, 1988 Label: Def Jam	57	53	—	—	11	—	23	31	—	50	25		RIAA: Gold[10] BPI: Silver[27] MC: Gold[28]
Seasons in the Abyss	Released: October 9, 1990 Label: Def American	40	58	29	—	12	—	19	69	—	47	18	US: 813,000[26]	RIAA: Gold[10] MC: Gold [28]
Divine Intervention	Released: September 27, 1994 Label: American	8	27	22	—	4	19	18	31	20	10	15		RIAA: Gold[10] MC: Gold [28]
Undisputed Attitude	Released: May 28, 1996 Label: American	34	16	43	—	27	43	45	33	22	20	31	US: 163,000[29]
Diabolus in Musica	Released: June 9, 1998 Label: American	31	35	40	—	18	23	32	52	15	29	27	US: 306,000[30]
God Hates Us All	Released: September 11, 2001 Label: American	28	15	31	32	12	25	9	30	35	18	31	US: 319,000[30]
Christ Illusion	Released: August 8, 2006 Label: American	5	9	6	14	2	52	2	8	10	4	23	US: 175,000[31]
World Painted Blood	Released: November 3, 2009 Label: American	12	9	13	21	12	28	7	15	16	21	41	US: 160,000[32]
Repentless	Released: September 11, 2015 Label: Nuclear Blast	4	3	6	9	3	7	1	2	8	5	11
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [2]	AUS [12]	AUT [13]	FIN [15]	FRA [17]	GER [19]	NLD [20]	UK [23]
Live Undead	Released: November 16, 1984 Label: Metal Blade	—	—	—	—	—	77	—	—
Decade of Aggression	Released: October 22, 1991 Label: American	55	83	—	—	—	35	79	29
The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax)	Released: October 15, 2010 Label: Universal	—	71	—	31	—	59	75	—
The Repentless Killogy (Live at the Forum in Inglewood, CA)	Released: November 8, 2019 Label: Nuclear Blast	—	—	36	49	91	16	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

EPs

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		DEN [14]	FIN [15]	SWE [22]	SWI [33]
Haunting the Chapel	Released: June 1984 Label: Metal Blade	—	—	—	—
Eternal Pyre	Released: June 6, 2006 Label: American	3	2	48	88
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Box sets

Title	Album details
Soundtrack to the Apocalypse	Released: November 25, 2003 Label: American
The Vinyl Conflict	Released: October 12, 2010 Label: American, Sony

Singles

Main article: List of songs recorded by Slayer

Song	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Sales [34]	DEN [14]	UK [23]
"Black Magic"	1983	—	—	—	Show No Mercy
"Hell Awaits"	1985	—	—	—	Hell Awaits
"Raining Blood"	1986	—	—		Reign in Blood
"Angel of Death"		—	—	—
"Postmortem"		—	—	—
"Necrophobic"		—	—	—
"Criminally Insane"	1987	—	—	64
"South of Heaven"	1988	—	—	—	South of Heaven
"Mandatory Suicide"		—	—	—
"War Ensemble"	1990	—	—	—	Seasons in the Abyss
"Dead Skin Mask"		—	—	—
"Spirit in Black"		—	—	—
"Seasons in the Abyss"	1991	—	—	51
"Dittohead"	1994	—	—	—	Divine Intervention
"Serenity in Murder"	1995	—	—	50
"I Hate You"	1996	—	—	—	Undisputed Attitude
"Stain of Mind"	1998	—	—	—	Diabolus in Musica
"Bitter Peace"		—	—	—
"Bloodline"	2001	—	—	—	God Hates Us All
"Disciple"		—	—	—
"God Send Death"		—	—	—
"Cult"	2006	—	—	—	Christ Illusion
"Eyes of the Insane"		—	15	97
"Jihad"		—	—	—
"Final Six"	2007	—	—	—
"Psychopathy Red"	2009	—	—	—	World Painted Blood
"Hate Worldwide"		2	—	—
"World Painted Blood"	2010	14	—	—
"Implode"	2014	—	—	—	Repentless
"When the Stillness Comes"	2015	—	—	—
"Repentless"		2	—	—
"You Against You"	2016	—	—	—
"Pride in Prejudice"		—	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Other appearances

Song	Year	Album	Comments
"Captor of Sin"	1986	River's Edge soundtrack	Originally appears on Haunting the Chapel.
"Tormentor"			Originally appears on Show No Mercy.
"Evil Has No Boundaries"			Originally appears on Show No Mercy.
"Die by the Sword"			Originally appears on Show No Mercy.
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"	1987	Less than Zero soundtrack	Iron Butterfly cover. Later appears on Soundtrack to the Apocalypse.
"Angel of Death"	1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch soundtrack	Originally appears on Reign in Blood.
"Disorder"	1993	Judgement Night soundtrack	Collaboration with Ice-T. Medley and Covered of songs by The Exploited. Later appears on Soundtrack to the Apocalypse.
"Epidemic"	1996	The Perfect Woman soundtrack	Originally appears on Reign in Blood.
"No Remorse (I Wanna Die)"	1997	Spawn: The Album	Collaboration with Atari Teenage Riot. Later appears on Soundtrack to the Apocalypse.
"Human Disease"	1998	Bride of Chucky soundtrack	Later appears on Soundtrack to the Apocalypse.
"Here Comes the Pain"	1999	WCW Mayhem: The Music	Appears on God Hates Us All.
"Hand of Doom"	2000	Nativity in Black II	Black Sabbath cover.
"Spirit in Black"		Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Originally Appears on Seasons in the Abyss.
"Bloodline"		Dracula 2000 soundtrack	Later appears on God Hates Us All.
"Angel of Death"		Mrs. Death 2: Hells Fury soundtrack	Originally appears on Reign in Blood
"Born to Be Wild"	2002	NASCAR: Crank It Up	Steppenwolf cover.
"Angel of Death"		Jackass: The Movie soundtrack	Originally appears on Reign in Blood.
"Divine Intervention"	2003	Haggard: The Movie soundtrack	Originally appears on Divine Intervention.
"Warzone"	2004	UFC: Ultimate Beat Downs, Vol. 1	Originally appears on God Hates Us All.
"Spill the Blood"	2006	Jackass Number Two soundtrack	Originally appears on South of Heaven.
"Eyes of the Insane"		Saw III soundtrack	Originally appears on Christ Illusion.
"Raining Blood"	2007	Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock	Originally appears on Reign in Blood.
"Raining Blood"		Skate	Originally appears on Reign in Blood.
"Final Six"	2008	Punisher: War Zone soundtrack	Originally appears on the special edition of Christ Illusion.
"Raining Blood"	2009	Guitar Hero Smash Hits	Originally appears on Reign in Blood. Has a different mix compared to the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock release.
"War Ensemble"		Guitar Hero: Metallica	Originally appears on Seasons in the Abyss.
"Chemical Warfare"	2010	Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock	Originally appears on Haunting the Chapel.
"War Ensemble"	2013	Rocksmith 2014	Originally appears on Seasons in the Abyss.
"Angel of Death"	2015		Originally appears on Reign in Blood.
"Raining Blood"			Originally appears on Reign in Blood.
"South of Heaven"			Originally appears on South of Heaven.
"Seasons in the Abyss"			Originally appears on Seasons in the Abyss.
"Dead Skin Mask"			Originally appears on Seasons in the Abyss.
"Angel of Death"	2019	Rock Band 4 DLC	Originally appears on Reign in Blood.

Videos

Music videos

Song	Year	Director	Album
"War Ensemble"	1990	—	Seasons In The Abyss
"Seasons in the Abyss"	1991	Di Puglia Gerard[35]
"Serenity in Murder"	1994	Jon Reiss[36][37]	Divine Intervention
"Dittohead"
"I Hate You"	1996	—	Undisputed Attitude
"Stain of Mind"	1998		Diabolus In Musica
"Bloodline"	2001	Evan Bernard[38]	God Hates Us All
"Eyes of the Insane"	2006	Tony Petrossian[39]	Christ Illusion
"Beauty Through Order"	2010	Ben Hibon[40]	World Painted Blood
"World Painted Blood"		Mark Brooks[41]
"Repentless"	2015	BJ Mcdonnell[42]	Repentless
"You Against You"	2016
"Pride In Prejudice"

Video albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		US Video [43][44]	AUS [45]	AUT [46]	FIN [47][48][49][50]	GER [19]	JPN [51]	NLD [52]	NZ [53]	SWI [54]	UK [55]
Live Intrusion	Released: October 31, 1995 Label: American	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—
War at the Warfield	Released: July 29, 2003 Label: American	3	—	—	2	58	—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold[10]
Still Reigning	Released: October 26, 2004 Label: American	7	—	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold[10]
The Unholy Alliance Live (with Lamb of God, Mastodon, Children of Bodom, and Thine Eyes Bleed)	Released: October 30, 2007 Label: American	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Big 4 Live From Sofia, Bulgaria (with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax)	Released: October 15, 2010 Label: Universal	1	1	1	1	4	6	7	1	3	1	RIAA: 2× Platinum[10] ARIA: 2× Platinum[56] BVMI: Gold[57] RMNZ: Gold[58]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

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External links

• Slayer at Discogs