Tom Araya (born Tomás Enrique Araya June 6, 1961 in Viña del Mar, Chile[1]) is an Chilean-American musician, best known as the bassist and vocalist of the American thrash metal band Slayer. Araya is ranked fifty-eighth by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time.
Tom Araya | |
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 Tom Araya of Slayer performing in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tomás Enrique Araya |
| Born | June 6, 1961 Viña del Mar, Chile[1] |
| Origin | South Gate, California |
| Genres | Thrash metal, speed metal (early) |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Bass, vocals |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Labels | American |
Araya was employed as a respiratory therapist in the early 1980s and used his earnings to finance Slayer's debut album Show No Mercy. Much of Araya's lyrical content is about serial killers, a subject he finds interesting, first making his lyrical contribution to 1985's Hell Awaits with the track "At Dawn They Sleep".
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