Slayer is an American Grammy Award-winning thrash metal band formed in 1981 in Huntington Park, California. The group is considered one of the leaders of the thrash metal scene from the 1980s and is part of the "Big Four" of the genre, along with Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax. They received various accolades throughout their career for contributions to metal music.
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Decibel Hall of Fame
|2004 |Reign in Blood |Decibel Hall of Fame
|2013 |South of Heaven |Decibel Hall of Fame
Grammy Awards
!scope="row"| 2002 | "Disciple" || Best Metal Performance || |- !scope="row"|2007 | "Eyes of the Insane" || Best Metal Performance || |- !scope="row"| 2008 || "Final Six" || Best Metal Performance || |- !scope="row"|2010 | "Hate Worldwide" || Best Metal Performance || |- !scope="row"|2011 | "World Painted Blood" || Best Metal Performance ||
Kerrang! Awards
!scope="row"|2006 | Slayer || Kerrang! Hall of Fame || |- !scope="row"|2013 | Slayer || Kerrang! Legend ||
Loudwire Music Awards
| rowspan="4" |2015 | rowspan="3" | "Repentless" |Death Match Hall of Fame
|Best Metal Video
|Best Metal Song
|Repentless |Best Metal Album
|2016 |"You Against You" |Best Metal Video |
Metal Edge Readers' Choice Awards
!scope="row"|2003 | War at the Warfield || DVD of the YearMetal Edge, June 2004 ||
Metal Hammer Awards (Germany)
|2010 |Kerry King |God of Riffs
|2013 |Jeff Hanneman |God of Riffs
|2018 |Slayer |Best Live Acthttps://www.theprp.com/2018/09/15/news/winners-revealed-for-2018-german-metal-hammer-awards/ |
Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards (UK)
|2004 |Slayer |Best Live Act
|2006 |Reign in Blood |Best Album of the Last 20 Years
| rowspan="3" |2007 |"Eyes of Silence" |Best Video
|Slayer |Icon Award
|Slayer |Best International Bandhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150723083358/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lamb-of-god-iron-maiden-slayer-machine-head-among-golden-gods-nominees/
|2008 |Kerry King |Golden God
| rowspan="2" |2016 |Slayer |Best International Band
|"Repentless" |Best Video |
Metal Storm Awards
|2006 |Christ Illusion |Best Thrash Metal Album
|2009 |World Painted Blood |Best Thrash Metal Album
|2015 |"Repentless" |Best Video
|2015 |Repentless |Best Thrash Metal Album |
Revolver Golden Gods Awards
|2009 |Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King | World Most Mind-Blowing Guitarists
| rowspan="3" |2010 |Slayer |Best Live Band
|World Painted Blood |Album of the Year
|Dave Lombardo |Drummer of the Year
|2014 |Slayer |Best Live Band
|2016 |"Pride in Prejudice" |Best Film and Video |
References
External links Slayer's official website