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the band so heavy their pit once registered as a small earthquake on seismographs.
means One who slays — a killer or destroyer, whether a literal vanquisher of foes (or dragons) or, in modern slang, someone who excels spectacularly at something.
from From Old English 'slēan,' to strike or kill, the same root that gives us 'slay.' For most of its life 'slayer' meant exactly what it sounds like — a dealer of death, the one standing over the dragon. The recent slang sense ('she absolutely slayed') is a playful inversion: to slay an audience or a look so thoroughly that they're metaphorically destroyed, a usage that drifted through performance and ballroom culture before going mainstream.
- speed kings
- Reign in Blood clocks under 29 minutes total.
- crowd seismic
- Fans' moshing literally triggered seismometer readings.
- banned everywhere
- Lyrics got their albums pulled across multiple countries.
- guitar tone
- Solos sound like dive-bombing aircraft on purpose.
- final bow
- Retired in 2019 after 38 relentless years.
slayer band — thrash metal band formed in huntington park, california in 1981, known for albums like reign in blood
buffy the vampire slayer — tv series that aired 1997-2003 starring sarah michelle gellar as a teenage girl chosen to fight vampires and demons