Slayer

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 2009

First Recording: 1983

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

Slayer
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Albums
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Songs
🔲Rolling Stone Cover
🔲Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys
Rolling Stone
100 Greatest Drummers

Inducted into Rock Hall Projected in 2025 (ranked #229) .

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Show No Mercy (1983)
Reign In Blood (1986)
South Of Heaven (1988)
Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
World Painted Blood (2009)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Raining Blood (1986)
Angel of Death (1986)
South Of Heaven (1988)
Seasons in the Abyss (1990)

Slayer @ Wikipedia

Will Slayer be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
"Musical excellence is the essential qualification for induction."
Yes: 
No :


Comments

9 comments so far (post your own)

RIP, Jeff Hanneman

Posted by Aaron O'Donnell on Thursday, 05/2/2013 @ 19:10pm


First Year Eligibility material.

The stuff from Show No Mercy until Seasons in the Abyss is essential metal.

Perhaps the untimely passing of Hanneman gets them in 10 years from now. Once again they are victims of the Hall snubbing bands like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Judas Priest and anything resembling heavy metal.

Posted by Hunter Morrow on Wednesday, 08/28/2013 @ 14:31pm


Of course, eventually.

I can't imagine what would have happened if Tom Araya stayed in Valparaiso and started a band here, haha!

Posted by BulmaPunkRocker on Sunday, 07/6/2014 @ 22:37pm


"They better get in before nirvana,that's all. I like pie.

Posted by S.R on Friday, 02.6.09 @ 19:00pm"

Dave Grohl was so happy because his mom let him listen to Slayer when he was a child, he said in his Nirvana induction speech.

I don't get how Nirvana is inducted before than Sonic Youth and Pixies (maybe because Kurt is dead and we all where so shocked back then?), but I'm pretty sure the people that runs RHOF are gonna pay attention to Slayer's name now.

Posted by BulmaPunkRocker on Sunday, 07/6/2014 @ 22:41pm


Slayer has produced more music than most of the crappy rap groups that are in. I live in Akron, and will never go there until Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Slayer, and many more metal bands get the respect they rightly deserve.

Posted by Dan on Tuesday, 07/28/2015 @ 12:08pm


Even though they're not the easiest band to listen to, Slayer is one of the most influential bands in any sub-genre of rock music; besides, they made "Reign in Blood" for crying out loud. They deserve it!

Posted by Luke Madigan on Monday, 05/8/2017 @ 14:22pm


Happy Birthday, Kerry King!!

Posted by The Dude on Monday, 06/3/2019 @ 15:32pm


Again a no-brainer!? Voting really needs to be overhauled or something!?

Posted by Tim on Tuesday, 12/28/2021 @ 18:52pm


I voted yes, understanding that Slayer was a huge influence on death metal.

Posted by Jeremy Banana on Friday, 02/24/2023 @ 17:13pm


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