Tom Araya



Tom Araya (born Tomás Enrique Araya June 6, 1961 in Viria del Mar, Chile) is a Chilean 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.

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".

Years Active

 * 1981 - Present

Associated Acts

 * Slayer

With Slayer:

 * Every Slayer release.

Other Songs

 * Soulfly - Terrorist - 2000