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** Jeff Hanneman is interested in World War II, since his relatives served in the military, and of Nazi history, despite the fact that in various interviews, he neither supports nor condones Nazism itself.

** Kerry King ''really'' doesn't like organized religion...which is ironic as Tom Araya is a devout Christian but is willing to sing anything that King comes up with.

* [[Cluster F Bomb]]: Several songs on ''God Hates Us All'', but "Payback" takes the cake.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Several songs on ''God Hates Us All'', but "Payback" takes the cake.

* [[Cover Album]]: ''Undisputed Attitude'', although one of the songs is a parody instead of a straight cover ([[The Stooges]]' "I Wanna Be Your Dog" becomes the straight-up [[Intercourse With You]] "I'm Gonna Be Your God").

* [[Flanderization]]: While their earlier albums had some Satanic themes, they were often mixed with other topics and usually took a [[Rock Me Asmodeus]] form. As Kerry King has gradually begun writing more lyrics, their main theme seemed to become [[Religion Rant Song|hatred against Christianity]], [[Author Filibuster|as the titles of ''God Hates us All'' and ''Christ Illusion'' suggest]]. ''World Painted Blood'' appears to have turned this around, however.

* [[Flanderization]]: While their earlier albums had some Satanic themes, they were often mixed with other topics and usually took a [[Rock Me, Asmodeus]] form. As Kerry King has gradually begun writing more lyrics, their main theme seemed to become [[Religion Rant Song|hatred against Christianity]], [[Author Filibuster|as the titles of ''God Hates us All'' and ''Christ Illusion'' suggest]]. ''World Painted Blood'' appears to have turned this around, however.

* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: To some fans, Slayer is an acronym for "'''S'''atan '''L'''aughs '''A'''s '''Y'''ou '''E'''ternally '''R'''ot".

** This is in fact a ''backronym'', which the band printed in the sleeve of ''Divine Intervention''.

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Beat you till you're just a fucking lifeless carcass }}

* [[Not Christian Rock]]: Yes, '''''Slayer''''' of all bands has an example here: "Silent Scream" on ''South of Heaven'' is not only an anti-abortion song but is explicitly based on a rather obscure anti-abortion video entitled "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silent_Scream The Silent Scream]". {{spoiler|The movie--most well known in evangelical Christian and Catholic anti-abortion circles where it is still used as a "scared straight" film--purports to depict a first-trimester D&X (dilation and extraction) abortion via ultrasound, and includes [[Nightmare Fuel|rather graphic descriptions of the dismemberment of the fetus and the "terror" of it trying to get away from the instruments of abortion including "screaming"]] (lending the film its name).}}

* [[Precision F Strike]]:

* [[Precision F-Strike]]:

** "Fight 'Till Death" ''Show No Mercy''

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* [[Reflective Eyes]]: The entire video for "Eyes Of The Insane" is shot from this kind of perspective.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]

* [[Rock Me Asmodeus]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9R3_cS6jsk They really like Satanic themes].

* [[Rock Me, Asmodeus]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9R3_cS6jsk They really like Satanic themes].

** [[Religion Rant Song]]: Present on much more recent albums like ''God Hates Us All'' and ''Christ Illusion,'' mostly of the Type 2 variety.

* [[Sarcastic Title]]: "Jesus Saves"