Tom Araya
Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ton aˈɾaʝa]; born June 6, 1961) is a Chilean-American musician, best known as the vocalist and bassist of American thrash metal band Slayer. He was ranked 58th by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. Araya, along with Kerry King, are the only members who stayed in the band since its inception.
Araya was employed as a respiratory therapist in the early 1980s and used his earnings to finance Slayer's debut album Show No Mercy (1983). Much of Araya's lyrical content is about serial killers, a subject he finds interesting; his first credited lyrical contribution was the vampire-themed track "At Dawn They Sleep" from 1985's Hell Awaits.
Acted in
Slayer: The Repentless Killogy
2019
as Himself
Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story
2019
as Self
Gutterdämmerung
2016
as Burning Man
Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre: The Movie
2016
as Self
Slayer: Repentless
2015
as Vocals, Bass
Slayer - Live at Wacken 2014
2015
as Self - Vocals, Bass
Slayer: [2014] Voodoo Music Festival
2014
as Vox, Bass
Zombex
2013
as Walk-away Man
Slayer: Rock in Rio 2013
2013
as Self - Bass, Vocals
The Big 4
2011
as Himself
The Big Four: Live in Sofia
2010
as Vocals, bass
Slayer - Live at Sonisphere
2010
Slayer - The Big Four - Live from Sofia, Bulgaria
2010
as Bass/Vocals
Slayer: Rock Am Ring
2010
as Vox, Bass
Slayer - Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London
2008
Global Metal
2008
as Himself
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
2008
as Himself
Get Thrashed
2006
as Self
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
2005
as Self
Slayer: Rock Am Ring
2005
as Vox, Bass
Slayer: Still Reigning
2004
as Self - Vocals, Bass
Slayer: S**t Your Never Seen!
2003
as Vocals, Bass
Slayer: War at the Warfield
2003
as Himself
Slayer: Live in Montreux
2002
as Vox, Bass
Slayer: Hultsfred Festival - Hultsfred, Sweden 2002/06/14
2002
as Vox, Bass
Slayer: Las Vegas, Nevada
1999
as Vox, Bass
Slayer: Thrash Metal Heroes
1999
Slayer: Live Intrusion
1995
as Self - Vocals, Bass
Slayer: Monsters of Rock Chile
1994
as Vox, Bass
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994
as Self
Slayer: Live at Fryhuset - Stockholm, Sweden - 9/8/1988
1988
as Vox, Bass
Slayer: Live at Heavy Sound Festival - Poperinge, Belgium 1985/05/26
1985
as Vox, Bass
Combat Tour Live: The Ultimate Revenge
1985