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Tom Araya

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Also known as Tomás Enrique Araya, Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz

Chilean-American musician

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Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz, professionally known as Tom Araya, is a male singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist. Born on June 6, 1961, in Viña del Mar, Chile, he holds citizenship in both Chile and the United States. Araya is a member of the band Slayer and has been active in the music industry since 1981. His musical work is primarily associated with the thrash metal genre.

Araya performs on the bass guitar and sings with a tenor voice type. He speaks English and Spanish. His professional activities include acting, and he is represented by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for copyright matters.

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Film & TV

Acting · Viña del Mar, Chile

Tomás “Tom” Enrique Araya Día is a Chilean-American musician. He is best known as the bassist and singer of the thrash metal band Slayer.

Known for

  • Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self2025
  • Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story — Self2019
  • Slayer: The Repentless Killogy — Himself2019
  • Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine — Self (archive footage)2017
  • Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre: The Movie — Self2016
  • Gutterdämmerung — Burning Man2016
  • Slayer: Repentless — Vocals, Bass2015
  • Slayer: Repentless (Live At Wacken Open Air 2014) — Self - Vocals, Bass2015
  • Slayer: [2014] Voodoo Music Festival — Vox, Bass2014
  • Zombex — Walk-away Man2013

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Edinburgh
Active from
1961

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
5,099
Total plays
16,262

Tags

thrash metalmetallimited trackspunkbass

Tom Araya (born Tomás Enrique Araya June 6, 1961 in Valparaíso, Chile) is the vocalist and bassist of the American thrash metal band Slayer. Araya's family moved to the United States in 1966, and at the age of eight picked up the bass guitar, playing Beatles and Rolling Stones songs with his older brother, who played the guitar. Araya was employed as a respiratory therapist in the early 1980s, using his earnings to finance Slayer's debut album Show No Mercy. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/To

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Key facts

Born
Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz , ( 1961-06-06 ) June 6, 1961 (age 64) , Viña del Mar , Chile
Origin
Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Genres
Thrash metal
Occupation
Musician
Instruments
Vocals bass guitar
Years active
1981–2019 2024–present
Member of
Slayer
Website
slayer .net

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Enrique
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Viña del Mar
Occupation
bass guitarist
Languages spoken
Spanish
Instrument
voice
Image
2019 RiP Slayer - Tom Araya - by 2eight - ZSC4853 (cropped).jpg
Voice type
tenor
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Commons category
Tom Araya
member of
Slayer
date of birth
1961-06-06
start of work period
1981-00-00
birth name
Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz
name in native language
Tom Araya
second family name in Spanish name
Díaz
pseudonym
Tom Araya
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Encyclopedic overview

Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz ( Spanish: [tom aˈɾaʝa]; born June 6, 1961) is a Chilean-American musician, best known as the vocalist and bassist of the 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.

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