Tom Araya
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: June 6, 1961
Place of Birth: Viña del Mar, Chile
Known For
Slayer - Live at Sonisphere
Slayer Live in Sofia, Bulgaria World Painted Blood Jihad War Ensemble Hate Worldwide Seasons in the Abyss Angel of Death Beauty Through Order Disciple Mandatory Suicide Chemical Warfare South of Heaven Raining Blood
Slayer: Rock Am Ring
Slayer at Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany Disciple Stain of Mind Chemical Warfare Hell Awaits Mandatory Suicide War Ensemble Blood Red Dead Skin Mask Show No Mercy Raining Blood South of Heaven Angel of Death
The Big Four: Live in Sofia
When the 'Big Four' - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax - shared a stage together on 22nd June 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria, the show was beamed live into over 550 theatres worldwide via satellite in a special HD cinematic event. The Big Four Live from Sofia includes full shows from all four bands as well as behind the scenes and interview footage. The legendary concert from the Sonisphere Festival was one of only 7 shows across Europe when the four monsters of metal shared a stage for the first time.
Slayer: Rock in Rio 2013
Slayer at Cidade do Rock, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 22, 2013. Setlist: 1. World Painted Blood / 2. Disciple / 3. War Ensemble / 4. At Dawn They Sleep / 5. Mandatory Suicide / 6. Hallowed Point / 7. Die by the Sword / 8. Dead Skin Mask / 9. Hate Worldwide / 10. Seasons in the Abyss / 11. South of Heaven / 12. Raining Blood / 13. Angel of Death
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, Nu metal, glam metal, thrash metal, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of heavy metal culture.
Slayer - Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London
Thrash metal band Slayer, one of the Big 4 thrash bands, playing live in London from 2008
Slayer: Still Reigning
Filmed at the Augusta Civic Centre in Maine, USA, on 11 July 2004, Still Reigning showcases Slayer’s 1986 album, Reign in Blood, played in its entirety with the four original band members, as it celebrates the return to the fold of beloved original drummer Dave Lombardo. Also included from the same show are performances of Slayer classics such as 'Necrophiliac' from 1985’s Hell Awaits and 'War Ensemble'.
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal" influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now in their fifties, set off to record their 13th album in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams.
Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story
Murder In The Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story. In the early 1980’s, a small group of dedicated Bay Area headbangers shunned the hard rock of MTV and Hollywood hairspray bands in favor of a more dangerous brand of metal that became known as thrash! From the tape trading network to the clubs to the record stores and fanzines, director Adam Dubin reveals how the scene nurtured the music and the music spawned a movement. Murder In The Front Row is told through powerful first person testimony and stunning animation and photography. The film is a social study of a group of young people defying the odds and building something essential for themselves. Featuring interviews with Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, Possessed and many more! Narrated by Brian Posehn.
Global Metal
In GLOBAL METAL, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West's most maligned musical genre - heavy metal - has impacted the world's cultures beyond Europe and North America. The film follows metal fan and anthropologist Sam Dunn on a whirlwind journey through Asia, South America and the Middle East as he explores the underbelly of the world's emerging extreme music scenes; from Indonesian death metal to Chinese black metal to Iranian thrash metal. GLOBAL METAL reveals a worldwide community of metalheads who aren't just absorbing metal from the West - they're transforming it - creating a new form of cultural expression in societies dominated by conflict, corruption and mass-consumerism.
Filmography
as Himself
as Burning Man
as Vocals, Bass
as Self - Vocals, Bass
as Walk-away Man
as Self - Bass, Vocals
as Himself
as Vocals, bass
as Bass/Vocals
as Vox, Bass
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Vox, Bass
as Self - Vocals, Bass
as Vocals, Bass
as Himself
as Vox, Bass
as Vox, Bass
as Self - Vocals, Bass
as Vox, Bass
as Self