Slaughter (2)

Pioneering Canadian death/thrash metal band, widely considered as one of the earliest proto-death metal acts and highly influential in the nascent death metal underground.

Slaughter was formed in 1984 and released two demo tapes that year, followed by another demo and a live tape in 1985. Their first "official" release was the Strappado in 1987. The band released two more demo tapes in 1988, but they called it a day in 1989. They briefly reformed in December 1994 but split up again in 1995.