Slayer’s Tom Araya loses voice at Melbourne show

by | Oct 10, 2009

Slayer’s Tom Araya lost his voice at yesterdays show in Melbourne, Australia, according to slayerized.com. Reports say that the band were forced to play instrumental versions of their songs.

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