Today, June 6, is the 6th annual International Day Of Slayer. Officially it begins at 6am (making it fall on 6/6/6) marking the start of 24 hours of appreciation for the loudest, the heaviest and by Satan’s scrotum, the best metal band of them all!

Here at Geeks of Doom we make no secret of how much we love Slayer: Check out this awesome Google logo made by Geeks of Doom’s very own Dave3 [click to enlarge]. I think we should get Google to use this as their logo for the day next year!

The best and indeed only way to celebrate a day devoted to the mightiest metal band in the world is to listen to them at an unholy volume. So join in with the legions of metalheads around the world, grab your nearest Slayer album, press play, and TURN IT UP!

Today, June 6, 2011, another birthday is shared by two greats of hard rock and metal. Guitarist Steve Vai is 51 and Slayer front man and bass player Tom Araya celebrates his 50th birthday!

Slayer, led by the fearsome and frighteningly talented Tom Araya, has been at the forefront of thrash metal for nearly 30 years. Its aggression, power, and speed is filtered through Araya, whose domineering presence drives the mighty Slayer sound and performance.

25 years ago Slayer dropped an almighty metal bomb. Reign In Blood for me is the greatest and purest thrash metal album. Born in Viña del Mar, Chile on June 6, 1961, Araya’s contribution to music has not gone unnoticed and he recently receive the key to the city of his birth.

Recorded June 5, 2011.

Our June Doom Of The Month will be volume 1 of X-Men: First Class! If you want to read along with us, head on over to Instocktrades.com or DCBService.com to pick up the X-Men: First Class TP or the HC for a super price! Read up and be sure to check out our special review episode!

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The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is the Battlestar Galactica-themed shirt called “I Kissed a Cylon” by artist Matt Dearden.

The sale at RIPT began today, Monday, June 6, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore.

The 2011 MTV Movie Awards aired live earlier this evening, and if you know anything about this particular awards show, you’ll know it’s a popularity contest. The movies nominated appear to teens and young adults and the winners are determined by that demographic, which, judging by the large amount of Twilight wins each year, I’m guessing is mostly females.

If you love Twilight, then this awards show should be good to go for another year for you, when the final movie is released. This year, the film franchise’s vampire star Robert Pattinson was pretty much the star of the show, winning for Best Male Actor, Best Kiss (with co-star Kristen Stewart), Best Fight Scene (with co-star Bryce Dallas Howard). He also was one of the actors who presented the Generation Award to Reese Witherspoon.

Aside from the seeing your favorite stars from consistently nominated film franchises like Twilight and Harry Potter, as well as whatever lesbian kiss was in a movie that year, the 2011 MTV Movie Awards always has a few world premieres from upcoming movies. This year, the show debuted exclusive footage from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and Super 8.

You can watch those videos here below.