I cannot see a way to make it work using slices. This here utilizes slices but creates a different structure:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;

my $hash_ref;
my @array1 = qw( some_unique_key1 some_unique_key2 some_unique_key3 );
my @array2 = qw( meta_data_1 metadata_2 metadat_3 );
my @array3 = qw( submitted_date1 submitted_date2 submitted_date3 );

@{$hash_ref->{'Metadata'}}{ @array1 } = @array2;
@{$hash_ref->{'Submitted date'}}{ @array1 } = @array3;
print Dumper $hash_ref;
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creates

$VAR1 = {
          'Metadata' => {
                          'some_unique_key3' => 'metadat_3',
                          'some_unique_key2' => 'metadata_2',
                          'some_unique_key1' => 'meta_data_1'
                        },
          'Submitted date' => {
                                'some_unique_key3' => 'submitted_date3
+',
                                'some_unique_key2' => 'submitted_date2
+',
                                'some_unique_key1' => 'submitted_date1
+'
                              }
        };
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