Never trust anyone who doesn’t like Dave Lombardo

Who cares? Tom was a performer and frontman, and good one at that.

Jeff wrote all the hits.

I love Slayer, but KK always came off as a bit of a dick. Also, seeing Tom very obviously shredding bass live, I'm not sure I believe that he didn't play in the studio.

He's unleashed his inner Dave mustaine

Hanneman wrote all of their iconic riffs. No debate. Lombardo had the most skills as a musician. Araya vocals were amazing. Kerry King was a bald headed little dwarf that just tried to act tough.

Kerry King: "Hey, remember those canons in the 1812 overture? - yeah, I played them!"

I've been a Slayer fan since 85 and personally KK has been the douche in the band since the beginning . He always comes across as trying to hard

Bla, bla; I guess Kerry played everything: both guitars, bass, drums. He don’t like Dave Lombardo, Tom Arraya(oh, Slayer was Tom’s band), Kirk Hammet,.. Is anybody who fits to his wishes? I guess no. And, by the way, Jeff wrote mainly all the best Slayer songs and he was a Slayer God and not Kerry.

Sounds like to me Kerry is trying to bury the rest of the former band members of slayer. It seems he has sat there and ran his mouth almost non-stop since the band retired. He has a new band he needs to focus on that instead of trying to put his former band members down. I got to see Slayer back in 2012 and Tom kicked ass along with Dave on drums. Honestly his new project sounds real good but I doubt I will give them a listen. Kerry is just bitter bout slayer calling it quits

Is anyone else getting a sense that Hanneman was always the glue that held this band together for so long???

As for someone who was there from the very beginning when Slayer used to rehearse in Tom's Garage we all witnessed Tom playing bass especially in the early recordings of show no mercy haunting The Chapel at track records Tom does in fact know how to play bass

Jeff is the riff fuhrer. Dave is the most skilled. Tom could sing like all hell. And then there was Kerry.

Kerry also invented the wheel and discovered fire. Lol

I don't buy it....if Tom could play them live in front of huge crowds he can play them in the studio....if I remember right there's footage of Tom playing in the srudio...

poor fucking kerry! consumed by envy, because he will never recive the admiration ans love from slayer maniacs, that jeff deserves...😢

Kerry King was also Steve Vai's guitar teacher.

Tom is an iconic Frontman in Metal ,an absolute legend. I don't care who played bass on the 90's and later albums. To me Slayer died with Jeff. Let them Rest in Peace.

Kerry King also played the drums in the studio. Lombardo simply had to learn the parts. Lucky for him that Bostaph already knew how to play.

Next thing he'll claim he was Chuck Norris' stunt double.

Kerry is just looking for attention to fuel towards his new project. I don't believe his claims to have any truth to them whatsoever - the least talented member of Slayer was Kerry by far!

Dave Lombardo and Anaya's style of vocal is what elevated them from the mediocrity.

Tom Araya was never "known" to be a virtuoso bass player. If you watch him play live, one could see that. King, probably sounded better in the studio for recording purposes and probably could do it in less takes. Their music was never mixed with any kind of heavy bass, but more of a focus on the dueling lead/rhythm guitar. But, to reveal it now is just to take a pot shot at Araya whose vocals are BA to say the least.

Some people are not comfortable in the studio I heard every albums bass was done by Kerry. Tom did played well on stage who cares. KK seems like a dick.

This is old news. Kerry or Jeff played bass on the albums . I heard these rumours in the early 90s

Tom is not the sid vicious of metal. If you think he can t play bass watch slayer s concerts on KZfaq.

Kerry throwing his toys out of the cot again!!!. Will always be the 2nd best guitarist in slayer.

I do not pretend to know the inner workings of Slayer, but this looks and sounds a lot like KK expressing his resentment over the way Slayer ended by throwing shade at former band mates. I guess harhouring a degree of disappointment over what went down is to be expected. Letting it fester like this, is a choice (even though letting it go can be hard). FFS, get over it already, and focus on what a new project can bring to the table. This way KK will be an old and bitter man before he knows it. Shame.

Don’t fucking care one iota if this is true or not. Tom was the voice of Slayer, period. KK seems to be resentful that Tom was ready to enjoy is life out of the public eye since KK obviously needs the public attention. I wish KK well on his new project, I’ll be seeing them with Lamb of God and Mastodon in July. Really excited to hear what Mark Oseguada brings to the entire album.

I heard KK also came up and played all the drum parts for seasons in the abyss. Also, during the two weeks he was in Megadeth he managed to write all the solos Marty Friedman would later play in rust in peace. What a talent….

In the studio KK did all the drums guitars bass vocals ran the boards and did all the production mixing and editing. Simultaneously. Live. In one take. No stacking or laying tracks over one at a time. He only takes credit for bass and guitar because hes such a humble and good friend.

Love slayer Don't care for King or his project

King played bass and all the rhythm guitars as well from Divine intervention onwards. This is old news; any Slayer fan knows this. Also, it's pretty common with bands.

KK is unbelievably limited as far as musical skill goes. Not sure I believe a word he says at this point.

Idk it’s believable that maybe in the studio they divided up the work that way. But end of the day you can go look up live “straight from the board” Tom Araya bass and hear that he nails those parts and is a really good player

lol "Slayer's iconic basslines" wtf?

Who knows on some albums, but the first three had to be Tom they were finger played and actually pretty good. From South of Heaven onwards the bass guitar got very basic and only did what it had to, to fill the sound. Also, Kerry did record all the rhythm tracks for every player album starting with Divine Intervention.

On the Slayer: Making of Repentless documentary from 2015, there is a picture of Kerry playing a 5 string, B.C. Rich Mockingbird bass. At the time, I didn't think much of it because it's not unusual to see pictures and/or footage of musicians playing other instruments to come up with parts and ideas for songs and/or just mess around. But there is also a picture of Tom playing his bass in the studio so it could be a thing to where Kerry played bass on some songs on that album.

Tom says that Kerry only played bass on Repentless. I believe Tom over Kerry.

Dave can't be replaced

Tom played pretty Damn good while playing Live

I like all original band members!

A true bass player already known this,,,, there is no bass solos for a reason! Jeff and Kerry is SLAYER

Kerry King-a-ling also hand-built all the guitars and basses. Facts.

It's easy to talk smack about your old band mates... Dave Mustaine, anyone?

i like King but he's lying his ass off lol . next thing he'll say he played all the instruments with slayer 😂

Funny how Slayer is doing two shows in a few months, must not hate each other that much

I don't care about the behind the scene. .. it's the collection of talent that every single element that makes up Slayer. The how does not matter Now I'm very interested in hearing something from both Slayer and Sepultura

Tom Araya sure played the bass live!

I met them all at an album signing in the early 90’s and KK was a total jerk for sure. The rest of the guys were really cool.

I like all the original band members of Slayer.

Thoughts?? ... well it would be nice to see the actual reference that King stated that. While i do understand King does play a lot of the bass tracks mixed w the rhythm to get the song going, its probably unfair to say Araya had nothing to do w the sound.

His ego has always been out of control. Unless it's confirmed by someone else, I don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth.

Don't touch Mr ARAYA !! 🤘

All Slayer's albums since Seasons in the Abyss or since Divine Intervention? And that's an interesting tidbit considering Tom seems to show no problem playing and singing all their songs live. AND it's interesting considering Kerry King played all the rhythm guitars or most of them from Diabolous in Musica on. I don't know. The fact is I have Slayer's classics and Disc 2 of Soundtrack to the Apocalypse does a great job covering the Bostaph years. Then I have Christ Illusion and World Painted Blood. I probably give Christ Illusion a bit of an edge. It's tighter in the writing department.

theres footage of tom playing bass in studios no? i saw one from records of post 1990s..

Who cares! Sorry but without Toms voice, Jeff’s amazing lyricists skills and Dave’s unmatched drumming ability, Slayer wouldn’t be shit! Kerry was always the weakest link of Slayer and easily the most replaceable

Kerry also said he played Jeffs rhythm parts too..Not new news..This has been known since Diablos..

Wouldn't be the first case of the bass player live wasn't the bass player on the album(s). Remember Tom was new to metal when they started, he didn't even know what it was when he joined Slayer. So it wouldn't surprise me if Kerry played bass at least on the early albums, there is some pretty shredding bass on those albums.

Kerry King is a small man with Napoleon complex. Hence the overkill tattoos, beard, and shades. His insecurity armor.

He's still a pissed off teenager. that's really sad.

Kerry did all the rhythm track since the early 90s. as he said it sounds tighter. Maybe same reason for tracking bass

yeah na he might seem like the rhythm guitarist but he is a awesome musician well trained song writer of his class I would want to play the parts too love your creativity with a message as well youth of the future will embrace slayer

At least James let Jason play (even if it's not loud )

Isn't this odd timing for these comments considering the two show reunion?

What is next? He sang as well?

Dude Tom can shred

Karen King probably played drums for Slayer too.

Love everything up until 1994 of the band and especially Kerry King's awesome live performances / look - especially during the 80ies. He's always been a hard worker and a very good player relative to his niche. As for his current activities - interesting to some extent but stylistically awe-ful.

This is not news. This has been known for years.

What were the "iconic bass lines" of Slayer?

Slayer ended beautifully with World Painted Blood. For me at least. The last Slayer album!!!

Besides being bald and short, Kerry is a Class A balloon knot.

Its probably true but there isnt really an issue with it. Its a lot more common than you think. For example the only time you hear Kirk playing on metallica records is during solos, James records every other guitar part

Even if it’s true who cares? Tom played bass for thousands of shows during their career. We all know Tom can play.

So Tom Araya was getting his Bass Hero on just like the rest of us.😂

This is not a revelation King spoke of this way back in the Seasons in the Abyss album.

Recording vs live isn't the same. You have to be incredibly precise to record. Bands use studio musicians all the time to record. If Tom wrote bass lines or had any part of the creative process, that's great. If he's only the talent for live, that's also great. Two different sets of skills, nonetheless.

his new band sounds exactly the same as Slayer

Just wish to hear more bass on the songs. But Toms voice makes up for his voice

“Iconic bass lines”

He's everything yah yah yah. 😢gary Holt carried him when he joined the band

It actually makes sense.... it's not like Tom's bass parts were "genius" bass parts... they ALWAYS follow the guitar parts that either Jeff or Kerry wrote, so it makes sense that in the studio with the clock ticking and studio time being expensive, that making Tom LEARN all of these new riffs so that HE could play them on the record would be a waste of time and money... just have the guitar player who wrote the riff play it... be knows it already... then Tom can learn it later on his own time for the live performances. It's not like Tom lacked the skill to play them... which I think Kerry is trying to say without saying it (just to be kind of a bitch). That is how most people would look at the situation of Tom NOT playing on albums on the surface. Most people don't understand the recording process and would not know that stuff like that happens ALL THE TIME. I don't think less of Tom for this.

Even if this is true like who really cares he still plays all his bass parts live and tom is definitely known way more for his vocals than being a bassists you can hardly ever hear it most of the time in there songs

Toms vocals are why i loved slayer the most...will always be my favorite band of all time..fuck the haters..

Kerry King with that KinCobraJFS level shredding

Jeffs sounds was Slayers sound. Not kerry’s. Repentless was a heaping pile of steamy shit

Early 90s about the same time Araya started not giving a crap.😅 funny how Slayer's weakest link is the one carrying on the longest.

Sounds pretty much similar to claims made by Max against Paulo of Sepultura. Sad stuff. No one dared or had the balls to speak up when they were together.

It's true if you listen to the live shows you could hardly hear the bass at all ! I love Tom because he was born in chile 🇨🇱 but I could never hear the bass on their live shows !:(

Judging by the logic of him hating Mustaine, he has to hate himself

I remember al jourgensen talking about the time Kerry randomly showed up backstage, drank all thier beer and starting insulting mike scaccia like a month after he died. Kerry and Chris barnes should collaborate. At least we'd have both pricks in the same place

George Santos said he played it while preparing for the Olympics.

Hilarious comments :D Now imagine if it turns out he was just drunk during that interview :D

If Kerry King could still grow hair, he'd definitely have a faux hawk.

Kerry king is like Steven Seagal telling every journalist he taught Anderson Silva that front kick that knocked out Vitor Belfort.

That's why you guys reunited, huh?

And Jeff played Kerry's parts on the albums..

Interesting now that SLAYER is reuniting for 2 festivals this summer...

I think he was never really the center of attention and that made him bitter about his time with Slayer. I think he's not doing himself any favors with what he's saying now. And in a band, every member can usually play the other instruments anyway.