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06-06-2007, 10:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Towson, MD/Seattle, WA | | | Tom Araya used to play fingerstyle!
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I saw the Get Thrashed documentary at the Seattle Film Festival last saturday and there he was, bustin' out what looked like three finger-action during the fast break in Raining Blood after he yells "NOW I SHALL REIGN IN BLOOD!"
So yeah, just mentioning that. I found it interesting....the documentary is highly reccomended, by the by. |
06-07-2007, 08:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada | | | Yeah if you've ever seen the concert video Ultimate Revenge (from 1985 I think) Tom uses his fingers throughout. Back then his voice was alot higher too. Not sure why he switched to picks. Maybe just to throw them into the crowds. |
06-07-2007, 11:05 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Auburn Nebraska | | | Tommy is a top notch bassist, he just gets no love because he is in thrash metal. |
06-07-2007, 11:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Stoneham, MA | | | I find it really impressive that he plays that stuff with his fingers, I'll take your word for it, but I have a hard time believing it. |
06-07-2007, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 4StringFury  Tommy is a top notch bassist, he just gets no love because he is in thrash metal. | I say it's because he's buried on darn near every Slayer record I've ever heard save the song "Aggressive Perfector"– the original version from the Haunting the Chapel EP.
Thrash metal has a lot of standout bassists- Steve Digiorgio, DD Verni, Greg Christian, uh...Cliff Burton?? Blacky, Frank Bello, Ron Royce, Ralph Hubert...etc. |
06-07-2007, 02:30 PM
| | | | I like some of Slayer's stuff, and i know who Tom Arya is, but i haven't even noticed his lines. That's still pretty sick that a thrash metalist used to use fingers.
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06-07-2007, 02:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Chandler, AZ | | Frank Bello (Anthrax) has always used fingers. One of my fave bassists. It's really something to see how he plays all that fast stuff fingerstyle. I don't even have that kind of stamina! 
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06-07-2007, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by MaskedJackal I say it's because he's buried on darn near every Slayer record I've ever heard save the song "Aggressive Perfector"– the original version from the Haunting the Chapel EP.
Thrash metal has a lot of standout bassists- Steve Digiorgio, DD Verni, Greg Christian, uh...Cliff Burton?? Blacky, Frank Bello, Ron Royce, Ralph Hubert...etc. | I haven't seen Slayer live but from what I've heard, Tom is very audible. I think it's just reminiscent of the mindset of 1980's metal producers who thought bass shouldn't be up in the mix. Listen to any '80s metal album, the bass is always buried under distorted guitars and bass drums 
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06-07-2007, 02:56 PM
| | | | i ****in love slayer, but meh, tom aray is an ok bassist. nothing all so great... i wasnt aware that he played with his fingers b4 :S |
06-07-2007, 05:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth | | | I read that the guitarists talked him into trying a pick, and he's never looked back since it's so much more practical for his music.
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06-07-2007, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by MaskedJackal I say it's because he's buried on darn near every Slayer record I've ever heard save the song "Aggressive Perfector"– the original version from the Haunting the Chapel EP.
Thrash metal has a lot of standout bassists- Steve Digiorgio, DD Verni, Greg Christian, uh...Cliff Burton?? Blacky, Frank Bello, Ron Royce, Ralph Hubert...etc. |
Yea Thrash has turned out some great Bassist. IMO the greatest, and my personal Influence Cliff Burton. |
06-07-2007, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperSnake2012 Listen to any '80s metal album, the bass is always buried under distorted guitars and bass drums | Not true at all. How about Iron Maiden's records, to start? That's some classic metal, all their greatest records are from the '80s. That's only one of example of why your statement is a bad generalization. |
06-07-2007, 10:49 PM
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06-07-2007, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by MammaryVest Notice the little smiley face^ | Uh, whoops.  |
06-08-2007, 12:34 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Auburn Nebraska | | | So who wants to see the video of him playing finger style. I cant find it, but I do know that he has done it. Just cant remember where. |
06-08-2007, 01:08 PM
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06-08-2007, 01:09 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Auburn Nebraska | | | YEAH THATS THAT GOOD STUFF!!!
(I KINDA LIKE REALLTY LOVE SLAYER!) |
06-08-2007, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MaskedJackal Not true at all. How about Iron Maiden's records, to start? That's some classic metal, all their greatest records are from the '80s. That's only one of example of why your statement is a bad generalization. | yeah fully... you can hear the bass in almost all the megadeth songs.. |
06-08-2007, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by TeeMartin lol Kerry King with hair??!!? | This post makes me feel old.
Also, Kerry King shops at the same Albertsons that I do. 
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