Tom Araya:Slayer

I think "New Faith" is genius.

 

I think he's a great ****ing bassist.

 

tom is my idol and altho some dismiss him as just shouting he is very talented as he plays fast complex basslines as well as doing those awesome screams

 

i just saw them live at mayhem fest last week. killer show, but while listening to his bassline during 'angel of death'...

listen to the guitar riff that starts at 1:38
at 1:49, you can hear the bass kick in, and he begins playing the octave jump riff, which descends by halfsteps
if you listen to the fill at 1:52, you can hear him playing straight Eb eigth notes

but at mayhem fest, he just playing straight Eb eigth notes throughout that whole section. which i thought was weird. oh well, all things considered hes a great performer, the fact that he does good quality vocals while keeping up with 2 of the fastest guitarists in metal is impressive

and for those who are interested, he was talking about a new album this year...

 

Monarch to the Kingdom of the DEAD!!!!

 

I love his early stuff- die by the sword, haunting the chapel, hell awaits