Tom Araya recording vocals for upcoming two-track EP

[pangy]

Tom Araya recording vocals for upcoming two-track EP

Dave Lombardo revealed in an interview with Rock Overdose that Slayer are currently finishing a 2-track EP that could possibly be released in time for the bands appearance at the "Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival" (US Tour Schedule).

Dave stated that "Kerry and Tom are recording it right now; they are doing the vocals".

http://www.rockoverdose.gr/news_details.php?id=12175

[ivan icheeanis]

oviously king will play all the rhythm guitar parts i wonder if hanneman contribute any leads or not

[tom]

no high hopes since Hanneman is sick and the producer is the same deaf fuck who produced the last album

[ivan icheeanis]

how about a BRING BACK ANDY WALLACE PETITION??

[Slayer213]

If this is being released... I´ll ask my dear friend Vavoom to help me out getting it.

[homicidal-maniac]

If this is being released... I´ll ask my dear friend Vavoom to help me out getting it.

[Hellrazor]

Awesome, cant wait to hear Gary play it next month

[tom]

kinda sad ending of Slayer..never thought it would come to this

[ivan icheeanis]

hey jeff is my fav member of slayer but i`m quite willing to accept the situation for slayer to continue even if it becomes permanent......if gary wasn`t cutting it,it would be a different story,but i think most would agree with a slight exception on the leads that slayer are sounding better and tighter than they have in a long time

[tom]

sound is one thing, but what about composing...no one can compare to Hanneman, not even Kerry
so , is it about sounding or creating?

[Hellrazor]

hey jeff is my fav member of slayer but i`m quite willing to accept the situation for slayer to continue even if it becomes permanent......if gary wasn`t cutting it,it would be a different story,but i think most would agree with a slight exception on the leads that slayer are sounding better and tighter than they have in a long time

I agree completly.....except for Jeff being my fav member!!!!
Gary has refreshed Slayers energy
Gary is also a brilliant song writer and I hope that rubs off a little on Slayer

[ivan icheeanis]

sound is one thing, but what about composing...no one can compare to Hanneman, not even Kerry
so , is it about sounding or creating?

jeff can still write songs for slayer even if he doesn`t tour

[Slayer213]

sound is one thing, but what about composing...no one can compare to Hanneman, not even Kerry
so , is it about sounding or creating?

jeff can still write songs for slayer even if he doesn`t tour

He´s damn right, he may not play guitar as the level required yet, but he can write songs.

[Woutjinho]

This should sound great if you play it twice as fast.

[vavoom]

MTV's "Alternative Nation" conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King when the band performed in Romania on June 4 in front of more than 3,000 people at Arenele Romane in Bucharest. You can now watch the chat below.

When asked about SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman's current state of health (Jeff in January 2011 contracted necrotizing fasciitis, likely caused by a spider bite, and has been undergoing surgeries, skin grafts and intense rehab since), King said, "Jeff is… If you look at him, he looks fine. But playing the intricate things that we do, he's not ready to do that. He doesn't know if he has the stamina for an hour-and-fifteen-minute set. He can play any of the slower stuff and do it just like the record. But we made a name for ourselves, historically, for being good live, so we had to make the decision and say, 'You've gotta get better before you try to come back. If you come back, make it a special thing, not just an adequate thing.'"

King also spoke about SLAYER's rumored plans to release a two-song EP this summer, possibly to coincide with the band's appearance at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. "[The two new SLAYER tracks] are done, but they're just not mixed," he said. "It's [like], do you put them out now or do you just wait for the [full-length] record to be done [and include them as part of the final package]? We're gona finish the record September-October. So I, myself, would rather wait, because I don't like to put those two songs out and then include them on the record. In my thinking, if you put those two songs out, then make ten more songs and put those two on that album just as an afterthought. But I feel like I've gotta give people ten new songs. That's why on the last one [2009's 'World Painted Blood'] we did 11, 'cause 'Psychopathy Red' was already out. So [the two new songs are] done. We'll see what the record company proposes. I think they've been talking about an EP, which is kind of a throwback to the '80s, which is really cool, I think. But we'll just have to see."

[Slayer213]

Nice news, thanks Vavs... and if the EP is being released, you know what to do, my friend, got it for me and ask me for the bucks yes please

[ivan icheeanis]

i`ll bet jeff is still out for another year

[slaytanic war]

Probably...but is he recording or what? that must either mean the songs are really simple or really slow thinking of his condition

Edit: oh yeah if I'm not mistaken Kerry does all the rythms on the records and then they just double it...nvm

[tom]

I think they should quit..
1.Hanneman is out for good
2.the new album is gonna be even more horrible than last 3 or 4 albums
3.they will never pull off Hell Awaits in its entirety again

go away with grace unlike other pathetic bands that sound like wining whores

[tom]

facts are insane, I just state them