SLAYER's DAVE LOMBARDO: I Can Imagine Myself Playing Speed Metal At 75

July 24, 2009

SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo recently spoke to Keith Carman of Hellbound about the band's forthcoming album, "World Painted Blood". He said, "I can't get enough of the new SLAYER record. I'm really excited about this one. I could try to pinpoint [why] but I can't. It's just very cool."

He continued, "['World Painted Blood' has] elements of 'Seasons', 'South of Heaven', 'Reign in Blood'. It's inspired. The vocals, the leads, the rhythms — it's pure, classic SLAYER…. I'm not trying to push a record. I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it. I'd keep quiet. If I didn't like it, I wouldn't say much, but this one is really exciting for me. It was exhausting at times, but it was worth it because the outcome is so solid."

On what has inspired SLAYER to make an album that harkens back to the band's legendary catalog almost 30 years into the group's career:

"I could easily say that maybe musical growth or maturity comes into it; unintentionally putting the best ideas and a big variety of ideas together to make it interesting. Maybe it's unconsciously happening. I don't know. Maybe it's willful — nah, I don't think that.”

"[At the onset of 'Christ Illusion'], we were a couple of months shy of my 10-year anniversary of departing from the band. Getting back together, we felt comfortable performing the old stuff and I felt comfortable performing Paul's [Bostaph, Lombardo's replacement] stuff, but maybe we didn't establish our method of operation, our songwriting operation or collective efforts to the extent that this album has them."

On whether "World Painted Blood" could be the last new SLAYER material thrust into the world:

"I don't know. I hear that rumor, too, and I can only speak for myself. I have enough fire and energy to last I don't know how long. I can imagine myself at 75 looking like Charlie Watts playing speed metal. I'm OK with that. I don't know about the other guys. I'll keep playing, though, and as long as SLAYER needs me, I'll be here. Whatever they wanna do. I haven't heard anything internally about, 'Oh, this is it.'"

Capital Chaos conducted an interview with Dave Lombardo at the Wheatland, California stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival on July 10, 2009. Watch the 15-minute chat below.

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