Raining Blood - Hitting That Slayer Groove!

[@talkingbasslessons]

Remember you can play along to the drum track and see the lesson material right here: www.talkingbass.net/raining-blood-hitting-that-slayer-groove/

[@aquagiant229]

I love this XD thank you! SLAYERRRRRRRRRRR

[@DemonSlide]

I had a dream once where I was seeing Slayer live and for some reason got to meet the band and chat with Tom Araya. In the dream, Tom offered me to play a song on bass that night and being a bass player myself I couldn't resist. He said I could play "Die by the Sword" because he was tired of playing and I was like: "I don't know that one"; and them Tom turned around and said: "It's ok man. Just play open strings until the song ends. That's pretty much what I do the whole time". And he proceeded to laugh in his trademark Santa/serial killer sort of way and gave me a bass and a beer, lol. Went out there and killed it. Woke up feeling great and with a smile on my face, haha.

[@pizzik_252]

😂

[@adamcosnahan9262]

Dude I've had dreams like that with all of my biggest influences including Claypool, gene Simmons and geddy lee.. I hope I get to have a dream like yours where I get to play on stage with slayer as a guest bassist

[@thrashtildeathmylogreece7040]

PLEASE MAKE MORE VIDEOS ABOUT THRASH METAL BASS LINES

[@talkingbasslessons]

Yup. Maybe a bit of Cannibal Corpse!!!

[@thrashtildeathmylogreece7040]

TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons Frank bello from Anthrax is a great bass player toο

[@Berserkr696]

Alex Webster is a beast!!

[@thrillaspirit]

Yes please more trashing bass lines

[@reddeath1409]

TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons I knew this guy was cool but I didn't know he was that cool

[@midplanewanderer9507]

This is why, of all the bass teachers on KZbin, I think Mark is the best. He "gets" metal. He's not always about the funk and jazz. (And, uh, being a callow metal-head of somewhat limited sonic-palate, I just don't "get" jazz. I can appreciate it's technical aspects and utility in learning music theory but it doesn't _move_ me. Alice In Chains. Megadeth-Metallica-Anthrax-Slayer. Godflesh. Deftones. Gojira. Filter. Tool, and the list goes on, too much to write. _That_ shit makes me move). Mark Smith is the most generous by far, to the point of making me feel a tad guilty (tons of free info to rip off his site, I have a whole binder) and when I'm employed again I will seriously consider purchasing (with Canadian Peso against British Pound, ouch) some of his courses. If his free stuff is this good, imagine what the premium offers? You're awesome, Mr. Smith! Already learnt a lot from you, with no end in sight! Rock on

[@talkingbasslessons]

midplanewanderer Thankyou kindly!

[@midplanewanderer9507]

@ ocdy1001. Wow. I scoped your link. Totally amazing depth of technicality. The parallels with jazz are amazing, insofar as the sonic sculpture as presented is very complex and unforgiving in it's execution, albeit in a head-space far-removed from the more easy-going "we're not here to hurt anyone" spirit of jazz. I could never really grok the appeal of technical death-metal (and it's crazy-ass guttural nephilim-human half-breed-demon vocals) for almost the same reasons I can't really get into jazz; it all generally tends (except for a very small, very dedicated audience) to be music for musicians alone, although jazz is less "over-the-top" repulsive to the masses at large. Death metal seems to have even less market appeal. Can't imagine why... Violent hip-hop, on the other hand....well...the street speaks to those embalmed within it, I guess... I personally reject myself as a musician. I am NOT sophisticated. I just wanna groove and trance-out to (and get high on) the primitive pulse of the ancients and my own heart-beat; I have no patience for having to _work_ to enjoy a piece of fucking art. If I'm reading a novel and realize I'm fighting my way through it because the writer isn't in that proper state of creative-trance-channeling, I put it down, I throw it away. Technical Death Metal is....WORK. Unless perhaps jacked on bath-salts, or meth, or in the midst of a psychotic melt-down. LOL! (I've yet to experience any of the above. So far..). And jazz is just, well...it feels kind of tepid, to me. It's a different head-space, for sure. Maybe too advanced and cultured for me. Blues is better, because it maintains a more primitive pulse, closer to the dirt, where I live...

[@dabeastfranco]

midplanewanderer well said man

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

indeed and very few bass guitar teachers even teach the way to play bass for metal.

[@stevelopinto4928]

Yeah Tom Araya's Bass lines can be tough to try to figure out over the guitars. Thanks Mark

[@jacksonfritts2988]

He was always horribly undermixed! Except in Hell Awaits.

[@dcp8600]

@@jacksonfritts2988 he didn't play the bass on that recording, it was Kerry

[@deadrasputin]

@@dcp8600 wrong

[@ProgrammedForDamage]

Great job in breaking down the riff and also explaining how Tom's part fits in with the rest of the instruments. Sometimes less is more. You make a natural teacher.

[@anomitrobhowmik9853]

Its incredible to know that the bass always doesn't gallop with the chugging guitars. Perfectly joins the guitars and drums doing justice to both.

[@dustintaub]

I wish I had this video when I was 17. Having someone explain when and how to double the guitar lines in thrash metal would have saved me years of work. Great stuff.

[@Murdo2112]

Aww, look at him, all excited to be going back to his roots.

[@aarondavis4341]

Ive never seen anyone remain so calm while playing this song,lol Seriously though I can express enough how thankful I am to find a lesson on this exact song,I've been trying to teach myself from a tab, that played E0 then the octave on D5 so they used E flat then G flat which is doable,but for someone who knows the song it just don't click and lock into the rest of the song,let alone how hard it makes it to do that little run,makes for a lot of fumbling around playing that fast,this lesson gives me all the fine tuning I need,I am now ready to take over for Tom Araya when he retires

[@bluntforcetrauma2141]

Can you sing AND play bass?

[@PavelSemin]

I think playing 16ths very depends on what drums doing, especially kick-drum. In that song guitar playing gallop rhythm, but drums still play straight 16th line. In this case, as a rhythm section, we must rely more on drums than guitar, so it's a good idea to play straight 8th rhythm instead of a gallop. But if the drummer plays gallop with kick-drum too, like in Meshuggah's Bleed it's better to play unison with that rhythm.

[@roosolini7105]

Thanks bro! I’ve always done the gallop for this song, now I must learn it all over again. Also, thanks for doing metal. All the other bass teachers always stick to jazz/jazz fusion, no respect for metal bassists. Thanks again!

[@FR-ho6pn]

This video is a revelation for metal bassists.

[@ntbhoang]

Love your channel bro, let's bring more Metal to the table

[@JAV619]

Im a guitar player and I subscribed. This is a badass channel w/badass teacher.

[@fatarry]

Can imagine the jazzers vomiting when you said 172bpm . Awesome stuff dude. Refreshing change from the norm

[@talkingbasslessons]

Fat Arry Why would Jazzers be vomiting?

[@fatarry]

TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons in not entirely sure. It made sense to me on Saturday.

[@Artec619]

have you ever heard of bebop?

[@fatarry]

@@hakan9206 No I have never heard of it.

[@deadmire1976]

Not to necro an old comment but give Shawn Lane a listen, hes Jazz... Hes kinda slow though so you might have to listen to his greatest licks compilation on youtube first... he might be able to go at 172 bpm...

[@matthewjayjack8143]

Something I appreciate more about this video now that I'm (much) older than when I originally tried to learn this song is the difference between trying to jam alone in a room vs trying to make the right lines/sound within a band. The guitar following gallops and such sound great alone, less great with a drum track and still less with the full backing track.

[@monespal1924]

Niiice lesson and work, killing the myth that bass always follow the guitar line in metal 😌

[@letsgobrandon8271]

I think that you do a great job with the metal stuff and I love it. Thanks, please keep it coming. Really appreciate it.

[@LBHkedy]

More of metal please!

[@GordonBraicks]

Nice explanation of the groove and cool you can play the song in 16th and 8th style.

[@26Feathers]

The moment at 1:36 when he plays the 16th notes that the guitars play. Damn man. Phew

[@Anorexiaification]

Very nice and detailed! Deconstrustion of drumline was also interesting! More metal please!

[@MrTimjm009]

Just watched the video on Battery as well. I honestly never realised they did it like this . And Ive listened to these bands since back in the very late 80s when I first heard them. Its a contrast to Steve Harris of Iron Maiden who plays full gallop . If he were to do these 2 songs I would expect him to double up even if it wasn't all the time as he adds a lot of fills a accents to his songs anyway , he doesn't just do the bottom root note the whole way through . Interesting anyhow

[@garyblakemore7236]

Nice job.. great explanation of why sometimes less really is more.

[@saimons_journal]

nice one. I wanted to ask you if u could break down the theory of some popular metal songs, like how the chord progresses and explain the theory why those particular notes are played on the bass .If u have such videos already or suggest some sources please give a link. want to learn music theory. thank you

[@boiledsheep]

this video is pretty good at explaning the different types of bass lines, even though it's not exhaustive kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ2shad4gqhrosU i'd love to see Mark's take at it

[@danielmoreno7056]

Bass lines usually provide harmony so you play a note thats in the chord thats being played. And the strong beats should be accented

[@ezcondition]

well rounded bass players know when to lay back as well as bring the heffy.

[@mickeyrube6623]

Does anyone know what his shirt says in the tumbnail. I rather like the design.

[@SuperSugarPenguin]

sunburnt? what place did you visit?

[@hemogoblin3076]

I would love to see some 5 and 6 string things on the channel! Great lesson!

[@AnnoArmageddon]

coming from the future, to ask, who made this beautiful blue instrument?

[@andrewtychinin3308]

3:12 I always played "0 2 3" instead of "0 2 4" because 024 sounds happier than 023 for this evil song) I see I was wrong all this time

[@TheJopeToons]

That sound cool!

[@thevanpeltscream5167]

I have to admit, I like the 16th note way of playing it, it sounds much cooler, it's more attitude-y and intense, but it does sound thinner compared to the way you play it according to the original, the original way of playing it sounds good, it is simpler and it definitely is more filling and thicker bass wise, fills up and gives more "space" to the track. I hear it, I know what you mean. The octave sounds kinda Kiss-y, more rock than metal, but as a bass player I agree we have to learn to play simpler, with a less is more approach when it's needed. It's not about sounding cooler it's about making the track/song sound and feel as best as it possibly could and that's not always going to be what sounds or feels cooler. Great vids!

[@liamjenkins82]

Nice video. Appreciate the break from the norm and having some metal.

[@grisbain]

Play the next paaarrrrt! I always struggled with the next bit. Great vid though! Really shows the job of the bass to reinforce the drums.

[@aarondavis4341]

Tom's baselines lock in with the drums AND guitar so close ,it's really hard to figure them out, but if you approach it with the fact he's playing and singing at the same time so he's going to keep his parts simple to a point that if he messed up we really wouldn't hear it because the guitars or drums cover it

[@jayvasquez841]

Besides Cliff and Araya, are there other metal bassists that take this approach to mesh with the drums?

[@hecbiz75]

Very cool. I knew about this concept, but it doesn't get much airtime. Good job explaining it. DO MORE METAAAAAAAAL! :)

[@rjc7289]

I didn't know there was that high octave E in the intro. I thought Tom was just jamming a triplet pattern on the low E string.

[@DmitrySteel]

Посмотрел видео и уже через 5 минут играю риф! Спасибо!

[@dambrooks7578]

My teenage years all over again 💖 And now I am learning more classical, how typical 😇😘😁

[@bebopbuddy4914]

I like to do the gallop, then the octave after it on the main riff so it's both percussive and fat at the same time

[@markedwardspezenosky5814]

Excellent

[@kollinwoolley6880]

This song is awesome 🤟🏻🤟🏻🖤

[@Necro-slaughter]

Awsome it's really gonna help

[@andyhinds542]

I've just played the original version and can't hear the octaves you mention. In fact, I've seen Slayer live many times and I am absolutely certain that Tom Araya plays bass with a pick.

[@Neednoreligion]

Hi, WhatsApp about 16tel Notebook? Greets

[@telecaster75]

Great lesson!

[@AlbertJasonAlburo]

Can you make a Bass Lesson of John Myung from Dream Theater

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Great stuff, subbed! As a guitar player, I am looking to learn bass guitar for metal to record my own bass tracks.

[@Loki_Morningstar666]

More Slayer please!!!!

[@applepeel1662]

You da man! Love from India!

[@johnknight9150]

I'd rather play the upper E on the 7th fret on A instead of fret 2 on D, otherwise I'm likely to bang the A string by mistake. Are you sure Tom doesn't play it that way? This is fast stuff after all.

[@karansuryawanshipaontasahib]

Super lesson sir

[@rajeshhkkapoor8549]

Mark of the Beast 😈 Never ever thought you would riff over to the darker side and we welcome it. Mark, i know we critters keep asking for Mark, play us this and Mark, cover this and I am no different. Mark, can you please do a basic Meshuggah easy riff.. the idea basically... Thanx in advance.. i think you will do it brilliantly ✨✨✨⚡⚡⚡🔥🔥🔥

[@jefersonmelo2647]

My fingers are raining blood

[@hetul784]

Anyone know exactly what bass he uses?

[@bobanalhair1622]

Would have been cool if you’d played along to the drums and guitar at the end to give us a feel what both would sound like as part of an actual band :)

[@ZeugmaP]

How do you get that tone ? I'm guessing bridge pickup / bass and treble boost / mid cut but I'm not sure

[@Knotdead73]

Well done buddy.

[@Stormtrooper990]

Seeing this video after the world has been on lockdown, i get very jealous of that tan...

[@ironbassist1971]

I use Dunlop bass strings A Peavey Head & Amplifiers

[@NelsonMontana1234]

If the gallop part were played an octave higher, I think it'd be pretty cool.

[@Goabnb94]

As much as I love Megadeth's Hook in Mouth, the tapping sections in the middle a a perfect example of, in my opinion, not sitting well with drums and guitars. Both guitars are tapping (ie high treble) and the bass and the drums and going hard on the low end. Its just this wall of sound with absolutely no mids. In an instance like that, maybe the bass shouldn't try to be locked into another instrument.

[@calciferblack2409]

That whole album is mixed like shit and it's great.

[@mikelow3982]

They play it 16th so play it 16th. Just a comment , you bounce around with your instructions, we aren’t all music students . I’ll keep following. Can you do beginner chord and and arpeggio lisyens

[@talkingbasslessons]

The bass line isn’t 16th notes. It’s 8th notes. It’s half time.

[@zanelyons1730]

Tom also plays with a plectrum...

[@BenMcDougall]

Or, a pick.

[@harbard642]

Raining bassssss

[@moweewesty279]

SLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SquidproGames]

Awesome

[@timhasty2965]

🤬 SLAYER!!!!!🤘

[@mr.bassbuoy6092]

How do you make the backing tracks?

[@dentoncrimescene]

mr. bassbuoy.You could use musecore for that and it's free.

[@mr.bassbuoy6092]

Thanks mate!

[@talkingbasslessons]

I use Cubase (used it since Atari ST days). Drum plugin is Superior Drummer.

[@AJbassist]

what u doing metal riffs this change from what i am use to from you lol :) good lesson as always tho :)

[@talkingbasslessons]

AJ I've actually done quite a few rock/metal lessons over the years. It's how I started out as a player in the late 80s/early 90s.

[@russellburnham298]

Hope you’ve got some aftersun prepped in the fridge Mark.

[@Unknown_Trip]

next episode this guy will play meshugga

[@Andre-ng9dj]

4:49.

[@Jake-NerdyUpNorth]

Another comment for more metal please.

[@Ironjagg]

more IRON MAIDEN !!!!!!!! THE RIMEEEEEEEE OF THE ANCIENT MARINERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@jpined14]

Mark, could you please do a tutorial on Little Beaver - I Can Dig It (Jaco lines!)

[@ocpofficialrep7026]

do that one song that goes diga diga diga duh diga diga duh ka tink tink duga

[@aarondavis4341]

PLEASE! finish teaching this song

[@jasonpopielarczyk7511]

Postmortem PLEASE!!!!

[@michaelcarter5222]

Uhhh why does he look like a sane flea?

[@doofthegoof8402]

can u pls do more trash metal tutorial

[@surike]

At least you play in time

[@Peepsygum]

Raining blod

[@cliffordgeertz3755]

its me or at the beggining, when playing, it sounded like a fretless bass?XD

[@sheilavernaypugh8588]

I like : )

[@MariUSukulele]

👍🏻

[@varan04276]

Obligatory more metal comment!

[@ivanrohal7489]

I am sorry but comparing Cliff Burton with Tom Araya on bass is like comparing Jimmy Hendrix and Elvis Presley on guitar...I like them both but... Othervice very good video.

[@SLTK-ig1ct]

Would sound better if he was using a ESP Tom Araya bass!

[@pattyhays487]

He looks like the kinda guy thats into Slayer.....

[@talkingbasslessons]

I might not now I'm in my 40s but I looked a lot different in the 80s/early 90s!

[@metalkkonaw9372]

0-0-0 x3 0-1-0 0-0-0 x3

[@forkjob]

Experiment: FUCKING......

[@bassismath9118]

What's wrong u have gone tan...thanks for the metal bass lines...n of course with fingers....say no to pick ...sorry for being unreal...cog I can't play with pick....

[@brianrussell1565]

Don't sound right the opening

[@Enraged-vu2vb]

Tom played with a pick

[@helpimadog-speedruns8606]

Starting on the next album

[@lordseth7989]

Araya actually only palys E - 0000000

[@talkingbasslessons]

Lord Seth. Nope. The octave is in there. Listen carefully.

[@elpeluca7780]

Lord Seth search the isolated bass track

[@nickgivent3157]

More thrash!!!! Megadeth

[@talkingbasslessons]

Did Holy Wars 2 weeks ago

[@nickgivent3157]

O man! I'm subscribed with the bell lol. How did I miss that!? Thanks! MEGADETH

[@TrevHowsonDemon82]

Your head wobbles far too much for me to be able to concentrate lol

[@noctisocculta4820]

You can tell how hard he's concentrating and straining by how much his head moves.