Slayer Audition - Proscriptor of ABSU - Postmortem & Raining Blood

[@bryandaniel2856]

Proscriptor has ridiculous amounts of talent.

[@alevgmola]

kerry wasn't ready to cross the sea of uruk.

[@EroneousWaylay]

Couldn't get across the north sea to Visnech.

[@equitant]

Alessandro Mola good one

[@enriquearriaga2600]

Jejeje yeahh

[@erickh82082]

Haaaaaaa!!!!!!!

[@equitant]

Alessandro Mola Hahaa no he was not

[@rikardchristiano7611]

proscriptors like " do u want me to do vocals too" hahah

[@barbarudhrom]

He would have done it much better than araya

[@spleen8834]

"I'll dance in between songs"

[@evildead770]

Don't forget to write... 😆

[@Trebuchet82]

The most amazing thing is that he is used to sing and play such insane drums at the same time!!!

[@alicebowie7808]

i watch this every few years to get hyped on life.

[@eightiesrocknight1009]

I do that :D

[@gavinvalentino6002]

Stop fooling yourself. The planet is more endangered every day, and humans regress to more comfortable levels of lazy stupidity by the minute. This planet is a pitiful waste of microspace, and the most advanced life form on it is immeasurably insignificant (and luaghably unintelligent).

[@kriegsruf4586]

@@gavinvalentino6002 "I am very smart"

[@nathanieldamarelos]

@@gavinvalentino6002 and yet here you are hahaha

[@dante666jt]

Lol sem

[@surfsup5255]

Phew, close call if you ask me. If Proscriptor had joined Slayer, the gates of hell would have opened, unsure if we really want that !

[@xskookumx]

Proscriptor made these legendary songs sound more Intense! Holy Shit...

[@russkate88]

I know. I love the fills he did during the verse in Reign In Blood.

[@thans2838]

I'd become a Slayer fan if Proscriptor had joined the band. They're a whole new beast with him behind the drums.

[@gavinvalentino6002]

*DFTR*

[@satanertau2689]

I can hear Kerry's thoughts. "Fuck this fast shit,I don't wanna work this hard every night."

[@thrussianboy]

haha that's exactly what i said. They can't keep up with him.

[@lexbeltran1354]

Too extreme for Slayer, lol😅

[@rodbelding9523]

Yeah Kerry kept glancing up at him like slow tf down

[@Ohr45]

coolest job interview ever

[@jonathanduenas4249]

Big respect to Slayer. But this audition Proscriptor shows that this is what the drum should be played. Hahaha. Hail Proscriptor, 666 Salute to you.

[@elhuesos9764]

Proscriptor is just one hell of a drummer. Heard many stories of this audition, it's good to watch/listen it at last. Hails.

[@AS-zc8mr]

are you still alive?

[@robertwalker3357]

Just not as good as Dave

[@AS-zc8mr]

@@robertwalker3357 dave is not a drummer

[@complications9718]

If Dave Lombardo "is not a drummer", then what is he

[@jokesterthemighty227]

@@complications9718 Dave Lombardo, he is in a league of his own xD

[@SweetPappyJones]

Gnarly! I first found ABSU maybe seven or eight years ago, didn’t know the drummer was the singer too! Mad respect. He killed this audition too, in my opinion.

[@raonipaes]

This guy is a beast in the drums... Respect from Curitiba, Brazil

[@Diegociclo]

It's fucking true. Da pra ver que não é decorado! O cara sabe todos detalhes pq com certeza ouve Slayer.

[@guiprado2620]

Quem é esse batera?

[@-bepyandfriends]

@@guiprado2620 Proscritor (from black metal band ABSU)

[@JimmyChappel]

Awesome. I will never listen to Postmortem again without remembering how Proscriptor completely killed it.

[@ericdavid199]

this dude is a sick drummer

[@robertwalker3357]

But no lombardo

[@SuicidalGrind]

@@robertwalker3357 Yeah, because he's faster than Lombardo ;)

[@KingCrimson82]

@@SuicidalGrind drumming is up to decisions made and micro feel, the imagination and its capabillity to capture brutality. The slightest change of these "settings" and it just doesnt come across as powerful. So speed, although being also a criteria, is just one of many sectors to valuate

[@Eye_oftheBeholder]

​@@SuicidalGrindfaster doesn't mean better

[@Lenfant._Sauvage]

Its way better than lombardo, accept it.​@@Eye_oftheBeholder

[@TheVargsriket]

He's overqualified for Slayer imo, perfect for Absu. Hail Proscriptor!

[@David_Downs]

meh, he would be qualified to hold Lombardos water bottle :P

[@loraynevenne6829]

its more like the other way around.Listen to tara by absu and tell me where i can find drumming that Dave's done that even comes close. Oh plus he is lead vocalist of the band also

[@espalha-lixo8629]

@@loraynevenne6829Agree. Proscriptor is a force of the fucking nature.

[@jacques9515]

@@David_Downs you dont know absu

[@azathoth0820]

@@David_Downs Lombardo is overrated and you know it.

[@thehellezell]

Thankfully he didn't wear an Affliction t-shirt or Kerry would've hired him on the spot.

[@mathyoubuggin]

Or Slayer merch. Seemingly the only clothing Kerry King has to wear on stage are his own band’s shirts...well, those and leather pants.

[@jrhaney11]

Awesome, the proscriptor!! A band I was with in Dallas, Tx. Called Big Iron played a show with Absu back around 2001. I used to see him at many local concerts around Dallas, a really great guy and really awesome musician. Great seeing him in this video. I always would say hello to him whenever I would see him and talk about Absu.

[@GrimRDrag]

That must have been a dream come true for his inner fan

[@IstarScion]

yeah i think i heard he was pretty nervous about auditioning for them. it is slayer after all. and his role in absu is the vocalist and drummer so I think he is used to pushing the pace.

[@papacharlie5692]

fuck SLAYER ! PIECE OF SHIT BAND !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kennethsmith8968]

@@papacharlie5692 slayer rules unlike you who are nothing but garbage and a waste of a human being.

[@shwig2]

Vinnie Paul's drum kit....

[@ChannelEleven59]

I noticed that as well

[@WhirlwindDrums]

Rip

[@azathoth0820]

That snare says it all.

[@c.f.pedraza4057]

"Gasoline," was a short lived band with Vince and Darrell before Damageplan. Yes it is Vince's kit, there's some footage of "Gasoline," on here somewheres.

[@elmetwennhudkoad]

If Proscriptor really was rejected by Slayer then it was actually a good thing, because he's a god in Absu, the black metal drumming thay add along with the thrashy riffs in Absu is godlike and unique, I love both Slayer and Absu, but Absu wouldn't be the same without Proscriptor so, Hail Slayer and Absu!

[@Kwert]

His drumming is just the perfect blend of tight and chaotic, which is perfect for the material he puts out with Absu. He would have made money, but he would have been wasted in Slayer, who seem to get slower by the day. I love Slayer, but it's a good thing they're winding down now.

[@rickhxc]

i love slayer too ,but absu's proscrioptor drumming skills are light years apart from slayer, lombardo is a freskin icon,but just listen to tara , the whole album and you can see that proscrptoris another level

[@Nystrom292]

But he dealt with it in a right way in posportem

[@azathoth0820]

Proscriptor IS Absu, so there wouldn't even be Absu anymore.

[@leopardcubpupkryky6940]

Ab......who?

[@MrCecilbag]

That guy tears the drums a new ass. Very solid

[@person1227]

Man what a great performance from Proscriptor! I also like how effortlessly Kerry King plays these songs. He almost seems bored, especially during Raining Blood.

[@mikegladstone8834]

I think King didn't give a shit about auditioning Proscriptor. He's such a tool!

[@drgnslyr221]

When you play a song a thousand time that happens

[@fever_spike]

My exact thought, as well-definitely looks bored.

[@hobo1704]

It's like breathing for them after playing them so many times

[@SirPhilMcCrackinVonBeggington]

They're his own songs. Do you not play guitar or write your own music? Why wouldn't they be effortless to play for him to play his own songs??

[@smackroscoe]

Proscriptor is the most talented guy in the room.

[@selvmortsydd]

No doubt about that..

[@sothis1448]

Absu never released a song worth listening to while SLAYER released several legendary albums, get it right.

[@robertwalker3357]

Proscriptor just a stupid name

[@JacobsKrąnųg]

@@sothis1448 Absu's "Tara" is better than entire Slayer discography

[@sothis1448]

@@JacobsKrąnųg Hahaha, good one.

[@MACHETE_KILMISTER]

That drum is from Vinnie Paul and his project "Gasoline"

[@gravityblast-f3q]

That's because his drum parts in Absu are WAY faster and more complex. (well at least a bit faster)

[@noremorse5307]

Slayer roams the abyss that Absu looks down on

[@hobo1704]

😂 delusional AF

[@TheLovedrug13]

Proscriptor is ridiculous!! Soooo good....I feel...kinda....tingly all over.

[@hvareno2048]

Amazing! Proscriptor and Absu rules.

[@L0nn13_c0]

Awesome video, great drumming

[@RadaSC]

Kerry King is like woah dude, wait for me!

[@170845IND]

They didn't take him, coz they're to proud to admit that he's better than the rest of them !!!!!!

[@hobo1704]

😂 Bostaph is king

[@robertwalker3357]

If he was better than he would of got the job, but he didn’t they hired lombardo which was the right choice

[@MrDhilrd]

So, is that Vinnie Pauls' kit? He and Dime briefly had a band called Gasoline.

[@pauldelacruz2091]

yep that's vinnie's kit they had a brief stint with david allen coe

[@HolyDiver1]

That’s funny, I saw those huge-ass toms and thought this guy must be a Vinnie Paul fan. It didn’t even cross my mind that he and Dimebag had a band called gasoline.

[@kyledonovan9616]

Proscriptor is a mother loving beast behind the kit. Thanks for uploading this gem.

[@HateSince88]

Slayer are my 80s heroes but this guy is just too good for them... SO impressing! DDDamn!

[@chrodegang8406]

Wild! Great drummer!

[@UseYourNikesBro]

Fucking great job bro just discovered Absu and its some great shit

[@skullfission]

Holy crap I can't believe I finally get to see this!

[@lanemeyer9350]

That drummer is amazing 🔥🔥🔥

[@MasterJ4all]

This guy is good, he does not seem to strugle like the others that auditioned.

[@blanca00001]

he does not want the people to know, what he is thinking about everything, he feels comfortable with the glasses on, isolation, like i-m playing with you, but we are no friends, buddy.

[@shuszzam]

bigger paycheck in slayer for sure

[@nvmbrsdoom5]

Whether Slayer or Lombardo are "the best ever" is a matter of opinion. I'm a huge fan of both of them, no doubt. But Proscriptor is also a well-known and very respected musician in the metal underground for nearly two decades, and has toured the world on his own merits. So I'm sorry but the "Wal-Mart" comment is out of line, man. Slayer clearly respected this guy enough to give him an audition, so perhaps you should be more respectful as well.

[@MidnightTuners]

The drumming tho , the sounds to i His kit is perfect

[@defractvremofficialchannel8933]

Proscriptor audition: Kerry King of Slayer

[@arabe66]

Kurayami 暗闇 Music with his own song and Kerry failed... 😂😂😂

[@defractvremofficialchannel8933]

@@arabe66 true!!!! 😆😆

[@teamatfort444]

imagine this dude playing necrophobic

[@papacharlie5692]

PROSCRIPTOR OWNS IT, SLAYER FEAR WAS PROSCRIPTOR HEAD THE BAND !!!!!!!!!

[@scorpion7359]

That was aaaamazing...

[@drums4life53]

@kpmorgan some people on youtube just arent musicians and dont understand these things. well put brother!

[@impetiousdoom]

Dude killed it.

[@shaftsbury94]

impressed with the 2 cymbal chokes at 1-36.

[@grey1777]

He also looks to be playing Vinnie Paul's (pantera) drum kit from their side band Gasoline, cool shit!

[@arabe66]

Kerry didn't survived the third storm of cythraul...

[@deathbyguitar1]

Fucking bad ass! Picking one of the best Slayer songs to audition with and fucking nailing it! Reign in BLOOOOOOODDD!!!!!!

[@gustavoflores6583]

Muy buen baterista! Un groso!

[@lordultor9870]

So much passion

[@tehcwankery69420]

got to speak briefly with the bassist, ezezu, who became guest on a local radio station one night..this occurring right after requesting "from ancient times" by absu of course..a most unexpected surprise..

[@ryandiamond9220]

Wouldn't say slayer don't deserve the dude but yes man he is a crushing drummer. Abu is brilliant...if not active enough.

[@paulbooker95]

Dude nailed those drums!!!

[@robertwalker3357]

Not on Paul’s level or Dave’s

[@jumpfart666]

​@@robertwalker3357😂😂yea okay wheres your vid?

[@jumpfart666]

​@@robertwalker3357Absu crushes both those fools

[@absu132]

It's a fact if proscriptor would have gotten the job he would have pushed Slayer to another level. The question is if slayer was ready for that ?? Russ is just beyond on everything compared to slayer spiritually and musically and philosophical.

[@alexma321]

@ohrblut666 Believe me or not. In my village (in Serbia) lives drummer who can play Slayer stuff perfectly. He is beast, but he is totally unknown. Check band Toxic Trace from Serbia.

[@CsyNlsn1]

Such a great rehearsal in EVERY WAY! I personally feel that Proscriptor was too eccentric and completely opposite of the Kerry King machine!

[@gearheadred]

@Burntorangebadass Actually he moonlights as a producer for a few other black metal bands, including his own, and as a studio drummer for a bunch of bands, and a little band called Melechesh,

[@Rattleheadywea]

Very nice!

[@fireguye4]

he fucking nailed it!!!!!

[@VapnFagan]

Only 1 cable going to the wah pedal? is he using a AxeFx?

[@Gonch666]

I've been waiting to see these vids for a while.. as expected Proscriptor fucking nails it.

[@lordinferno6666]

Tons of Evil in the Drums 🤘😈💀

[@RyanAlexanderBloom]

one reason he may not have made it is his tempo was not particularly steady on postmortem. He may be a great drummer in Absu but he rushed the skank beat parts sometimes and you could almost detect Kerry King looking irritated because of it.

[@rociomontalvo6705]

Ryan Alexander Bloom Thank you...

[@heresjohnny999]

talking shit, Slayer play it faster live than on record. not much wrong with his timing at all. guy could play it in his sleep.

[@tw19771]

Yup they do play these songs faster live. Obviously this guy is good, and what little adjustments he'd need to make he could easily make. My guess is the reason they passed on him is at this point in their career, slayer really aren't interested in having anyone on the kit they already don't know, they want basically vets they know personally. And I think that has more to do with Tom than anything. After Lombardo left and Bostaph replaced him (again) Kerry wanted Dette back there and said he got out voted and they went back with Bostaph knee injuries and all, which is not a good recipe considering most of Slayer's songs fly by at mach 10 but its what the band wanted *shrugs* Theoretically, if Slayer "were" to continue and found themselves replacing Paul (and they'd have to eventually) I'd see them trying to poach Gene from Testament, its an interesting hypothetical considering Gene is basically Dave Lombardo's godfather. But given their past choices and what they've done (They plucked Paul and Dette away from Testament, Tempesta might have got the call up too had he stayed in Testament and not bail to join Zombie.) Assuming Gene wouldn't stay in Testament, dude seems happy there so I think that seat is filled for now.

[@metalvideos1961]

no kerry couldnt keep up with him. that was the whole problem. proscriptor played it perfectly. kerry king is just a pussy that cant keep up.

[@enochianwolf]

@@metalvideos1961 yep

[@immanuel_cunt7688]

Imagine a possible BAND audition and the only one appearing is....this guy, showing his back to you except for the beginning of Raining Blood, because he doesn't get the intro properly!

[@SkeetSystem]

I like how Proscriptor always ends the song before King gets too carried away with his gay whammy bar drives

[@4metal2]

It seems like Kerry starts playing faster almost taunting him then he realizes he let the beast known as "Proscriptor" loose,this was a sight,thanks for posting,Absu true metal.

[@philliprobinson129]

What the heck does that even mean? "True metal" I usually only here that from angsty teenagers.

[@enochianwolf]

@@philliprobinson129 waste of space

[@panagiotiszygouras6441]

OMG! This was terrifying! Or else was kerry King and Proscriptor another routine day(or night).-

[@hackingthematrix1141]

Sick!!

[@agentaxe]

He would steal the show-that's why!

[@crazy8sdrums]

Fuckin AWESOME!!! That was RAGING energy!

[@howtowin.facts.7247]

they were sharing a moment

[@davidkarvay6444]

⚔️☠️😡🥊💯 kerry mohol zahrať niečo od absu !!!😊

[@Empiricist14]

He's perfect OMG O_O

[@mannymoreira3710]

Never will be like Dave Lombardo!!!!!

[@pallidmors]

Fuck yeah! Excellent performance!

[@mikor7878]

a great drumer!

[@greybushgames1]

Anyone else singing along to these masterpieces

[@sugoibentobox199]

love slayer yah

[@evilreptilemasters]

Proscriptor McGorvern!! HAIL ABSU!

[@WeHaveExplosive]

I always wondered what this went like. Didn't Russ say that he thought the whole thing was a ploy to get Lombardo back in Slayer?

[@Edosardo73]

Dave Lombardo rules.

[@robdrogsvold3350]

Amen

[@michaelhz37]

So proscriptor

[@enochianwolf]

Proscriptor you mean

[@diegoambrosio9121]

Kerry always auditions amazing drummers, say, Paul Bostaph, Jon Dette, Kevin Talley, Joe Nunez and Proscriptor McGovern. All to replace Lombardo. None could actually do it. Haha!

[@Joetrout]

Actually Kerry was second to Hanneman!

[@diegoambrosio9121]

@@Joetrout There is an interview which shows Kerry saying how Paul Bostaph was chosen to play on Repentless instead of Jon Dette: democracy. Kerry was outvoted because Tom prefers Paul as well as Jeff did. And Kerry decided to honor Jeff's memory. No wonder Slayer is one of the Big 4.

[@Forest_Incarnate]

Proscriptor doesnt use drumsticks, he uses Swords of Lapis Lazuli

[@MorbidVisions310]

A well rounded drummer is never "too fast" for any one song or band. For myself, it takes discipline and focus to keep it true to tempo and not speed up. Going faster is easier, to consciously keep on the brakes is not, speaking for myself. *im not discounting Proscriptor, he's a great drummer, not to be interpreted otherwise. CHILL.

[@christophermcguire6440]

Well there's something rare... Kerry King wearing sunglasses inside, said no one, EVER!

[@jamiep4360]

Damn that was good

[@mikestein1024]

Dude he tore it up

[@josephgurule8047]

Badass drummer

[@MajesticGovernor]

What a performance

[@juanmedina1364]

hes too good for slayer. fuck the haters

[@ihate4413]

Pretty cool that's a Vinnie Paul drumset.

[@Stormland]

@TheBoomdooger As much as I agree with you 110%, the real reason why Slayer chose not to pick Prospector is because of his "occult beliefs."