Phil Anselmo Quotes

Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer.

I've been a fan of Metallica and friends with those guys for a long time and that was just great - half Alice In Chains and half Metallica playing together.

I was such a weird kid. The really hardcore stuff like Venom - I was totally aware of them, and I listened to some of it - but they actually frightened me.

As iconic a band as Metallica has become, I think sometimes we forget just how raw they were in the beginning of their career, and to a 15-year-old kid like me, it was just shattering. I mean, it was beyond.

When heavy metal was really big in the '80s, it was huge, and then it kind of waned down and kind of came back.

I was a total metal-head as a teen. I still love it, too.

I think Slayer is a funky band.

And I was a kid from L.A. and I just wanted to play thrash metal.

I love heavy metal, Metallica. I'm into Jefferson Starship and acid rock.

The harder stuff has always done it for me. Man, if it rips, I'll give it a thumbs up!

You'd be surprised the type of people who are into metal when you see them. Sometimes I'm even surprised, but it's cool. That's the reason it's still around.

We would like to continue to spread metal to everyone.

I've been a huge Megadeth fan for years.

Before I even started listening to rap music, I was really into metal and punk.

Sure, some tracks are not as good as others, but we've written some really strong, classic stuff, like 'The Number of the Beast,' 'Hallowed Be Thy Name,' and 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner.'

Slayer is one of my favorite bands of all time, and to be on a tour with them is absolutely a dream come true.

What we're doing is special and unique in its own way but still keeping it heavy. For me as a listener, part of the journey I'm on with Metallica, there's just a certain edge that needs to be there.

I like that Metallica has found a way to have these non-pedestrian arrangements but then the vocal melody is strong and intense. I've always appreciated that as a fan.

The most metal? Some would say Slayer, but I think they're a dreadful band. Unbelievably boring. Terrible. Apparently it's not metal to say that, but it's a personal opinion.

Without Metallica, I wouldn't play the way that I do.

But anytime at a metal show, fans are going to be going crazy.

I don't know what metalcore is. I know what rock n' roll is... It's not rocket science.

Starting in junior high school, through high school, I was very into metal or black metal and death metal specifically.

There's a band called Pantera that I listen to, and then Metallica's 'And Justice for All.' If you listen to a little bit of that before you go on stage, you're pretty much set for the whole show.

Black-metal is my favourite. Mayhem are one of my favourite bands. But whenever Slayer comes to town, I am going to that show.