Duelling Banjo! Scary Cover Of SLAYER’s “Angel Of Death”

October 3, 2014, 9 years ago

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Duelling Banjo! Scary Cover Of SLAYER’s “Angel Of Death”

Rob Scallon became a viral internet sensation when he released a banjo cover of Slayer's "Raining Blood," which currently has more than 3.3 million views. Now he’s tackled another Slayer staple, “Angel Of Death” which can be viewed below:

Billboard, spoke with Scallon about a number of topics. A few excerpts follow:

Billboard: When did your project with the metal covers get going?

Scallon: “They started really racking up steam only four or five months ago… I've been on YouTube and making money on YouTube since like 2008 -- it's been like a job of mine. I was able to go full-time on YouTube about a year and a half ago. I'd always done covers, I'd always done a whole lot of different things, but these very specific metal-on-non-metal instruments really started with the ukulele video. The "War Ensemble" video was the first one that really took off. It's just a lot of fun, so I've been doing it since.”

Billboard: So if Slayer reaches out to you and asks you to join you're going to respectfully decline?

Scallon: “Laughs. Well, no... Well, first off, there's absolutely no way they'd want me playing with them --

Billboard: They could use a ukulele on stage.

Scallon: “They could use a banjo solo. (Laughs). I have heard at least Kerry King [from Slayer] and his wife saw the ukulele cover, which I thought was cool. I think I might be quoting them wrong, but I think he said that it was "fucking rad," so that was cool to hear. And with the "Frantic Disembowelment" cover, Cannibal Corpse posted it, and that was really cool. If something like that came along, maybe I'd reconsider, but I'm very much at home playing with Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers. Our tour was fantastic, by the way, and our album has been doing really great, and I'm really proud of it.”

Read more at Billboard.

 



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