\"I think there\'s a punk element to my playing and it makes it a little bit raw. When we play live, I don\'t stick to the same rolls. I will elaborate those rolls which makes it more exciting and keeps the guitar players on their toes. For example, at the end of \"Raining Blood\" where it goes, \"Da-dunt, da-dunt, da-dut, da-dunt,\" I\'ll extend that two more measures. So when they come in, instead of doing the beat, I\'m still doing the drum part. That\'s something new I came up with this tour, which was really cool. Some places I\'ll start a drum roll two bars earlier and the guys don\'t know if I\'m gonna come out right. I don\'t do it for that reason, but it seems that\'s what happens, and I think that brings more attention to what you\'re doing. It makes the other musicians more attentive, and it\'s all kind of raw and exciting.\"

Another topic discussed in the interview is Lombardo\'s part and influences in Slayer\'s songwriting process these days. Says Dave Lombardo:

\"You know what?! I wish I had a little more say, but I don\'t. But the say that I do have is in the structuring. Not the riffs, but how one part leads to another. Sometimes I wish I could go in there and say, \"Okay, this is wrong,\" but I can\'t. It\'s not my place. But the control I do have is, let\'s say, picking the drum roll or finding the right beat to where Jeff [Hanneman, guitar] would bring me a demo with a beat that\'s standard double-bass and snare. I\'ll give it more groove, more funk, and bring the soul out in the music. It\'s very distinctive music so I need to find the groove in it.\"

Other topics include working with Mike Patton versus Kerry King, new bands that grabbed Lombardo\'s attention, and his blast beats on the song Supremist, featured on hte band\'s latest album \"Christ Illusion\". Read the entire interview at www.gaspetc.com.