Hanneman VS King (Slayer Guitar Riffs Battle) 

Hanneman = Slayer’s iconic melodies King = Slayer’s fastest riffs

0:15 Die By The Sword 0:32 show no mercy 1:25 necrophiliac 1:45 Praise of death 2:06 Angel of Death 2:33 piece by piece 2:58 read between the lines 3:25 War Ensemble 3:46 skeletons of society 4:02 213 4:31 ditto-head 5:08 stain of mind 5:35 in the name of God 6:01 disciple 6:17 New Faith 6:40 blackened serenade 7:08 Cult play 7:38 world painted blood 8:06 hate worldwide

Hanneman wins by default for writing Raining Blood and Angel of Death. Even then, he still wrote the best riffs of the two.

Jeff was almost melodic and warm, while King was pure rhythm and cold. You need both halves, light and dark. If I had to choose, Jeff had more memorable riffs.

The lesson I got from Slayer all this time is "happiness and joy". I got into them during Hell Awaits. I remember riding in my friends car when we picked up our other friend who said." I have Slayer's new album..... It is called Reign In Blood....and it is so fast that it is only 26 minutes long". So We listened in the car while driving. I felt happiness and joy that day.

Hanneman was more refined and had a rhythm that King would never get. King has the raw heaviness. They were like yin and yang. But Hanneman wrote the most memorable riffs, imo.

Kerry wrote some great stuff, Jeff wrote more great stuff.

Jeff was slayer

Kerry has more of a punk style I've noticed, while Jeff's riffs were more dark an sinister

Always loved Hanneman, but you can't have one without the other. Perfect duo

Whoever his son is: That guy has a damn cool dad

The battle ended for me once Angel of Death came up. One of the greatest fucking riffs of all time.

to me kerry = tighter rhythm player jeff = better song writer

Paul Bostaph on Divine Intervention was a beast. What an underrated album

SLAYER has been such a huge part of my life. I'm 47 now and have been one of my favorite bands since I was 14. I first seen them live in 90' Seasons in the Abyss tour. TESTAMENT opened for them. I was 18. Was able to see them a few more times before it all came to an end. RIP Jeff. Thanks guys.

I prefer Hanneman, but I appreciate that Kerry has only ever wanted to thrash it out. None of us can really complain about that. Slayer fucking rocks. RIP isn't fitting. More of a thank you.

Hanneman, amazing songwriting and classic riffs. Kerry, the darker more groove oriented. their styles complinented each other so well and were amazing.

I like Kerry a bit more just cause I find his riffs generally more aggressive and in your face, one thing I love about both of them is how they both perfected evil sounding riffs, like they just all sound so diabolical lmao

Alot more dark sinister hammer-ons in Jeff's riffs. Kerry's are just mostly muffled notes and power chords.

You guys are the most talented twins I've ever seen!

This guy has my mams haircut, she dont even like slayer

Jeff wrote all the best Slayer riffs and songs.

I'm not much for Slayer's lead guitar playing but their riffs, on the other hand, are just amazing! Not to mention the effort it requires to play them :)

Both are legends in their own way. Hanneman was more technical and precise, while on the other hand King was more speed and aggression. Just my take on it.

Gary Holt is better. Just kidding😂😂😂. Both of them wrote masterpieces , thrash metal kings. I love them both. R.I.P. Hanneman

I think we all agree that Jeff was the better guitarist

There will NEVER be a better duo in metal!! R.I.P Jeff 🤘

Cult, Flesh storm, Fictional reality, Dittohead, Praise of death, Piece by piece, Temptation, Born of fire, Payback, Repentless, Skeletons of society my favorites by Kerry (hello from Russia✋)

The Hanneman, hands down

Strange. Jeff was defintely more versatile and evolving but when you hear his riff you know it is Slayer. Kerry through all their recors played more or less the same way but you'd heard his riff with another drummer and another vocalist you'd say it's just some generic metal band.

i've always guessed : Hallowed Point speed riff is Hanneman , ending heavy riff is KING ; Silent Scream, Verses riff Hanneman, Chorus riff KING ; Mandatory Suicide, ending riff KING Ghost of War, Chorus riff KING

I was lucky enough to see Slayer back in the early 90's, I had no idea how badly Jeff struggled with alcoholism, but he was an amazing performer and such a strong stage presence, I had him up on a pedestal. There's just something about him and how he carried himself, and he was a badass guitar player too. The heart of Slayer for me, without him and Lombardo, it's just not the same anymore. Great job on the riffs btw, your playing and tone are tight af. 🤘🤘🤘

Burton C. Bell does a fantastic job of playing Slayer riffs in this video. Good job, Burt. You're the man. 🤘🤘

South of Heaven is Hanneman's album, with great vocals ans breathtaking drum sound and parterns. My favorite from Slayer

R.i.p Jeff Hanneman Still reigning 🤘🤘

King had the popularity Hanneman wrote all the classics.

Why is James May playing slayer??

Any channel making content about slayer is what i truly am grateful...

“Piece by Piece” was a Kerry riff? Cool

0:15 Die By the Sword 0:52 Show Mercy 1:25 Necrophiliac 1:44 Praise of Death 2:06 Angel of Death 2:33 Piece By Piece 2:59 Read Between the Lies 3:25 War Ensemble 3:46 Skeletons of Society 4:03 213 4:31 Dittohead 5:08 Stain of Mind 5:36 In the Name of God 6:02 Disciple 6:17 New Faith 6:41 Black Serenade 7:09 Cult 7:39 World Painted Blood 8:07 Hate Worldwide Strange he only did one song from "South of Heaven" the rest were all 2 songs from each album displayed. Looked like a scripted hesitation on the Kerry King character when it was his turn to play something from SoH so his turn got skipped.

Alright I'll be the first one to say it they both are fucking incredible and amazing guitar players Jeff wrote amazing riffs and Kerry king wrote amazing things they are both slayer it wasn't only Jeff's band everyone just hates Kerry because he called out a few bands

I banged my head with all.... Slayer is SLAYER, not Dave, nor Tom, Jeff, king...

Jeff was the riff master, lyrics, and solo machine. Most of the songs I listen to are created by Jeff.

Didn’t even watch the video yet but Hanneman wins.

The first riff in Praise of Death is the best Slayer riff of all time, and one of the best riffs in extreme metal ever.

no one: kerry king: 0-0-0-0

It's interesting how he just skipped over "Undisputed Attitude", however "South of Heaven" made me laugh when Kerry had nothing to contribute on his own musically.

Fantastic music!! Amazing riffs by both, great guitar playing by you! Metal greetings from Athens-Greece

Your videos are great. Your expressions on the other you are hilarious. Keep’em coming !

I can clearly see the support among those twins, great job supporting each other

Well done, I was jamming out to this the whole time. I also play and know how much fun it is to play these riffs. Hands down my favorite band of all time. You're awesome so I've decided to subscribe 😁

I love the two of you guys😂

Both are sick and your guitar playing is sick too!

Both amazing guitarists. R.I.P. Jeff. You will always be remembered as one of the gods of thrash.

i could listen to that for hours. !!! thanks great selections too !!!

Funny battle ♥ your playing style is in perfect symbiosis with the Slayer tones. Cool vid!

This made me wanna go listen to every Slayer album ..again

lol looks like burton c bell from fear factory

Ok one more side note, props for playing Skeletons of Society, likely my favorite Kerry track

This is cool to see, would be cool to see something like this with Skolnick and Peterson with Testament or Andreas and Max from Sepultura

Hanneman is Slayer.

I cant imagine what if two Hannemans were playing in the Slayer 🤘

Nice guitar playing and great tone thanks

Whatever on the comparison, I’m glad king wrote show no mercy, praise of death and piece by piece, all masterpieces by masterpieces. This band launched death metal with haunting the chapel and hell awaits.. and Nothing can dethrone Reign in Blood , so if King co wrote some of the songs, then I’m thankful for it and am in aw of their monumental works. Same goes for Lombardo, who has so many memorable drum lines and Signature riffs, from the solitary single bass beat underlying a haunting riff, to the rapid china type strikes while whipping the snare to give that menacing feeling. And then Araya’s vocals from Reign backward where perfect and if only that remained. Anything anyone of it’s members put out on a early slayer record will always be better than just about anyone else. They are masters of evil Mayhem.

Excellent work, I post particularly because of war ensemble!! Awesome!

I clearly see they influenced each other throughout the years 🤘🏽🤘🏽

Weird how Jeff was personally/heavily into punk yet Kerry’s riffs were the ones that were more punk oriented.

YOU LOOK LIKE BURTON C BELL from FEAR FACTORY with a shaved face!! nice work man! I was entertained!

I really enjoyed watching/hearing this. Great playing! And great illustration of how important both Jeff and Kerry are to Slayer's legacy.

Why are you not wearing welders glasses if you're trying to be KK?

I must admit that I hardly know any of the newer albums after Divine Intervention I just noticed.

Should have worn Oakley for Kerry! Lol I love the vid bro ;)

Dude, every one of your vids has my head nodding, no matter what genre, but I come back to this one a lot and decided to comment tonight. Thank you for your videos, for sharing the love of all things metal, for the crazy amount of time it takes to make these vids and for making some of the best content on RU-vid✊🏻 Hailz!

I'm glad Skeletons got some of the attention it deserves! That riff is what made me a Slaytanic wehrmacht.

Dude, I straight up busted out laughing on the South Of Heaven part.That was awesome!!!

Slayer died with Jeff, make no mistake about it

One of the best writing duo's of all time...with Lombardo on drums...unreal

Kerry has my favorite riffs on Divine Intervention and Diabolus, but Jeff had better ones on every other album (Piece by Piece barely gets edged out on Reign in Blood though)

Aww! How cute! You went out and bought the Jeff and Kerry signature guitars to make a video battling yourself. LMFAO!

One of your best performance bro!!! love it!!! incredible playing and so funny !! ;)

Wow never realized how close the opening "die by the sword " riff to Testament's "alone in the dark"

You’re a badass man, I’m gonna subscribe. Underrated channel. Keep at it though, you’ll get there.

ThAnk you very much , that was hillarious !

I didn't want this to end.....

One of the best guitar covers video I've seen on RU-vid, awsome playing and it made me laugh no end =)

Kerry is a seriously underrated rhythm guitarist

just now seeing this three years later... Superbly well done. RIP Jeff.

Man this is gold. Well done!! King works well with Hanneman.

This is Big! RIP Hanneman, his songwriting influenced a whole era.

I believe Hanneman was the better guitar player, though i do like King as well.

Good Video for showing your respect for Jeff. One of the DVD interviews Jeff said that he hated the New Faith riff but when the lyrics came it become one of his favorite tracks. I am 41 and Jeff meant too much for me since my 13-14ths Those amazing mathematical melodic riffs, his cool attitude, ESP guitars, Raiders/ Kings apparel, Etc... Built up and shaped my Life... I found a chance to visit his grave from another side of the earth and showed my love and respect for him. Reign In Heaven.

You look a bit like burton c. bell from fear factory. Great vid

That’s funny since Jeff was the one who brought punk influence into the band....Kerry’s words

Hanneman is the legato rythem signature Slayer trademark

Both are amazing and influential Much respect to both !

Awesome! Great job Burton C. Bell

Read between the lies is so fuckin underrated. Nice vid

No comparison for sure!!! All Slayers' masterpieces have been written from Hanneman

Dude for a moment I was thinking you're the vocalist of Fear Factory...but he sings only....the best metal riffs ever! SLAYER FOREVER! Great vid!

Very interesting, never thought about them different styles. Both use many chromatic, but but Hannemann seemed to have a slightly better understanding of harmony. (when to use major, minor or 7th). But solo-wise both did what they want regardless of harmonies... I really would like to know how or if they are/were (RIP Jeff) being educated in music theory. I think both are autodidact (like me) and did grasp some theory here and there but never did the whole long way ( reading staff, play in every key/ mode). It wouldn’t be Slayer then, if they did ...