" On a new Instagram page titled Kerry King Music, a cryptic photo has been posted that shows the chain King wore around his neck onstage for years resting in a heap on what looks ike a stage.
The accompanying text simply reads, "Coming in 2024..." That seems like a pretty good hint that King's new project will be unveiled sometime next year. Check out the teaser below and stay tuned for more updates."
Wouldn't surprise me at all if that's the title of the project or the name he'll tour under.
I've no expectation for the record, but am fascinated/curious all the same to hear what it's like and see who he's managed to round up for it. Repentless was abysmal, more of the same with crappier musicians???
Imagine if he actually called it Kerry King Music. He couldn't possibly use such a dreadful band name, could he? When bands become brands :-X
I have no doubt that whatever he calls it it will be dogshit so he might as well.
I think he might??? KKs Priest, Jim Martin, Newsted.....Take these lads out of their respective units and quite often the results are disastrous.
KKs Slayer
Bostaph and Holt have more or less confirmed that they're involved, so there's some talent there at least. Anselmo and Rwx Brown were rumoured but they're touring 'Pantera' for most of next year so I wouldn't hold out hope for that. You'd never know, Ellefson might step in...
Holt already said he's not doing it .
Ah right, hadn't heard that.
Kerry Kings Klezmer...oh ;D
Layers.
KK's Chuggabro.
It's brodude electronica. It'll be called DJ Kerry.
Apparently he'll be touring with Cancer.
I read the article. He said riffs were not a problem, they were flying out.
Who will arrange them into decent, never mind great songs.
Quote from: Bürggermeister on November 06, 2023, 11:17:54 PMIt's brodude electronica. It'll be called DJ Kerry.
Apparently he'll be touring with Cancer.
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Quote from: Bürggermeister on November 06, 2023, 11:17:54 PMIt's brodude electronica. It'll be called DJ Kerry.
Apparently he'll be touring with Cancer.
:laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: Eoin McLove on November 06, 2023, 08:07:43 PMImagine if he actually called it Kerry King Music. He couldn't possibly use such a dreadful band name, could he? When bands become brands :-X
I have no doubt that whatever he calls it it will be dogshit so he might as well.
I saw something on another site a while back he'd registered the name "Bloodreign" a while back so....
Quote from: Carnage on November 06, 2023, 08:33:45 PMBostaph and Holt have more or less confirmed that they're involved, so there's some talent there at least. Anselmo and Rwx Brown were rumoured but they're touring 'Pantera' for most of next year so I wouldn't hold out hope for that. You'd never know, Ellefson might step in...
Ellefson just announced a "solo" tour of Europe... The cleaning staff in European hotels on that jaunt will earn their keep on those dates.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on November 07, 2023, 12:37:42 PMQuote from: Eoin McLove on November 06, 2023, 08:07:43 PMImagine if he actually called it Kerry King Music. He couldn't possibly use such a dreadful band name, could he? When bands become brands :-X
I have no doubt that whatever he calls it it will be dogshit so he might as well.
I saw something on another site a while back he'd registered the name "Bloodreign" a while back so....
Also shite but slightly less so.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on November 07, 2023, 06:48:31 PMQuote from: Pentagrimes on November 07, 2023, 12:37:42 PMQuote from: Eoin McLove on November 06, 2023, 08:07:43 PMImagine if he actually called it Kerry King Music. He couldn't possibly use such a dreadful band name, could he? When bands become brands :-X
I have no doubt that whatever he calls it it will be dogshit so he might as well.
I saw something on another site a while back he'd registered the name "Bloodreign" a while back so....
Also shite but slightly less so.
I don't know, Bloodreign is generically shite. Kerry King Music is so bad it would be fantastic.
Surely he'd call it "The King Slayer" :laugh:
I burnt the fuck out of a pot of rice earlier and mangled the good brass pot along with it because I was reading an article about this buffoon's inane new project.
"It wILl SOundD liKe SlaYUr!"
How utterly exciting.
FUCK YOU, KERRY KING! YOU OWE ME A NEW BRASS POT, YE PRICK!
You left the pot on the ring of Kerry
QuoteIt wILl SOundD liKe SlaYUr!"
How utterly exciting.
Yup. Almost 40 years in the game, you'd think as an artist there'd be some sort of drive to play with musicians outside of your comfort zone and maybe have more of a collaboration but obviously not.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on November 07, 2023, 12:37:42 PMI saw something on another site a while back he'd registered the name "Bloodreign" a while back so....
There's surely a good few 'Bloodreign' bands out in the World
There is, including a Slayer tribute band.
First show announced Daytona Rockville headlining one of the small stages.
He's literally going out as Kerry King.
Quote from: jobrok1 on November 08, 2023, 03:48:28 PMQuote from: Pentagrimes on November 07, 2023, 12:37:42 PMI saw something on another site a while back he'd registered the name "Bloodreign" a while back so....
There's surely a good few 'Bloodreign' bands out in the World
"Let bloodreign slay with a shotgun blaaaaaassssttttt."
Robb Flynn, somewhere
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Quote from: jobrok1 on November 08, 2023, 03:48:28 PMThere's surely a good few 'Bloodreign' bands out in the World
https://youtu.be/_143g0VUyN4?si=Oonmu2xMYU_7Nsm8
Oh dear. :laugh:
Quote from: The Butcher on November 08, 2023, 05:37:21 PMQuote from: jobrok1 on November 08, 2023, 03:48:28 PMQuote from: Pentagrimes on November 07, 2023, 12:37:42 PMI saw something on another site a while back he'd registered the name "Bloodreign" a while back so....
There's surely a good few 'Bloodreign' bands out in the World
"Let bloodreign slay with a shotgun blaaaaaassssttttt."
Robb Flynn, somewhere
:laugh:
Sorry ment to quote The Butcher!, superb! :laugh:
Funny auld buzz, the music bizz. If Kerry peaced out, dropped dead, etc., after say SoH, we'd be all remembering him as a fucking hero for what he was involved in. Now? He's irrelevant, and something to ridicule - and justifiably so.
But I suppose the lad still enjoys playing guitar, and further enjoys being a multimillionaire because of it, so what do it know.
"One of the reasons I did the chain drop at the last show was so everybody in the building could hear it. And it wasn't something I planned. We were doing the last run, and I said, 'I wanna do this on the last Forum show so people take it more seriously.' Like, 'King took off his chains. He left them on the stage. What the fuck, man?'"
He spent the last 30 years building the tough spa image instead of breaking out of the rut of musical mediocrity Slayer ended up in and seemed happy to be there. Given what he achieved in the first few years, it's a lot of wasted potential. Fucking "chain drop"? :laugh:
Yeah, that's being hard on him because he wrote fucking timeless music but it also showed he was capable of much, much better than the caricature he ended up becoming.
Drop the chain?..... Pull the chain, flushes toilet......
"'King took off his chains. He left them on the stage. What the fuck, man?'"
The irony being he was the last one that wanted the band to end, and would've been the first one to get back together. Only children think KK is cool and even that ends when they hear him talk.
Dude, he dropped his chains!
Chains?! I thought he played guitar...
Here's the logo, so yeah - it seems he's going with Kerry King as the band name. Fits his ego, I suppose. Shared by Bostaph, so he's definitely in:
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The logo looks cool have to say. Reminds me of the Deicide Insineratehymn cover which was also cool.
The idea is cool enough but the Ks look a bit gimpy. Maybe it's the chrome effect that cheeses it up.
I'm curious as to what the project will sound like. Most likely another meh slayer album, but the fan in me wishes for more. Bit like when Metallica announce a new album. A part of me thinks this might be deadly.......well we all know
Definitely curious enough to hear it. I think if the music was ok the proverbial sword it could fall on will be the vocals.
I do think King has or had good material in him - but it depends on what he serves up. Wishful thinking but if it were Divine Intervention style I'd be all over it, but more than likely it'll be downtuned Machine Head Chuggy crap.
That logo will look cool on a bottle of perfume
Quote from: Eoin McLove on November 10, 2023, 07:41:36 AMThe idea is cool enough but the Ks look a bit gimpy. Maybe it's the chrome effect that cheeses it up.
The chrome is the chains reborn, just like Kerry :abbath:
Logo is cuntish and the music will be Slayer lite x10. If he changed the line-up if it may have had the potential to be something newer sounding but he's gonna go with his brand.
He only went with Kerry King because The Burger King was already taken.
If he could pull a few Show No Mercy and Hell Awaits style riffs out of his arse it might have some chance but unfortunately it's just going to sound like the last few Slayer albums minus Tom.
Chain in Blood.
South of Woodies.
Divine Interconnection
Has Anselmo announced his involvement yet? Or is he trying to build suspense?
Surely that ship has sailed? I'd say auld Phil would've been all over it a few years back but surely the cash cow of the Pantera reunion and murmurings of some Down activity next year will prove too much.
My money is on Rob Dukes. Cheap + Meat Head Tough Man = Grand Job.
I've listened to a 2 hour conversation with Rob Dukes and Zetro on Zetro's 'Toxic Vault' channel, and I think he comes across as a fairly sound lad. Totally different to what you might expect from his on-stage persona with Exodus, and he explains how that all came about anyway. The guy is actually a total nerd. Check it out you might be surprised.
He was the least shit singer Exodus had, they've never had a good one. Shame they got rid of him.
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on November 10, 2023, 02:09:14 PMSurely that ship has sailed? I'd say auld Phil would've been all over it a few years back but surely the cash cow of the Pantera reunion and murmurings of some Down activity next year will prove too much.
My money is on Rob Dukes. Cheap + Meat Head Tough Man = Grand Job.
I'm holding out for a Corey Taylor - CMFT level fall from grace. Go big or go home :laugh:
That's the part I'm most curious about, is it going to be hired nameless goons or will it be actual names?
Evil has No Chain Boundaries
Err, Piece by Piece.
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on November 10, 2023, 06:19:07 PMThat's the part I'm most curious about, is it going to be hired nameless goons or will it be actual names?
I was wondering about this myself. On the one hand, will he want to have big names with him to draw attention and bring songs to the table, on the other hand will his ego dictate that he'll want all of the limelight for himself? Judging by the fact that he's going out under his own name and that 'logo', I'm going with the latter.
Think of it as a balance sheet. Big names cost money but also generate money. Small names the opposite. I'm sure he will maximise his profit.
Bostaph has already confirmed he's involved so that's one big enough name, probably get another one in for vocals and then a random bassist and second guitarist
I wonder who'll be on bass and guitar? I reckon Phil Demmel from Vio-Lence could be the second guitarist.
That's a good shout, and possible I'd say. It'll just be shame he won't let anyone write anything.
First track dropped...
Mark from Death Angel on vocals
Phil Demmel on guitar and someone from Hellyeah on Bass
https://blabbermouth.net/news/kerry-king-announces-lineup-of-solo-band-shares-first-single-idle-hands
Sounds pretty much what was expected.
Repentless pt.2.
Osegueda can do decent Araya style vocals for sure.
Slightly better than what I expected, think Mark's vocals gives it currency
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kerry-king-slayer-idle-hands-from-hell-i-rise-1234951010/amp/
Dunno if it's slightly better, it sounds exactly how I expected it to be...predictable and uninspired.
Bands like this are ten a penny and if it didn't have King's name behind it, no-one would be that bothered. That said, it would make fantastic background/entrance music for WWE/UFC/NASCAR
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on February 05, 2024, 06:58:41 AMsomeone from Hellyeah on Bass
He's the brother of the Mastodon guy.
Song is as good as you'd expect, if you've heard the last 25 years of Slayer
I listened to half of it. Absolutely amazing what a gifted visionary like King can do with e-minor when he puts his mind to it. Revolutionary.
When someone shows him a few more chords he'll be unstoppable.
Repentlessless.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kerry-king-slayer-idle-hands-from-hell-i-rise-1234951010/
Knew Demmel was gonna be the guy but suprised at Mark from Death Angel getting the gig.
Song is a bit meh (snare sounds awful), it's not like Kerry was gonna be writing technical djenty stuff.
No, but he could at least have tried to write either a half decent Slayer song or something different again, but to think that ripping off the worst of Dino Cazeres would cut muster is simply pathetic for a man of his standing. Sure the bros will lap it up because it'll be great IN DE PIT but it is throwaway rubbish. If it was a bunch of 14 year olds you'd say fair enough but was there nobody there to say, hang on a second... maybe spend more than ten seconds composing your riffs, dick beard.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on February 05, 2024, 09:59:01 AMNo, but he could at least have tried to write either a half decent Slayer song or something different again, but to think that ripping off the worst of Dino Cazeres would cut muster is simply pathetic for a man of his standing. Sure the bros will lap it up because it'll be great IN DE PIT but it is throwaway rubbish. If it was a bunch of 14 year olds you'd say fair enough but was there nobody there to say, hang on a second... maybe spend more than ten seconds composing your riffs, dick beard.
Think Kerry'd be damned either way😂
It would have been nice to see him get out of the comfort zone a little and throw a bit of the Tipton/Downing worship that he was fond of years ago.
Big time, yeah. But he hasn't got the imagination at this point. Keep it simple, keep the trailer trash chugging cans and throwing horns and then hit the road. Crapola.
This one is from the Repnetless sessions so maybe, just maybe the rest of it will be better, or at the very least slightly different.
The album art has to be one of those A.I. thrown together things.
The artwork is even more spasticated than the music. There isn't a snowball's chance in Hell that the rest of the album will be worthwhile.
It's shite. Anyway...
I read the Rolling Stone interview just now. It's hard to know if he is so used to being KK that he can't stop.
Slayer were never a band that made any attempt to grow up with their audience. They always seemed to aim for a fresh batch of impressionable teens with each release, hence why they were frozen in a creative state of perpetual clichés. This is no different as it's aimed at teenagers and/ or auld lads that are mentally still teenagers.
And sure look there's heaps of bands doing the Show No Mercy style stuff nowadays anyway.
Quote from: Anton Arcane on February 05, 2024, 12:55:37 PMSlayer were never a band that made any attempt to grow up with their audience. They always seemed to aim for a fresh batch of impressionable teens with each release, hence why they were frozen in a creative state of perpetual clichés. This is no different as it's aimed at teenagers and/ or auld lads that are mentally still teenagers.
Bit of a side bar here, just as you've nailed something that I've been thinking about a lot over the last year or so - Objectively you could argue this point for a whole lot of underground metal , in that by its' constantly backwards looking nature it's only gonna ever be of interest to people who are either new to it and haven't yet "learned the rules", or people who are nostalgic for days gone by and can't quite. It's fine like, but it's a thing I find increasingly uninteresting about a lot of current death/black/grind whatever stuff currently - punk/hardcore is even more guilty, to an almost insufferable level too - I'd rather reach for a 90s demo at this stage than a band imitating a 90s demo.
All a matter of personal taste obviously, and it's not about wether that's a good or bad thing. I'm the same myself to a degree.
Anyway,this sounds exactly like I thought it would sound, and the only shock is why someone as talented as Mark Osgueda is reducing himself to doing a Tom Arya impersonation. He's the one element that could have added something unexpected.
It's just pure 'recent' slayer, still knocks the balls of most of the shite that's around. Obviously none of u would go see him if he played limelight, too metal.
Tho calling it Kerry king is pretty gay.
Jaysus, that's some predictably derivative shite for sure.
KK - chugging cans in the streets, chugging riffs in the sheets.
Quote from: Anton Arcane on February 05, 2024, 12:55:37 PMSlayer were never a band that made any attempt to grow up with their audience. They always seemed to aim for a fresh batch of impressionable teens with each release, hence why they were frozen in a creative state of perpetual clichés. This is no different as it's aimed at teenagers and/ or auld lads that are mentally still teenagers.
Don't agree with this in the slightest. Huge difference between, say, South of Heaven and Reign in Blood. Even more so if you compare Seasons with Show No Mercy. They 'progressed' as far as possible within the limits of that style of music. Metallica tried to grow with their audience, and that's the precise reason they received so much of a backlash over the years. You can't win really.
What both have in common though, is that their later material is just so bog standard, uninspired, going through the motions stuff. There's a certain kind of idiotic metal die-hard, that laps up this kind of derivative slop without question. It's not that this music is backward-thinking...it's just shit.
It's poor as expected .
Shit riffs ,shouty angry vocal .
Angsty Slayer never did anything for me .
But he will sell alot of records and that's what this is about at the end of the day .
It's not born from a desire to express anything other than what Slayer have been peddling for years .
Quote from: John Kimble on February 05, 2024, 03:19:30 PMQuote from: Anton Arcane on February 05, 2024, 12:55:37 PMSlayer were never a band that made any attempt to grow up with their audience. They always seemed to aim for a fresh batch of impressionable teens with each release, hence why they were frozen in a creative state of perpetual clichés. This is no different as it's aimed at teenagers and/ or auld lads that are mentally still teenagers.
Don't agree with this in the slightest. Huge difference between, say, South of Heaven and Reign in Blood. Even more so if you compare Seasons with Show No Mercy. They 'progressed' as far as possible within the limits of that style of music. Metallica tried to grow with their audience, and that's the precise reason they received so much of a backlash over the years. You can't win really.
What both have in common though, is that their later material is just so bog standard, uninspired, going through the motions stuff. There's a certain kind of idiotic metal die-hard, that laps up this kind of derivative slop without question. It's not that this music is backward-thinking...it's just shit.
I would argue that from, and including, Seasons In The Abyss onwards they have just been repackaging their brand of metal to fit with whatever they perceive the kids to be into at the time.
Which is grand. That's something that's not just common in metal but all commercial art. Pick any horror franchise as an example.
Just for my own tastes, Slayer are a bit more contrived about it than others. But I agree, it's a no win situation. Forbidden for example will release a new album in the next year or two and people will whinge if it doesn't sound like the old stuff and also if it does.
Song is okay, I like the vocals. The Rolling Stone article is interesting, says Dave Lombardo is 'dead to me' and hasn't even exchanged a text message with Tom Araya since the last show.
Also had a good laugh after he said he recorded 18 solos in one day.
The bit in that Rolling Stone article about his "creative process" says it all. Mindless.
I had no intention of reading that. But now my interest is piqued ???
I don't know if he is refreshingly honest, playing a character he has to play or just an idiot but he seemed completely indifferent to Jeff Hanneman's death. Obviously he is not going to be screaming why why at the heavens but it seems there was nothing between any of them.
Yup, looks like they were just a bunch of different people who worked together but didn't need to see each other outside work. Fair enough.
The part about his creative process was grim.
"I don't wish Tom dead at this moment" was pretty funny though.
Still haven't bothered listening to the song, but my curiosity was piqued by the interview. Didn't get very far though. What a child. Stopped at the line which sums up everything that's been said here and seemingly could be said:
QuoteIt's the type of song that King, 59, has written for the past 40 years, and the album will contain 12 more just like it
He's hard to like but had he worded stuff better he'd have possibly been able to be seen in a better light. Some items make it clear that he was the Slayer workhorse. I knew he'd played all of Hannemanns rhythm stuff since the 2000s but hearing that he also did the bass stuff as well as large amounts of the lyrics makes you wonder what the likes of Araya was doing in the band for a long time before he did call it quits. Granted the bass gig in Slayer isn't a big deal but still...
Also the thing with Araya and the Trump thing, I'd be inclined to take Kings side but, again he ruins any agreement you might have by being so stupidly blunt on other things. I wonder is he as abrasive in person or does he just interview badly. The fact that he's not afraid to call out the likes if Mustaine and Robb Flynn means he can't be all bad!
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on February 06, 2024, 10:22:22 AMStill haven't bothered listening to the song, but my curiosity was piqued by the interview. Didn't get very far though. What a child. Stopped at the line which sums up everything that's been said here and seemingly could be said:
QuoteIt's the type of song that King, 59, has written for the past 40 years, and the album will contain 12 more just like it
How's that album going Kerry
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Ah yeah
QuoteSome items make it clear that he was the Slayer workhorse
I think so, the others lost interest in it long before Kerry and unfortunately despite his lingering enthusiasm for it he wasn't the lad to lead it forward . Someone said they had a good trajectory up until Seasons, for myself I'd probably add Divine to that, it's not an absolute classic but there's some killer stuff on it (All written by King! - so I think there is or was some talent in there somewhere) and arguably is their heaviest album. They could've tried ride the coat-tails of Metallica's Black album or gone down the grunge route like most were doing back then but delivered Divine, followed by Undisputed. After that it's largely been poor alright with the odd killer track here and there.
QuoteI wonder is he as abrasive in person or does he just interview badly
I've met him a couple of times when I was younger and he's always the one that hangs back and signs things and chats to the fans. He's been far nicer on any of those occasions than some of his peers.
QuoteI wonder is he as abrasive in person or does he just interview badly
I think it goes back to him being the workhorse. I think certain things have clearly hurt him, he's child-like in his responses "Lombardo is dead to me". It did seem like he was trying to keep him in the band prior to Dave's rant + Exit.
Slight tangent but did anyone read the D.X Ferris Book on the band? There's a decent bit of dirt in that, Lombardo doesn't come across well at all during that whole fiasco, the court documents included reveal his actual salary and there's some questionable testimony/admissions from his ex wife.
Wouldn't put it past King to make that Lombardo comment to garner attention towards his "new" band.
Quote from: The Great Cull on February 06, 2024, 10:42:20 AMHe's hard to like but had he worded stuff better he'd have possibly been able to be seen in a better light. Some items make it clear that he was the Slayer workhorse. I knew he'd played all of Hannemanns rhythm stuff since the 2000s but hearing that he also did the bass stuff as well as large amounts of the lyrics makes you wonder what the likes of Araya was doing in the band for a long time before he did call it quits. Granted the bass gig in Slayer isn't a big deal but still...
Also the thing with Araya and the Trump thing, I'd be inclined to take Kings side but, again he ruins any agreement you might have by being so stupidly blunt on other things. I wonder is he as abrasive in person or does he just interview badly. The fact that he's not afraid to call out the likes if Mustaine and Robb Flynn means he can't be all bad!
He's actually gone up in my estimations after reading that. He's refreshingly to the point. Most interviews are just cunts talking a lot while actually saying nothing. I think we've become conditioned to it. I like the directness a lot. Araya's lack of interest makes sense of the mediocre vocal delivery of the last load of Slayer albums. It's a shame he forced Osegueda to follow the Araya delivery pattern which has long been done to fuck. Who knows, perhaps if he spends time with the rest of them and starts to trust them, in a way which he clearly didn't with the rest of Slayer, and allows them some input, he might be yet be capable of putting out something interesting. If it stays being the KK show only, then it'll stay as interesting as the last 30 years of Slayer.
He has the makings of a decent band there. Demmel is a great player and his melodic abilities lead wise could make for a nice change. He's well able to throw out riffs too if allowed.
Bostaph is solid as fuck and Osogueda is a fairly decent choice if he'd only let him do his own thing.
The Sanders fella has been around the block a fair bit. Don't know too much on his abilities though.
Yeah, it's a lineup with a lot of potential. Demmel can write a riff for sure, and they could do the Chuck/Rozz thing with the different lead styles. Kerry just needs to give a bit of control away and let the others participate.
Took a listen there because I've been on a Slayer buzz lately but there's nothing at all there to get me excited in the slightest. It's like they said just get in there and do the most meh thing ever and got meh results
Read the interview there - he comes across a lot better than how I thought he would.
The new song is still lame (I won't even call it shite, it's just 'there' and been done a million times already), but his "this is what I've been doing for 40 years" is fair; he's not doing anything new, he knows it, seems genuine about it, and has an honest "this is what I do, you can take it or leave it" buzz.
I get the impression he's doing this band as a sort of "this is all I've ever known and kinda need it" thing. Like your elderly neighbour who still does a few hours in the local shop as it's all they've ever known and there's a certain amount of familiarity and comfort to it, especially with his comment about how he's never spent more than four years at home before.
First tour announced, supporting Lamb of God + Mastodon on a US Run
That track just sounds like a leftover song that would be thrown on Japanese edition of a (enter Slayer album here)
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on February 06, 2024, 11:05:07 AMI think so, the others lost interest in it long before Kerry and unfortunately despite his lingering enthusiasm for it he wasn't the lad to lead it forward . Someone said they had a good trajectory up until Seasons, for myself I'd probably add Divine to that, it's not an absolute classic but there's some killer stuff on it (All written by King! - so I think there is or was some talent in there somewhere) and arguably is their heaviest album. They could've tried ride the coat-tails of Metallica's Black album or gone down the grunge route like most were doing back then but delivered Divine, followed by Undisputed. After that it's largely been poor alright with the odd killer track here and there.
This is it really - back in the early to mid 90s Slayer were the ones keeping the faith compared to their peers - It's maybe why Slayer remain an important band to Metalllers who were "coming up" in that period (Also, Divine Intervention is a classic - can't see why anyone doesn't rank it along side the first 5!?)
And King was always a very "visible" member of the band and a dude that told it like it was - that abrasive honesty is far too lacking in most bands!
No doubt King doesn't come across great in that interview, the creative process is a particular low point (basically playing any aul shite while he's watching sports - bizarre, but maybe that was always the process). I've always respected him though and while the new track isn't stellar, it's definitely better than a Megadeth or Metallica in the 2020s! Perhaps playing with some new people might help him develop/progress slightly - even the production on the new track is a step in the right direction.
Would be cool to see him go out and do some deep Slayer cuts/whole albums and some of the new stuff.
Comparing to latest Metallica and Megadeth is a low watermark :laugh:
I'm actually convinced that last Metallica effort will be outed as an AI creation in years to come.
Be interesting to see how many Slayer tunes he plays live. That'll show how much faith he actually has in his new project.
He says in that interview hes got four more leftovers from Repentless and six from the sessions for this album, so I don't see the rest of the band having any input for a while
It's all so uninspiring. He had an opportunity to did something fresh, maybe inject a bit of that Judas Priest influence back in and write some actual riffs again, but no. More of the same old chugga nothingness.
Quote from: open face surgery on February 06, 2024, 06:35:13 PMBe interesting to see how many Slayer tunes he plays live. That'll show how much faith he actually has in his new project.
Ah here. The man has written some of the best fucking metal over the years. I would only expect him to play a few Slayer songs along with this new material.
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Never takes long, does it? :)
Tom, it's time to record those bass lines...
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The bro-dudes will lap it but Jesus it's so painfully bland
i thought it sounded like Chemical Warfare, fine but done before , why would you get into it
Well that didn't last long, Slayer just announced festival dates in the US in September.
Strange timing given the interview and KK band.
Bit odd alright, maybe Araya is getting divorced and needs to top up the pension??!
Who's involved??? Obviously Araya but is King out???
KK obviously knew while doing that interview as well. Fuckin bizarro land. I presume the money is absolutely retarded but I expected and hoped they would stay dead.
I knew well the money would bring them back for one off gigs. I can't see them going on an extensive tour.
I always assumed they would do a few shows a year mostly in the US, I thought the whole thing with the farewell tour was Araya having a bad back and not wanting to do the tours anymore.
But yeah funny cause with COVID a lot of big headline acts ended up not touring for almost 5 years anyway.
They must've heard about dynamic pricing
I see Kneecap are playing at that Louder than Life fest Slayer are doing. That is random.
Ardoyne they Sleep.
Wasn't expecting that news. Nothing can stay dead it seems.
Live Undead.
Brain undead.
Bore Ensemble?
I feel betrayed. He dropped his chains chains on the stage, brahs, his chains!
On the plus side, I suppose it'll stop young lads from getting battered around Tralee for going out with "KERRY KING" written on their clothes.
I know two lads who paid to go to the States for their "last" show. I'd be damn pissed if that was me.
Quote from: Bürggermeister on February 21, 2024, 11:01:55 PMOn the plus side, I suppose it'll stop young lads from getting battered around Tralee for going out with "KERRY KING" written on their clothes.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Must be getting obnoxious money for these shows!
Some of this is bringing me great joy. New level of stupid on Bostaph's Instagram where he was genuinely asked who's playing drums. :laugh:
My favourite though is the wives of Slayer, particularly Sandra Araya and Lisa Holt who categorically stated the band were over and there wasn't and I quote "a hope in hell of them ever reuniting on stage" so to see them backflip, squirm, reconstruct statements and find angles where there are none is quite special indeed. Could be a good reality show there, the lads in Slayer hate each other and the wives even more so.
That quote is actually from Ayesha King, Kerry's wife. I don't think any of the other Slayer wives commented on the topic but it really doesn't matter. And yeah I don't think she gets along with Sandra as the 2 of them seem quite opposed on many topics (politics, guns laws, abortion, Trump, etc.)
Several things surprise me, the fact that they said 'never again' (ah the power of money!) and the timing with Kerry's new band going on tour promptly. I wonder if Slayer and Kerry King (the band) will be booked for the same festivals, would be weird for Kerry to open for Slayer ;D
I stumbled on something that resembles a statement from Kerry yesterday, in which he was saying that he wasn't approached by any band members about the reunion and knew nothing about it, couldn't get Tom to answers his calls and had his lawyers on the case. So basically saying it wasn't happening. It's either a fake statement or someone's lying as I don't see how the band could be booked for shows without his signature.
Both Bostaph and Holt have shared the official video release through the band's social media, I imagine they wouldn't do it if they weren't informed of those dates beforehand.
Must be weird for the other lads in Kerry's band finding out about this too, if I were them I'd definitely wonder where the priorities are and what it means for their band.
QuoteI don't think any of the other Slayer wives commented on the topic but it really doesn't matter.
Ah they all offered up some version of it. I was just pointing out that Lisa and Sandra in particular seem like melts. Sandra spends the bulk of her time being a pain in the hole on the web and pissing people off with her ridiculous conspiracy theories and so forth.
QuoteI stumbled on something that resembles a statement from Kerry yesterday, in which he was saying that he wasn't approached by any band members about the reunion and knew nothing about it, couldn't get Tom to answers his calls and had his lawyers on the case. So basically saying it wasn't happening. It's either a fake statement or someone's lying as I don't see how the band could be booked for shows without his signature.
Can't see that being the case, the partnership is King/Araya and Hanneman's estate. I'd be truely shocked if if they'd sidelined him.
Yes Sandra seems to enjoy trolling the internet with her ideas... I think John, Tom's brother and tech, is also a Trump afficionado, with its lot of fake news and other edited videos 'to reveal the truth'... A nice bunch of fun flat-earthers, sunday lunch must be a blast at the Arayas!
Yeah I can't see how it would be possible to book Slayer without Kerry's signature. That statement must be a fake, I took a screenshot but can't find anything online from a trustworthy source.
Interesting, I don't see them making more than a few dates in big US festivals, at least for this year with Kerry's new band touring schedule. Might become a yearly event, like a few shows here and there every summer.
Post-more-Trump, wha!
They were certainly "Biden" their time to reform :laugh:
If they managed to get Lombardo back it would make it interesting. Doubt that will happen. Ah, sure good for their USA fans anyway being able to see them. Especially if you were a young lad getting into metal and they announced this.
I saw a post on instagram with KK saying he didn't know about this .
Also on his page there is no reference to the Slayer dates.
I hope this doesn't become a typical shit show with the name getting dragged through the muck.
Quote from: Stratfan on February 22, 2024, 09:17:54 AMMust be weird for the other lads in Kerry's band finding out about this too, if I were them I'd definitely wonder where the priorities are and what it means for their band.
I'd say Bostaph is cool with another payday.
Everyone knew as soon as they called it a day they would be back so I don't understand why everyone is annoyed. The Kerry King stuff sounds shite. I am not a big fan of the last few Slayer albums but live they have been great like those shows when they did 2 nights in a row in the Academy.
I wasn't here for the last Irish show, I chose to go and see Bolzer the night they played the last show were I was because the Slayer show was an outdoor gig. I personally am happy with the chance now to see them again.
Real Housewives of Slayer Season 1 (in the abyss)
It will be an awful kick in the teeth for King if they are or can reform without him and its really taking the spotlight away from his solo thing, didnt go to see them on the final tour because the previous couple of times I had seen them I thought they seemed to be just going through the motions and had no real inteest.
To be fair Slayer had a decent ending.
Would have been great had Hanneman and Lombardo been there and then perfect after the Araya 'Little Punk People' Interview.
I'd say there is serious cash being fired at Araya and co.
Its just another nail in the coffin. Araya will be 63 at this gig, physically car crashes etc have taken their toll. Then there was the spine infusion. Think Araya's wife wasn't well and he is a grandfather now so maybe he's thinking 'coulpe of hundred k for this and then everyone is set up' fair enough.
Doubt they will do another tour. Give Araya 5 mins with King and he'll be retiring again.
On the good side Gary has had a 5 year time period to actually learn a Slayer lead other than the run down the High E and subsequent bend....this I am the least hopeful on!
Don't ask me for the source because it was years ago, but I seem to recall even when they did the farewell tour it was kind of stated that they were retiring from touring and recording but didn't rule out the odd gig further down the line? Also has anyone worked out which of these King quotes about the reunion is true, like the "I'm lawyering up" one or the "tis great to be back after not seeing the fans for 5 years" one?
God bless you Sandra
QuoteLet's clarify for the trolls: Tom was done with playing. I have harassed him for over a year. He agreed FINALLY. We shared that news with SLAYER's awesome managers and they did the rest! So yes without Tom it wouldn't have happened.. without me BUGGING HIM it wouldn't have happened. But go ahead with your drama! I however will be enjoying a few shows and I'm thankful he loves me and the fans enough to do this".
I can't believe Otto picked up a 7-10 split... he's phenomenal!
You're missing the point! The individual doesn't matter. It was a team effort, and I was the one who came up with the whole team idea! ME!
I was at the last show in Dublin, I thought they were great that night
Only ever saw them at Ozzfest 2002 (me first proper gig), had a ticket for the last gig in 2018, but my cousin decided to get married that day, the bastard :laugh:
Lol, more shows trickling in.
Slayer wives "Relax lads it's only 57 exclusive shows"
Quote from: Ducky on February 27, 2024, 02:49:42 PMOnly ever saw them at Ozzfest 2002 (me first proper gig), had a ticket for the last gig in 2018, but my cousin decided to get married that day, the bastard :laugh:
Ah, the Oz less ozzfest. Or Tool fest to some.
Why that was held on the concrete part ill never know.
Quote from: Kunt 4 Life on March 02, 2024, 12:09:37 PMQuote from: Ducky on February 27, 2024, 02:49:42 PMOnly ever saw them at Ozzfest 2002 (me first proper gig), had a ticket for the last gig in 2018, but my cousin decided to get married that day, the bastard :laugh:
Ah, the Oz less ozzfest. Or Tool fest to some.
Why that was held on the concrete part ill never know.
I was fuckin delighted when ozzy cancelled tbh. Had a hangover by the time Tool came on though. Order of Malta tried putting me on a stretcher at about 1 o clock but luckily the brother saw what was going on and saved me. I also gave the cunt a haircut the night before and did the line at the back up real high. Dunno if I've ever laughed as hard before or since so I'm surprised he saved me.
Anyway enough reminisking, which is how I feel about both kerry King and the Slayer tour
Quote from: astfgyl on March 02, 2024, 12:15:01 PMQuote from: Kunt 4 Life on March 02, 2024, 12:09:37 PMQuote from: Ducky on February 27, 2024, 02:49:42 PMOnly ever saw them at Ozzfest 2002 (me first proper gig), had a ticket for the last gig in 2018, but my cousin decided to get married that day, the bastard :laugh:
Ah, the Oz less ozzfest. Or Tool fest to some.
Why that was held on the concrete part ill never know.
I was fuckin delighted when ozzy cancelled tbh. Had a hangover by the time Tool came on though. Order of Malta tried putting me on a stretcher at about 1 o clock but luckily the brother saw what was going on and saved me. I also gave the cunt a haircut the night before and did the line at the back up real high. Dunno if I've ever laughed as hard before or since so I'm surprised he saved me.
Anyway enough reminisking, which is how I feel about both kerry King and the Slayer tour
Still pissed off I never picked up my replacement Ozzy ticket for Meatloaf or whoever it was.
Think Brian Adams and Coldplay were the other options.
Grand day. The bus up and back was a mouldy session.
I got a few of them and sold them on. Don't think it was Coldplay though. Def Meatloaf and Byran Adams. I think the third one was a female.
I was thinking it was Santana and ub40 but that might have been the replacement for the Pantera ticket.
I remember trying to watch Slayer and Mushroomhead at the same time by standing at the door of the indoor stage because it was pissing down while Slayer were on.
We spent most of the day going to wherever a band had just finished. I still saw more of Ill Nino than is acceptable. Therapy? and Slayer were the only two decent bands all day and it fucken pissed it down during Slayer so we got the bus as soon as they finished. Shitfest. Amazingly bad day.
Just read an article there that listed those two, which I don't remember at all, along with Paul Weller, who was the one I couldn't remember.
I remember Cyclefly finishing their set at Ozzfest just as I was heading in the gate - might have been their last gig? Fond memories of seeing them play in Cork.
Drowning Pool played didn't they? Think the singer died shortly afterwards.
Yeah, System Of A down too.
I had a mighty time at that, was out of my little mind on a concoction of substances.
Got my eyebrow pierced in the back of a van for a bet, promptly got kicked in the piercing during Slayer. Was tippin a Spanish wan at the time who had wild curly hair which got caught in the piercing and near ripped it out later that night. Got TCP in my eye a few days later whet it inevitably got infected.
Good times.
That was a mouldy day for me too. Up drinking till the early hours the night before. Woke up still drunk on the couch in the morning and had to tell the oldies I got up early to wait for my lift to the gig. My mate collected me and he had a slab in the back of his van so straight back into it. I was in some state but it was a fun day.
22 years ago this may... Where did time go.
Never really been anything similar since, unless you count download Ireland a few years later
Quote from: Kunt 4 Life on March 03, 2024, 07:20:39 PMDrowning Pool played didn't they? Think the singer died shortly afterwards.
Jeff Buckley?
Quote from: Kunt 4 Life on March 03, 2024, 09:45:04 PM22 years ago this may... Where did time go.
Never really been anything similar since, unless you count download Ireland a few years later
pity there hasn't really been anything like it since. Well Day Of Darkness was great, but not as mainstream if ya want to call it that
My housemate at the time got back from that Ozzfest gig in an awful way. Soaked, broke, bloodied and single.
There was a bus up from Cork for it and he took his girlfriend. The two of them got locked, had a row - not unusual for them. Went in opposite directions.
Got back on the bus to go home and your one was eating the face of some other lad... in the seat directly behind him.
Started scrapping with this other lad when the bus stopped for a piss break.
Ended up getting a slap of a Miller Genuine Draft bottle off his ex.
This was her attempt to calm things down.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on March 06, 2024, 11:40:14 AMMy housemate at the time got back from that Ozzfest gig in an awful way. Soaked, broke, bloodied and single.
There was a bus up from Cork for it and he took his girlfriend. The two of them got locked, had a row - not unusual for them. Went in opposite directions.
Got back on the bus to go home and your one was eating the face of some other lad... in the seat directly behind him.
Started scrapping with this other lad when the bus stopped for a piss break.
Ended up getting a slap of a Miller Genuine Draft bottle off his ex.
This was her attempt to calm things down.
:) I was on a bus up from Cork too, wonder was it the same one? No memory of that though.
Quote from: Kunt 4 Life on March 03, 2024, 09:45:04 PM22 years ago this may... Where did time go.
Never really been anything similar since, unless you count download Ireland a few years later
Almost had that sunstroke revival only for the oul bastard restrictions. Faith No More, Deftones and Killing Joke, couldn't go wrong except of course it did
Is that the end of Killing Joke now do you think? I can't imagine them continuing without Walker.
Quote from: jpm4 on March 06, 2024, 01:13:08 PM:) I was on a bus up from Cork too, wonder was it the same one? No memory of that though.
It was a bus organised by regulars of the one metal pubs in town - either Fred Zep's, The Wolfhound or The Quad. More than likely the latter as it was our main hangout at the time.
I wasn't there myself - I was only witness to the aftermath when he got home.
"She was shiftin' that Pizzaface cunt on the mini-bus to fuckin' taunt me!"
"Manglehoop's buddy?"
(Manglehoop was a fella who forevermore walked with a bad limp after he had an industrial accident whilst working in Bourne's Electronics back in the 90s. Looked like he had permanent jockage.)
"Yeah - him!"
"Bad form. Do you want a toastie or something?"
Manglehoop! :laugh: :laugh:
New track/video just gone up. I enjoyed it, especially Phil's solo- sue me.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2fALV3X9jB4&pp=ygUKS2Vycnkga2luZw%3D%3D
That was pretty good,no surprises and yeah Demmels solo is pretty sweet.
Yeah not bad.......
R
Much better than the first track, but still sounds like a Slayer cast off. Not that I'd expect anything else.
Better, but the bar was set pretty low. Its a shame about how he's using Osegueda, the guys got a great range, but these tracks could be any random screaming kid
Quote from: Trev on April 12, 2024, 11:43:37 AMBetter, but the bar was set pretty low. Its a shame about how he's using Osegueda, the guys got a great range, but these tracks could be any random screaming kid
Was gonna say just this. A pity he has him doing a shouty Araya impersonation.
⛧⛧ All hail the king!! ⛧⛧
Meh.
Agree on the Osegueda situation. He is fucking wasted here. And frankly, that shouty style gets on my tits after a while. It's all so one-note and repetitive, there is no variation at all.
But I'd rather have King doing his like-Slayer-but-not-nearly-as-good thing under his own name, rather than running Slayer into the ground with mediocre output.
I'd say he had the tracks written with Slayer in mind.
So hopefully Osegueda will get more input in anything down the line.
That's awful. I can't really remember the first track but it def wasn't as bad as that.
Fuck that.
That shouty cunt can fuck off. It's pure soulless nonsense.
Metallica covering Elton John had more oomph than that.
Quote from: open face surgery on April 12, 2024, 06:15:36 PMThat's awful. I can't really remember the first track but it def wasn't as bad as that.
Yeah at least the first track had a bit of giddy-up to it. This is just bereft of anything resembling an interesting idea, and plods along to boot.
I'd call it a Slayer b-side, but that'd feel like a slight against Slayer b-sides.
That's a terrible song. Hate that shouting style.
Atrocity Vendor was a Slayer B side! originally!
:D :D :D :D :D
No Hanneman no Slayer, half convinced they are getting back together to see if Holt has even learned 1 part of 1 lead after all thee years!
Very groovy and catchy but utterly brainless. It borders on nu metal in places. It is strange how musicians at that level can be happy to fart out music that generic and put their names to it when you know they are capable of so much more. The lyrics are just so juvenile it's depressing. Did King write them?
This to me is what selling out is. Bands changing style if they fully mean it I can accept, even if I'm not into the new stuff, but watching grown men, seasoned musicians, playing along to music this banal simply because they know they'll have an instant audience is sell out behavior. I can't imagine anyone there with the exception of King can think there's any short of merit in the music. It's dismal teenager stuff.
Shameful.
I'm repeating myself here but after giving it another listen it's even worse. The vocals are grating and that monotone delivery hurts to listen to.
Paul Bostaph has to be the only one that gets something rewarding on a creative level.
Everything else being mapped out for the other band members.
Ah what's the point. It's not like KK is reading this thinking " what have I done, some cunt in Ireland said the songs are shit".
The song starts out as a Repentless b-side and by the mid section it's devolved into scutter that wouldn't have made the cut on Diabolus. Seems Kerry just wants to soldier on with the worst elements of Slayer.
You can picture him sitting in front of the telly, chugging on e- minor and recording every dull second of it... by the time Home and Away has finished he has a full album written.
:laugh:
Deliberately avoiding this like the plague
With this being an exercise in rebranding and repackaging the same old tried and tested clichés, I can't help but wonder how close we are to just letting AI take over the creative process. I mean how much worse could it be?
And not just for Kerry King/ Slayer but all the middle aged metal bands that peaked 30 years ago. Like at this stage I wouldn't even be shocked if Metallica admitted that 72 Seasons was created by AI.
Idl
Quote from: Eoin McLove on April 14, 2024, 01:41:45 PMYou can picture him sitting in front of the telly, chugging on e- minor and recording every dull second of it... by the time Home and Away has finished he has a full album written.
Idle left hand does Devil's work,You gotta give him that.
Adding lots of club shows between the festival dates, see the London Electric Ballroom added, wonder how likely a show here could be?
And you know you'd all be there topless in the pit.
I wouldn't cross the road for this shit. Reminds me of Lamb of God or some shit, fuck off shouting at me will ya.
This album will responsible for more can crushing than a recycling centre
Still, there'll be a few bemused heads in The Kingdom when the pissed young lads are lurching about sceeaming 'fuckin' Kerry!'
I like the vocals.
That intro reminds me of Broken Cog by Meshuggah.
Quote from: Shitstirrer on April 19, 2024, 05:59:26 PMThis album will responsible for more can crushing than a recycling centre
Until now, this was the only way to crush a can...
(https://i.ibb.co/YPD18h1/Untitled.png)
Quote from: Born of Fire on April 14, 2024, 01:07:40 PMThe song starts out as a Repentless b-side and by the mid section it's devolved into scutter that wouldn't have made the cut on Diabolus. Seems Kerry just wants to soldier on with the worst elements of Slayer.
Can't get my head around what everyone thinks is wrong with Diabolous in Musica. The two King tunes have been far worse than every song on that bar one
Quote from: astfgyl on April 19, 2024, 11:47:38 PMQuote from: Born of Fire on April 14, 2024, 01:07:40 PMThe song starts out as a Repentless b-side and by the mid section it's devolved into scutter that wouldn't have made the cut on Diabolus. Seems Kerry just wants to soldier on with the worst elements of Slayer.
Can't get my head around what everyone thinks is wrong with Diabolous in Musica. The two King tunes have been far worse than every song on that bar one
Bitter peace, deaths head, stain of mind and point aside it's a fairly uninspired album. I think the hate comes from the perceived nubmeral bandwagoning
I like Diabolus myself, the tracks mentioned are cool but I also like In the Name of God, Overt Enemy and Wicked. Their slower stuff was excellent
The only song I don't like on Diabolous is Scrum. That one is absolutely terrible. Also not having a bar of the nu metal argument. There's about two riffs on the whole thing that could be described as anything of the sort. Bitter Peace is one of Slayer's best tunes as well.
I got into Slayer around the time Diabolous came out (with RiB and SitA), and Bitter Peace was on a magazine (probs Metal Hammer) compilation that I had, and I found it to be just as enjoyable to my uneducated ears as anything on those two albums.
Have it on right now, actually :abbath:
https://youtube.com/shorts/fvVcRsqY3IY?si=lMR0KO0cgW02JBip
I hope Kerry gets a signature model of one of these :laugh:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=svVbrR_2tFc&pp=ygUXS2Vycnkga2luZyBsaXZlIHJlZ2dpZXM%3D
First live footage. Handful of slayer tunes in the set too Raining Blood, Bkack Magic, Disciple, Chemical Warfare and a few more.
I m so tired.
Had it on there this morning. It's actually a decent album. Idle Hands was probably one of the worst choices for a lead track. There's better variety on some of the others, Phil's leads are a great contrast, the bass is prominent in the mix, Bostaph puts in a stellar performance and Mark sounds amazing, again there's a bit of variety in some of the other tracks vocally.
I'm not sure if the arse falls out of the record after track 7 or so as I only gave it one listen. There were no immediate highlights across the latter stages at the first time of asking but I'm interested enough to give it a few more goes over the weekend. If your curiosity is piqued try Where I Reign or Trophies of the tyrant
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on May 17, 2024, 01:30:05 PMHad it on there this morning. It's actually a decent album. Idle Hands was probably one of the worst choices for a lead track. There's better variety on some of the others, Phil's leads are a great contrast, the bass is prominent in the mix, Bostaph puts in a stellar performance and Mark sounds amazing, again there's a bit of variety in some of the other tracks vocally.
I'm not sure if the arse falls out of the record after track 7 or so as I only gave it one listen. There were no immediate highlights across the latter stages at the first time of asking but I'm interested enough to give it a few more goes over the weekend. If your curiosity is piqued try Where I Reign or Trophies of the tyrant
It's a fun record.
Definitely ticking the "ignorant mosh part" quotas for me.
Yeah that's it. Not going to break any barriers musically but ticks all the right boxes. He's come up with a decent set of tunes, much much better than Repentless which wouldn't be hard mind. I think I could only stomach Repentless once or twice whereas this is going straight back on tonight
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on May 17, 2024, 01:38:32 PMYeah that's it. Not going to break any barriers musically but ticks all the right boxes. He's come up with a decent set of tunes, much much better than Repentless which wouldn't be hard mind. I think I could only stomach Repentless once or twice whereas this is going straight back on tonight
I've always found Relentless to be the one I've gone back to a lot. I've kinda found it to be a stronger record that C.I/WPD.
Shitshow
Ah cmon Don, it's good craic.
I put it on there earlier, got about halfway through before bailing. Shite. Nothing new, all recycled Slayer riffs. Osegueda's performance is the best thing about it but I'd rather just listen to Death Angel.
Agreed. Duller than a Coldplay musical.
I don't know how anyone can condone that vocal performance. It's the same one note screech that Tom Araya did on Repentlessnessless.
The songs could be ok without that monotone shout.
KK has become Donald Trump.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/kerry-kings-friends-are-telling-him-they-like-his-debut-solo-album-better-than-any-single-record-he-has-done-in-his-career
He needs to get new friends.
Quote from: open face surgery on July 03, 2024, 10:00:04 AMKK has become Donald Trump.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/kerry-kings-friends-are-telling-him-they-like-his-debut-solo-album-better-than-any-single-record-he-has-done-in-his-career
:laugh:
This is probably the best, it's the best, I mean people have told me, big people, important people, that this is the best album of all time. So, OK.
There is footage from various festival appearances online. None of it is professionally filmed but even allowing for that.
There is no getting away from the gave that it's average music being played by great musicians.
I just wish Rob Flynn would do one of his whistling video things about the album.
Whoever from KK's circle of friends is telling him it's the best of the best must be trying to get on the next one of at the very least on a tour.
Quote from: Circlepit on July 03, 2024, 12:30:51 PMWhoever from KK's circle of friends is telling him it's the best of the best must be trying to get on the next one of at the very least on a tour.
Giving him a rim job would leave a better taste in your mouth than actually saying it was the best music he has ever record.
Thanks Anvil. I now instantly regret clicking in to this thread :-X :laugh: :laugh:
I'd say he has a sweaty hairy hole. Probably the best hole though.
Well he get that tattooed as well if the hair falls out?
Quote from: Ducky on July 03, 2024, 09:49:52 PMWell he get that tattooed as well if the hair falls out?
"Ready Mr. King?"
"Hole awaits!"
Follicle Warfare
South of Hairven.
God's Taint Is Bald.
Jesus Shaves
Cleanse the hole
Reshorn
Quotebut we're not just acquaintances; they're friends of mine that I don't get to see because of the pandemic.
He can't see his friends because of the pandemic? Where does he think he is, 2021!??
The friends he's referring to are Jeff Hanneman and Dimebag Darrell's ghosts. That's why he can't see them.
They both assure him that his new stuff is way better than Reign in Blood and anything Metallica has ever done.
Quote from: Count Magnus on July 04, 2024, 09:09:58 AMThe friends he's referring to are Jeff Hanneman and Dimebag Darrell's ghosts. That's why he can't see them.
They both assure him that his new stuff is way better than Reign in Blood and anything Metallica has ever done.
As much as we give out about Kerry, he has written some belters over the years. I found his cameo in Studio 666 really funny. Seems to have a good sense of humour underneath the whole Bro tough guy attitude.
I don't know about his sense of humour but his new music is laughable.
Quote from: Necro Red on July 04, 2024, 10:07:17 AMQuote from: Count Magnus on July 04, 2024, 09:09:58 AMThe friends he's referring to are Jeff Hanneman and Dimebag Darrell's ghosts. That's why he can't see them.
They both assure him that his new stuff is way better than Reign in Blood and anything Metallica has ever done.
As much as we give out about Kerry, he has written some belters over the years. I found his cameo in Studio 666 really funny. Seems to have a good sense of humour underneath the whole Bro tough buy attitude.
That interview with him that was posted a while back makes him sound far more reasonable and chilled than his Brodude attitude gets across.
Also sounds like recording and touring is the only thing he's ever known, so he's sticking with that. I don't care for his new music, but I respect him for doing his own thing, and his contributions to some of the greatest albums ever recorded.
Quote from: Necro Red on July 04, 2024, 10:07:17 AMAs much as we give out about Kerry, he has written some belters over the years.
Why does Kerry get so much shtick anyway?
Because be looks like a bowl of Angel Delight.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on July 04, 2024, 10:07:04 PMBecause be looks like a bowl of Angel Delight.
Angel Delight.... Custard from the kitchen of the damned!
Because he looks like a thumb bending at speed when he headbangs.
https://youtube.com/shorts/9TUAmYUeEpY
It's the laziness and generic writing in the band since Hanneman died, I reckon. Just no real substance there on Repentless, it sounds all over the place and his solo album is more of the same.
Quote from: The Great Cull on July 04, 2024, 10:10:32 PMQuote from: Eoin McLove on July 04, 2024, 10:07:04 PMBecause be looks like a bowl of Angel Delight.
Angel Delight.... Custard from the kitchen of the damned!
:laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: The Great Cull on July 04, 2024, 10:10:32 PMQuote from: Eoin McLove on July 04, 2024, 10:07:04 PMBecause be looks like a bowl of Angel Delight.
Angel Delight.... Custard from the kitchen of the damned!
Mixing, without mercy, to benefit the varying taste!
Quote from: Ducky on July 04, 2024, 02:27:05 PMQuote from: Necro Red on July 04, 2024, 10:07:17 AMQuote from: Count Magnus on July 04, 2024, 09:09:58 AMThe friends he's referring to are Jeff Hanneman and Dimebag Darrell's ghosts. That's why he can't see them.
They both assure him that his new stuff is way better than Reign in Blood and anything Metallica has ever done.
As much as we give out about Kerry, he has written some belters over the years. I found his cameo in Studio 666 really funny. Seems to have a good sense of humour underneath the whole Bro tough buy attitude.
That interview with him that was posted a while back makes him sound far more reasonable and chilled than his Brodude attitude gets across.
Also sounds like recording and touring is the only thing he's ever known, so he's sticking with that. I don't care for his new music, but I respect him for doing his own thing, and his contributions to some of the greatest albums ever recorded.
Quote from: Ducky on July 04, 2024, 02:27:05 PMQuote from: Necro Red on July 04, 2024, 10:07:17 AMQuote from: Count Magnus on July 04, 2024, 09:09:58 AMThe friends he's referring to are Jeff Hanneman and Dimebag Darrell's ghosts. That's why he can't see them.
They both assure him that his new stuff is way better than Reign in Blood and anything Metallica has ever done.
As much as we give out about Kerry, he has written some belters over the years. I found his cameo in Studio 666 really funny. Seems to have a good sense of humour underneath the whole Bro tough buy attitude.
That interview with him that was posted a while back makes him sound far more reasonable and chilled than his Brodude attitude gets across.
Also sounds like recording and touring is the only thing he's ever known, so he's sticking with that. I don't care for his new music, but I respect him for doing his own thing, and his contributions to some of the greatest albums ever recorded.
I completely agree, not overly gone on his solo stuff, but it will certainly make other fans happy and that's a good thing. Especially younger fans who never seen Slayer live. I'm fortunate to be of age when I seem them as a teenager. Mind blown :laugh:
But does Kerry actually act like a tough boy, or is it just because he's chubby with tribal tattoos on his head?
Like, I understand why people don't like Rob Flynn, all he has to do is open his mouth.
I understand why people don't like Lars, all he has to do is open his mouth. Kirk is sloppy and current James Hetfield couldn't set off a metal detector at an airport.
But why the Kerry hate? I like Slayer but I've never dived deep into them. I've seen them live twice and thought they were class. Kerry just rocked out on stage and didn't do anything out of the ordinary to warrant criticism. Have people always ragged on him, or did he do something really silly at one point?
He seems to have built up a reputation as being abrasive and arrogant throughout the years, but I don't know where that started.
Some reckon he is just blunt which people take as him being rude, but that he is a decent guy once you get to know him.
I've always found him to be OK in interviews etc to be honest. Especially when compared to Mustaine, or the guys in Metallica, he strikes me as fairly straight forward but with a darkly humourous streak, if not as likable as Araya or Hanneman.
A lot of it seems to stem from the issues with Lombardo too, that he is ruthless and just interested in Slayer purely as a business or whatever.
It could be just the image thing too. I have a cousin who is a biker, and he has a similar image which makes people have a certain view of him, which isn't really the reality.
Another interview where Mr.King comes across as a sound man.
https://blabbermouth.net/features/slayers-kerry-king-wants-to-earn-that-respect-with-new-band-bearing-his-name
Had we all gotten him wrong all along?
Quote from: Ducky on July 04, 2024, 02:27:05 PMAlso sounds like recording and touring is the only thing he's ever known, so he's sticking with that. I don't care for his new music, but I respect him for doing his own thing, and his contributions to some of the greatest albums ever recorded.
I believe he also has a pretty successful business breeding exotic snakes (of all things!).
As to why people think he's a dick - well, he clearly did not get on with Tom Araya at all for many years, and Tom is one of metal's famously nice guys so doesn't say much for KK really.
It was Kerry's job to be the arsehole in the band. Tom & Jeff were kinda aloof and Dave was always the odd one out, but Kerry (with his Mathlete/football coach brain) was the one to give out.
Think they definitely saw the band as a job early enough in their career as they never really came across as a band that hang out and have the craic.
Think the Tom/Kerry beef is more regarding their political opinions.
And sure who hangs out with the crowd from work anyway?
Handbags in Death Angel now due to schedule clashes. I take it there's more money with King?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7OQgMTBy6Nw&t=197s&pp=ygUUS2Vycnkga2luZyBub3J0aGNvdGU%3D
They did a good job of that, fair play.
They sure did, Mark is some vocalist has to be said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIiCZRS6uWU
Quote from: Sworntothecans on August 10, 2024, 10:50:45 AMIt was Kerry's job to be the arsehole in the band. Tom & Jeff were kinda aloof and Dave was always the odd one out, but Kerry (with his Mathlete/football coach brain) was the one to give out.
Think they definitely saw the band as a job early enough in their career as they never really came across as a band that hang out and have the craic.
Think the Tom/Kerry beef is more regarding their political opinions.
And sure who hangs out with the crowd from work anyway?
What are their political views , I assume Tom may be democrat Kerry republican or am I way off?
I think it's the other way around, I thought I read something about King "weighing in" on Trump and co
Tom is a full blown MAGA guy nowadays with his wife being a full blown Qanon gobshite.
Kerry was a typical California (taxes? boooo!)Republican in the 80/early 90s but he kinda eased up from that side due to seeing more of the christian right influence seeping into the conservative side if I remember correctly from the podcast
Yeah, I believe Tom is more right-wing than King. In fairness, he's Cuban so anything mildly centre-left is full command-communism.
Quote from: Polaris on January 17, 2025, 10:17:42 AMYeah, I believe Tom is more right-wing than King. In fairness, he's Cuban so anything mildly centre-left is full command-communism.
Chilean
South of Havana.
I can testify that Jeff Hannemann was super cool, great to hang out with! we had some laugh on the beer!
No politics, articulate conversation, big into punk bands from the 70's through to the 90's. Big Monty Python fan. Huge Sex Pistols / Sid Vicious fan.
Had a great vinyl collection, was great friends with Rocky George and had seen some great bands in his time!
R
Quotehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIiCZRS6uWU
I'll take Kerry King doing a set of early Maiden covers over his solo material any day of the week.
Quote from: Sworntothecans on January 17, 2025, 10:29:03 AMChilean
Ah, thanks for the clarify!! I was likely confused with Lombardo.
Divine Revolución
Fidel Awaits
Wtf Tom a maga guy, jesus wept
Jesus Saves, surely? :-X
Yeah King is by far the more reasonable of the two there (going back to the interview that was posted some time ago he comes off pretty well in all fairness).
Toms lost the plot. Sandra's influence? Surely has to be. He always came across well in interviews etc. Sandra is 100% committed to being a crackpot- all she seems to do is troll.
There's probably a keep the wives away from each other rule backstage too as Kerry's missus is the total opposite
Defo, seen some obtuse remarks bandied about. Definitely no love lost. Kings missus seems sane, she interacts with fans on socials etc