Kerry King

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

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:

It'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

[The Great Cull]

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!

[ochoill]

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:

It'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



Ah yeah

[Pagan Saviour]

Some 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.

I 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.

I 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.

[The Butcher]

Wouldn't put it past King to make that Lombardo comment to garner attention towards his "new" band.

[Bürggermeister]

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!

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.

[The Great Cull]

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.

[Bürggermeister]

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.

[astfgyl]

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

[Ducky]

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.

[Pagan Saviour]

First tour announced, supporting Lamb of God + Mastodon on a US Run

[Necro Red]

That track just sounds like a leftover song that would be thrown on Japanese edition of a (enter Slayer album here)

[Neuromancer]

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.

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.

[The Great Cull]

Comparing to latest Metallica and Megadeth is a low watermark 

I'm actually convinced that last Metallica effort will be outed as an AI creation in years to come.

[open face surgery]

Be interesting to see how many Slayer tunes he plays live. That'll show how much faith he actually has in his new project.