Kerry King has announced his first UK headline show for London’s Electric Ballroom for Tuesday June 18th, 2024. Tickets are on sale at 10am today (April 17th) at the Live Nation ticket store, here.
The show will come in the wake of his first ever UK solo band appearance at Download Festival at Donington Park on Sunday 16th June.
King’s solo debut album, “From Hell I Rise” is set for a 17th May, 2024, release via Reigning Phoenix Music. Last week he unveiled another taste of that album via the video of “Residue”, which you can watch below. Co-directed by Jim Louvau and Tony Aguilera, who’ve made videos for Jerry Cantrell, Sebastian Bach and Killer Be Killed, the video was shot at their Phoenix studio earlier this month and features King’s new band – Mark Osegueda (vocals), Phil Demmel (guitar), Kyle Sanders (bass), and Paul Bostaph (drums).
Check out the video for “Residue” below.
According to Kerry King, the new music consists of “various religious topics, some war entries, heavy stuff, punky stuff, doomy stuff, and spooky stuff, with Herculean speeds achieved. If you’ve ever liked any Slayer throughout any part of our history”, he adds, “there’s something on this record that you’ll get into, be it classic punk, fast punk, thrash, or just plain heavy metal”!
Also announced today is the release of “Idle Hands”, the debut track from Kerry King’s upcoming solo project. It’s fast, it’s aggressive, it will smash you up against a brick wall and leave you breathless. Check it out below.
“All of us at RPM are very excited to be working with Kerry King, and it’s an honor to be working his first solo album”, said RPM’s co-founder and President, Gerardo Martinez. “The joy of working on Slayer’s last album, ‘Repentless’, and to be reunited with my brother on his new musical journey doesn’t get any better”!
As King admits: “Even with a record in the can, I’ve still got so many songs that need to be finished. This is what I know how to do… number one being music, number two being metal. It’s been a part of my life for 40 years, and I’m nowhere near being done”.
Pre-order & pre-save “From Hell I Rise” here.
Tracklist:
1. Diablo
2. Where I Reign
3. Residue
4. Idle Hands
5. Trophies of the Tyrant
6. Crucifixation
7. Tension
8. Everything I Hate About You
9. Toxic
10. Two Fists
11. Rage
12. Shrapnel
13. From Hell I Rise
Slayer’s co-founding guitarist, Kerry King, is one of the most instantly recognizable and well-respected musicians in thrash/punk/metal, and over the past nearly-40-years, has pioneered some of the most brutal and revolutionary music ever created. Kerry King wrote or co-wrote some of Slayer’s most beloved songs, including “Mandatory Suicide”, “Repentless”, “Hell Awaits”, “Disciple” and “Raining Blood”. Known for his allegiance to the Raiders, his love of snakes and his taste for Jagermeister, Kerry King is outspoken, opinionated and authentic to the core. Metal flows in King’s veins; he knows how to write what he writes and has no interest in changing that. In perpetuity, Kerry King is a self-proclaimed “metal kid”.
Line-up:
Kerry King – Guitar
Paul Bostaph – Drums
Mark Osegueda – Vocals
Phil Demmel – Guitar
Kyle Sanders – Bass
