Slayer guitarist Kerry King has introduced his solo band’s first headline efficiency within the UK.
On Tuesday June 18, his band will headline the 1500 capability Electrical Ballroom in Camden, two days after the band’s UK debut efficiency at this 12 months’s Obtain Competition.
King has been alluding to his post-Slayer solo undertaking for a number of years, however lastly began releasing music in February 2024 when the band’s debut single Idle Palms was launched, alongside the announcement that his band’s debut album From Hell I Rise could be launched Might 17 by way of Reigning Phoenix.
At the moment, King’s solo band are set to make their reside debut with a equally intimate look at Reggie’s Rock Membership in Chicago on Might 7, two days earlier than they seem on the 2024 version of Welcome To Rockville.
The band are then set to fly over to Europe for a string of headline performances and competition appearances, earlier than returning to the US to help Lamb Of God and Mastodon on their co-headline tour which additionally options UK metalcore troupe Malevolence.
Talking to Full Metallic Jackie, Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe just lately admitted that he had heard King’s new music, and was “stoked” to have the band becoming a member of them on the street.
“We’ve a long-term friendship with Kerry and the Slayer guys,” Blythe says. “We’re buddies with everybody in his band and it is fairly cool, I feel, that he is gonna be popping out[…] We have performed all around the world with Kerry when he was in Slayer. So, for us, it is fairly particular to have him out on the street with us on his first run.”
In fact, whereas King is specializing in his solo undertaking within the speedy future, there’s additionally the matter of the shock Slayer reunion set to happen later this 12 months, with competition appearances lined up at Riot Fest, Louder Than Life and Aftershock.
Whether or not the thrash steel legends will ever make it out of the US once more stays to be seen, however within the meantime we will whet our appetites for infernal riffs with King’s newest single, Residue which was launched final week .
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Kerry King’s From Hell I Rise is due for launch on Might 17 by way of Reigning Phoenix. For the total listing of upcoming tour dates, go to his official web site .
