In a brand new interview, Kerry King addressed whether or not the impending Slayer reunion presentations will result in new song or a complete excursion from the band.
Slayer performed their ultimate presentations in overdue 2019, and this previous February, the guitarist published that he hadn’t spoken to former bandmate Tom Araya since then. As an alternative, he’d been operating on his personal solo challenge in that point, and launched his first unmarried “Idle Arms” on Feb. 5.
Thus, the steel international was once in reality taken by means of wonder on Feb. 21 when Louder Than Existence and Insurrection Fest shared their 2024 lineups, which each featured Slayer as a headliner. Alternatively, regardless of the handful of reunion performances, King asserted that the band won’t paintings on new song, nor will they embark on a real touring excursion.
“For me, it’s 3 presentations marking 5 years since our ultimate presentations, a amusing, ‘Good day, consider us from sooner than the pandemic?’ birthday party,” the rocker instructed Steel Hammer in a brand new interview [via The PRP].
King additionally admitted that he wasn’t overjoyed in regards to the timing of the reunion announcement, as he had simply publicly introduced his solo band and introduced his album From Hell I Upward push a couple of weeks prior.
What is maximum sudden, regardless that, is that King instructed Steel Hammer that on the time of the interview, he and Araya nonetheless hadn’t spoken.
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“It’s now not like I’m offended with him or the rest. We’re very other other people, and we developed into industry companions on the finish of the day. He has very other pursuits from me, and really other outlooks. Does that make me hate him? No,” King elaborated.
“However I don’t want to communicate to him on a daily basis… We simply don’t have a lot in commonplace. When it comes time to rehearse, I’ll haven’t any drawback appearing up. We’re execs, and that’s what we do.”
Along with Louder Than Existence and Insurrection Fest, Slayer may even headline Sacramento’s Aftershock Competition on Oct. 10.
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