SLAYER guitarist Kerry King performed WWE wrestler Damian Priest to the ring at “WrestleMania 41”. King carried out Priest‘s theme at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada because the WWE star got here to the ring for his match with esteemed Scottish wrestler Drew McIntyre.
King performed guitar on Priest‘s up to date model of his entrance tune “Rise For The Night time”, which initially debuted final November throughout WWE‘s weekly “Uncooked” broadcast. On the time, Priest took to social media to thank King for “including a few of his genius to my theme.”
Priest spoke about his love for metallic in a Metallic Hammer interview in April 2024. “I might say that METALLICA and Ozzy [Osbourne] have been my first [bands] the place I used to be, like, ‘Oh, I really like this,'” he stated. “That is what actually obtained me hooked on heavy metallic.”
Though “Rise For The Night time” marked King‘s first efficiency on a theme tune for a WWE wrestler, SLAYER initially recorded the “God Hates Us All” album observe “Right here Comes The Ache” for a compilation LP by now-defunct promotion WCW in 1999. Extra lately, SLAYER‘s basic 1988 tune “South Of Heaven” was licensed by WWE as a one-off entrance theme for veteran wrestler Edge at “Wrestlemania 39” in 2023.
King and his new solo band accomplished a 28-date North American headline tour in early 2025 with assist from MUNICIPAL WASTE and ALIEN WEAPONRY.
King‘s debut solo album, “From Hell I Rise”, was launched in Might 2024. All materials for the LP was written by the 60-year-old SLAYER guitarist. Helming the classes at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles final yr was producer Josh Wilbur, who has beforehand labored with KORN, LAMB OF GOD, AVENGED SEVENFOLD and BAD RELIGION, amongst others.
Becoming a member of Kerry in his new band are Mark Osegueda (vocals, DEATH ANGEL),Phil Demmel (guitar, MACHINE HEAD, VIO-LENCE),Kyle Sanders (bass; HELLYEAH) and Paul Bostaph (drums, SLAYER).
In early Might 2024, the KERRY KING band carried out its first reside present at Reggies in Chicago. Within the days following, the band went from enjoying an intimate venue to performing on the large U.S. festivals Welcome To Rockville (Florida) and Sonic Temple (Ohio).
KERRY KING launched a European tour on June 3, 2024 — King‘s sixtieth birthday – in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The trek mixed headline exhibits within the U.Okay., The Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Spain but in addition pageant appearances comparable to Rock Am Ring, Hellfest, Tuska, Obtain, Sweden Rock Competition and lots of extra.
The SLAYER guitarist’s solo band performed its first live performance because the assist act for LAMB OF GOD and MASTODON on July 19, 2024 on the Texas Belief CU Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas. The six-week “Ashes Of Leviathan” tour wrapped on August 31, 2024 in Omaha, Nebraska.
