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Kerry King names the hardest Slayer song to play on guitar: “It’s not one I’m looking to play live any time soon!”

The guitarist also names the best riff from his late Slayer bandmate Jeff Hanneman

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Slayer's Kerry King wants Dwayne Johnson to play him in biopic

Kerry King was asked which actor he would want to play him on the big-screen and chose The Rock.

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"I like a lot of the stuff he’s in." Slayer legend Kerry King would like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson to play him in a movie

When asked who could play Kerry King in a movie, Kerry King picks out a couple of action movie legends

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“I played a Gibson SG Junior. It was the guitar I used in my punk band – when my apartment got broken into in New York, it got stolen”: Yes, Rick Rubin played the opening riff on Beastie Boys’ No Sleep Till Brooklyn – he looks back at recording a classic

While Kerry King's searing solo is the star of the show, Rubin sets the tone with his rhythm guitar work on the iconic rap rock track

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"This isn’t just a return; it’s a resurrection." Slayer just showed Aftershock festival why they're still the undisputed kings of thrash metal with a devastating headline set for the ages

Still got it? Slayer never lost it. What a show!

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“I’m not a Satanist, I’m an atheist, but I write the best Satanic lyrics on the planet”: How Slayer went from thrash provocateurs to metal’s unlikeliest elder statesmen

Some bands mellow with age – but not thrash icons Slayer

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The 20 songs that defined Slayer's career (and the stories behind them)

The ultimate guide to thrash metal titans Slayer - as told through their greatest songs

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“We might put an extra Slayer song into the set and learn a cover song or two”: Kerry King announces North American tour, releases Where I Reign music video

Slayer’s guitarist will bring his solo band across the US and Canada in the New Year

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“Rob Halford shows up in a jean jacket and I’m like, ‘Oh, this guy, come on!’” Slayer’s Kerry King explains why Judas Priest were a “letdown” at 1981 gig

Slayer’s guitarist was gutted the first time he saw Judas Priest onstage 40-plus years ago

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Slayer have their own hot sauce now, and we can’t believe it isn’t called “Hell Awaits”

Slayer’s Raining Blood hot sauce contains red ghost peppers, guaranteed to give your tastebuds a good, scorchy thrashing

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“Every time I hear it on the radio it’s like, ‘I’m glad they’re playing this instead of Crazy Train!’” Slayer’s Kerry King names his favourite Ozzy Osbourne song, and it’s one of his most obscure

When we asked Slayer’s guitarist to name the best Ozzy Osbourne track, he picked the deepest of deep cuts

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"A lot of songs for the next record are already in demo phases." Kerry King already has his sights set on a second solo album

The Slayer guitarist also doesn't rule out doing smaller releases around tours going forward

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“Maybe I’ll be a bro and let them take our spot up there”: Kerry King names the band who could replace Slayer in the Big Four

Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and who?

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Slayer’s reputation as thrash’s fiercest band rested upon the guitar partnership of Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King – and their harmonically evil style will make your rhythm riffing that bit more diabolical

Hell awaits in this lesson in the era-defining riffing style of thrash metal's most dynamic duo

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“I wish I didn’t get paid. I wish I took a quarter point or something, ‘cause now I would be a rich man”: Slayer’s Kerry King on what he regrets about his solo on the Beastie Boys’ No Sleep Till Brooklyn

King reveals how he ended up playing on the Beastie Boys and Sum 41's records

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Slayer's Kerry King wishes he'd cut a better deal for his solo on Beastie Boys' No Sleep Till Brooklyn: "I would be a rich man."

While Slayer's Kerry King can't be short of a few quid, he thinks he'd be significantly better off if he'd shared profits

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"Maybe Kerry King gets in and Slayer doesn’t." Kerry King gives his take on the state of metal in 2024, and how he feels about metal not being properly acknowledged by the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

Kerry King isn't worried about the state of metal in 2024, so nor should you be

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“As far as I was concerned, we were done and never going to play again”: Kerry King was as shocked as the rest of us when Slayer reunited

The Slayer guitarist has expressed his surprise at the thrash icons getting back together in a new interview

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“Me not being in Slayer sucks. I want Slayer to exist. This is the only way I know how to do that”: Thrash icon Kerry King on flying solo, the reunion shows that were never going to happen – and why he doesn’t demo with modelers

Kerry King takes us behind the making of From Hell I Rise, the thrash album of the year and the comeback of a metal icon who has every intention to keep on slaying, Slayer or no Slayer

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“Stepping into the Slayer situation and learning 19 songs on the flight over to Europe made a good impression”: How Phil Demmel nailed one of the biggest gigs in metal – and became Kerry King’s six-string wingman

The former Machine Head guitarist on landing a gig with his hero, grappling with 6/8 and super-fast triplets as Kerry King picks up where Slayer left off in fire-breathing new solo project

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“Me and Dime were tight – but I don’t like the guitars Dime played. A headstock that looks like a baby guitar? I don't need all that real estate”: Kerry King on his personal history with B.C. Rich and ESP – and why he switched to Dean

The former Slayer guitarist and bona fide metal god on his relationship with metal's heavyweight guitar brands, and what he wanted from his new partnership with Dean

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"I thought maybe Mercyful Fate might come knocking, but no." Inside the rebirth of Slayer legend Kerry King

Five years since Slayer hung up their spikes, Kerry King is roaring back with a new band, a new album - and a newfound sense of enthusiasm

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“There are no shocks on this album. I like bands to stay true to the sound that works. I’m happy that AC/DC have been making the same record for 50 years” Kerry King on his unapologetic solo debut – and how long before Slayer jump back into the coffin

As one half of Slayer’s fearsome guitar attack, Kerry King shaped the sound of extreme metal. With a new album andanew sparring partner, he hasn’t mellowed…

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"Humanity is just a failure. Humanity is just waiting to end humanity": Kerry King has a new solo album - he also has things to say

Slayer guitarist Kerry King on his old band, his new band, his new solo album, humanity’s failure, and the pressure of going solo

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Slayer guitarist Kerry King names the “perfect” riff he’s written: “It’s got a lot of harmony going on”

The Slayer guitarist has named the perfect Kerry King riff – and it’s not Angel Of Death, Raining Blood or anything else you’d expect

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