Kerry King brings his new band and new Metal material to NYC with a performance at Irving Plaza. He’ll be joined by Municipal Waste and Alien Weaponry.
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Kerry King Announces North American Headlining Tour for 2025
The Press Release:
Following his recent tour with Lamb of God and Mastodon and his first European headline tour earlier this year, Kerry King and his new band – drummer Paul Bostaph (Slayer), bassist Kyle Sanders (HELLYEAH), guitarist Phil Demmel (Machine Head), and vocalist Mark Osegueda (Death Angel) – will hit the road for the twenty-eight date “North American Headline Tour 2025.” The tour is in support of King’s debut solo album, From Hell I Rise (RPM), which, according to the UK’s Kerrang!, ”The phrase ‘metal as f*ck’ may never be better applied.” With Municipal Waste as Special Guest and Alien Weaponry supporting, the tour is set to launch in San Francisco on January 15, 2025, and wrap at House of Blues in Las Vegas on February 22. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 4 at 10AM local and can be purchased HERE. The complete itinerary is below.
Also announced today is the release of King’s brand new music video for the album track, “Where I Reign.” Shot in black and white, the “Where I Reign” video was directed by Jim Louvau who also directed King’s videos for the album cuts “Residue” and “Toxic.” “I wanted to capture the fury and the energy of the band in a live setting,” said Louvau, “an intensity that is matched from a visual standpoint that matches the intensity of the song and the energy that the band brings each and every night on tour, and I think we were able to do that. There are some still photos in the video that also show motion and energy, and I was really just trying to bring that energy to life in a live setting that is different from the other two videos that were done in the studio and were a little more in a controlled environment. So this video was definitely the guys’ being themselves and just showcasing what the band provides in a live setting.” Check out the “Where I Reign” music video HERE.
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“Residue” (Single) by Kerry King
Artist: Kerry King
Title: “Residue” (Single)
Label: Reigning Phoenix Music
Date: 4/12/2024
Rating: 4/5
With just about a month to go before the release of the Kerry King debut album “From Hell I Rise”, its time to get another taste from it as the folks at Reigning Phoenix Music have delivered another single from the album. It was only a couple of months ago that I gave their first single “Idle Hands” a spin and clicking the hyperlinked text will let you see that one. As mentioned before, Kerry King has assembled a solid lineup that features Phil Demmel (Machine Head), Kyle Sanders (Hell Yeah), Mark Osegueda (Death Angel) and Paul Bostaph (Slayer) for the new album and touring cycle. While I don’t like to use the term “super group” since its been overused so very often, this truly amounts to one considering the lengthy Metal resumes that each of the players have coming in to the group. The latest track is titled “Residue” and starts off with some solid, driving drumming patterns from Bostaph before the truly head-banging riff takes over. As a drummer myself, I love the solid double-bass pattern that flows along with the riffs and as I listened a little more closely trying to envision this in the live sense I could almost envision the pit forming. Demmell is putting some great lead guitar work into the material while Mark sounds awesome and one of the main things that I like is that its not a Slayer 2 band but a group that’s managed to bring their individuality together and make it something special. Moments of thrashiness on top of slow chugging groove that ends up quite satisfying. I felt that I enjoyed both “Residue” and “Idle Hands” equally and cannot wait to hear the full on release. So far so good but if you are going to be stoic about this material not bringing you right into the Slayer moshpit then you might be a hard sell of it. Don’t be that Metalhead. Instead, sit back and crank it up and enjoy these players united for new Metal material.
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Slayer Adds One Final Date to its Summer Festival Itinerary
The Press Release:
Last week, Slayer – Tom Araya, Kerry King, Gary Holt, and Paul Bostaph – announced that they plan to return to the concert stage for the first time since they concluded their Final World Tour in November 2019, to headline two summer festivals, Riot Fest and Louder Than Life. Today, the band announces they’ve added one last U.S. 2024 festival date, headlining the Aftershock Festival on October 10 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA.
In a statement, the band said, “There’s been a lot of excited fans out there about our playing a couple of festival dates, so it’s great to be able to add this last one.”
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Slayer Announces Their Return to the Concert Stage
The Press Release:
For the first time since the band wrapped the last concert of its Final World Tour back in November 2019, Slayer – Tom Araya/ bass & vocals, guitarists Kerry King and Gary Holt, and Paul Bostaph on drums – announce they will return to the stage this fall, headlining two major festivals, Riot Fest and Louder Than Life.
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