The Slayer co-founder and guitarist Kerry King is currently promoting his first solo album and also the upcoming Slayer reunion. In an interview with Nikki Blakk (Transcribed by Ultimate Guitar), the musician revealed which is his favorite new Metallica song.
He also said that from the Big 4, Megadeth was thrashier than Metallica and Slayer was the most Thrash Metal band of the four.
Slayer’s Kerry King names new Metallica song that he likes
“Metallica was more of a thrash band back then. Everybody was, really. Megadeth was thrashier. And obviously, Metallica went on a much more poppy trail than we did. They came back around.”
“They’ve had a couple pretty killer records — the last couple,” King said. “And I get confused which one’s called what, but the one with ‘Spit Out the Bone’… I love ‘Spit Out the Bone,’ killer fucking song,” Kerry King said.
That song was released by Metallica on their 2016 album “Hardwired… to Self-Destruct”, their first one since “Death Magnetic” (2008). Besides “Spit Out The Bone”, that album had other praised songs like the title-track, “Atlas, Rise!” and “Moth into Flame”..
During the same conversation, King said that Slayer was the band that kept being Heavier: “But as we matured and went our separate paths, we pretty much stayed the thrashiest of the Big Four, I would say, by any means. That didn’t make us better or anything. We’re just different.”
Slayer 2024 tour dates
September
- 22 – Riot Fest – Chicago, IL
- 27 – Louder Than Life – Louisville, KY
October
- 10 – Aftershock Festival – Sacramento, CA
After announcing their retirement in 2019 followed by a world tour, Slayer announced their return in 2024. The group announced that they will perform at the Riot Fest in Chicago next September and at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville in the same month. Alongside Tom Araya (Bass and vocals) and Kerry King (Guitar), the final members of the band Paul Bostaph (Drums) and Gary Holt (Guitar) will also come back for these shows.