Who is kerry king

The legendary guitarist has already suggested a new album lies ahead, and, in a new interview with Metal Hammer , he confirmed he's currently weighing a tour offer, but it's not with Slayer. In a recent video message congratulating Machine Head on their 30th anniversary as a band, King lamented that Slayer " quit too early " by retiring in late At that time, however, King had already begun to plot his next move, as revealed when he said, "I had picks that I threw out at those shows — 'The Final Campaign' — at the end of the show.

I mean that whatever the new rules are, I want them to be smooth before I go out. Hide Show Actor 5 credits. Hide Show Producer 4 credits. Hide Show Additional Crew 1 credit. Hide Show Soundtrack 22 credits. Video Game writer: "Raining Blood". Hide Show Self 39 credits. Self - Slayer Guitarist. TV Series Self - Loans Self - Slayer uncredited.

Self - Interviewee uncredited. Hide Show Archive footage 1 credit. Self - Slayer. Related Videos. Spouse: Ayesha King See more ». Edit Did You Know? Trivia: He is a big fan of hockey and football. As fellow alumni of thrash metal's so-called Big Four, Slayer got a lot of credit before disbanding in For many they were metal's greatest live band, and in the late Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King, they had one of the all-time classic electric guitar partnerships. But Hammett believes we don't talk enough about King's rhythm chops.

Metallica are currently celebrating 30 years of The Black Album with a deluxe reissue and all-star covers project The Metallica Blacklist , which sees artists from all kinds of styles and backgrounds tackle their favourite Black Album track.

For many players, that would be Enter Sandman. Its riff, written late at night by a sleepless Hammett, sets the table for an album that changed Metallica's lives, and rearranged the pop-cultural landscape to accommodate rock and metal in the mainstream.

Should he get there, his former guitar teacher Joe Satriani will have played his part. When asked about the high-intensity triplets that open Holier Than Thou, Hammett credits the picking exercises that Satch used to set him for helping him to develop his chops, preparing him for playing tracks such as Whiplash, which require an unerring accuracy, speed and no shortage of oomph to perform.