On Thursday (May 16), Kerry King joined Loudwire Nights to have a good time the discharge of his debut solo album, From Hell I Rise.

“There’s been so much hurry up and wait,” King informed host Chuck Armstrong in regards to the new album. “This record’s been done almost a year already, so [I’ve been] chomping at the bit for it to come out.”

Even although King has felt anxious main as much as the discharge of From Hell I Rise, he was fast to inform Chuck that the need to launch a solo album wasn’t one thing he wished to do for very lengthy.

In truth, he solely started to think about it when Slayer referred to as it quits.

“I had no intention of being done,” King stated.

“When that was taken away from me, I just kind of thought, well of course I’m continuing. I think people are dwelling more on it being a solo record, I think of it as my next band.”

Kerry King Admits New Solo Album Sounds Like Slayer

As King mirrored on the explanation why he launched into this new solo profession, he admitted followers should not anticipate any main departure from what he was doing with Slayer.

“I mean, it sounds the same as Slayer, you know,” he admitted. “Some of these songs absolutely could be on a Slayer record, if there was one. I wrote 95 percent of the last album.”

King in contrast the connection between Slayer and his solo work with one of many largest bands on the earth.

“I like AC/DC because they’re AC/DC. I don’t want them to sound like anything else, you know? There are tons of bands like that and I think that’s what my fans like about me … I think I’m here to play this kind of music and I think that’s what my fans want.”

What Kerry King Did on New Album That He Wouldn’t Do With Slayer

With all of that being stated, although, King did inform Chuck about no less than one second on From Hell I Rise the place he felt like he may push the boundaries of what he ever did with Slayer.

“There is stuff on this record that I probably never would have presented on a Slayer record,” he stated.

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“For instance, the song ‘Two Fists,’ the punk song. It’s my punk tribute song. I probably wouldn’t have done that on a Slayer album, I probably never would have done the line, ‘I think I need another drink.’ That’s not a Slayer lyric, but it works on this and it sounds great.”

Diving deeper into “Two Fists,” King stated he tried to imagine the place of an ’80s punk rock singer as a result of that was the vibe he wished the observe to have.

“Everybody knows I’ve got a punk background.”

What Else Did Kerry King Discuss on Loudwire Nights?

• How he has sufficient materials for a follow-up to From Hell I Rise and the way he nearly recorded two albums on the similar time, like when Ozzy Osbourne recorded Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman: “I didn’t have the second stuff where I was happy with it. It’s good, because now I have more time to make it better and make it as cool as this record is.”
• What it was like for his bandmates to maintain the key of his new solo profession
• How the paintings for From Hell I Rise got here collectively

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Kerry King joined Loudwire Nights on Thursday, May 16; the present replays on-line right here, and you may tune in stay each weeknight at 7PM ET or on the Loudwire app; you may as well see if the present is accessible in your native radio station and hearken to interviews on-demand.

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