With Slayer now over, Kerry King has made plans to continue on with brand new endeavours beyond the iconic band.
Slayer has wrapped up their iconic career and have played their final note, but in the lead up for their finale performance, Kerry King the guitarist of the band signed a brand new deal with Dean Guitars to launch a new signature edition guitar. While speaking with Guitar World about the instrument, King teased that Slayer’s retirement didn’t exactly mean that he was finished making music.
“Let’s just say… Dean didn’t sign me for nothing,” stated King at the end of the interview. Though the guitarist has yet to reveal what his post-Slayer project(s) will be, he has pondered in previous interviews the idea of playing after Slayer hung it up.
“If someone quit, I’m not going to go around with a made-up Slayer,” he told AZCentral.com back in 2010. “But my next band would sound like Slayer, that’s all I know.”
While Anthrax’s Frank Bello had assumed a reunion might take place should another ‘Big Four’ concert ever occur, Slayer’s manager had also hinted that while their split meant the end of touring, it didn’t quite mean the end of music being released.
After all, their breakup came weeks after Mötley Crüe announced their reunion, with the group having signed a “cessation of touring agreement” years earlier. Basically, fans were correct to question whether the end really meant the end.
As Metal Injection reports though, Ayesha King – the wife of Slayer guitarist Kerry King – has defended any claims that the band might reunite, shooting down suggestions of such during a recent Instagram spree.
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In addition to Slayer, King has made a number of guest appearances for other artists over the years. He famously appeared on the Beastie Boys’ ‘No Sleep Til’ Brooklyn’ song, lending some metal flare to the Licensed to Ill favourite. King also laid down a solo and outro part for Pantera’s ‘Goddamn Electric.’ Other credits include work done for Rob Zombie, Hatebreed, Sum 41 and Soulfly.
We cannot wait to see what King does next with his career.
