From Hell I Rise

Slayer released their last album, Repentless, back in 2015, and then played their "last" show in 2019. While I could see Tom Araya not doing anything outside of Slayer, it was not surprising when it was announced that Kerry King was putting together a new band. Honestly, I was skeptical. I felt that there was a good chance that this was going to fall on its face. When I saw that the Kerry King band had a new song available on Spotify, I decided to see how badly it missed the mark.

I was floored. The first song to be released, Idle Hands, fucking ripped. I did not expect this. Hearing that song and discovering that Mark Osegueda from Death Angel was doing vocals on the album, I was suddenly very fucking excited. I love Osegueda's voice with Death Angel, so if he was involved, I knew what to expect and hearing him alongside King's guitar work is a perfect match.

Time will tell how well this Kerry King record stack up against Slayer's last one, but right now I'm putting them on par with each other. I'm very happy with how this turned out... even though it is extremely lame to name your band after yourself. Seriously... you couldn't have come up with some clever band name using the word "king"? Kill The King? Hell's Kingdom? Sofa King Evil? Honestly, anything would have been better and more creative.