![]() We’ve been a part of three really awesome Mayhem Festivals. It’s going to be really cool for me as an old Mercyful Fate fan to be able to hang out with them for six weeks and check them out when we get the opportunities. We’ve never played with King Diamond other than festivals here and there. This year, now with Slayer headlining and another legendary band like King Diamond on the main stage with you, what do you think that represents for the state of metal in 2015 (especially the U.S.) that two bands who have been around for 30 years are leading this type of festival. I covered Mayhem in 2012 when Slayer performed on the tour last with other acts like Motorhead and Anthrax, but Slipknot headlined the show. I think we’re going to play three songs off of Repentless on Mayhem, if I’m not mistaken. Kerry King: It’s pretty much the old set we’ve been playing for a better part of two years. OC Weekly (Rachael Mattice): Since Slayer has been around for 34 years and you’re about to go on tour for Mayhem, what are a few albums or songs you would like to revisit for your setlist this summer? Rich guitars and Gary’s recent bloodletting for an upcoming Vincent Castiglia work of art. In addition to speaking with Reese, King also talked to the OC Weekly about the upcoming Mayhem tour, the song “Piano Wire” Hanneman wrote featured on “Repentless,” his introduction to B.C. Their thriving existence proves the importance of the genre and for Mayhem.” They have a really broad demographic and have never toured with King Diamond before. “Today, they are more legendary, and everyone from teenagers to 50-year-old’s love them. “I think Slayer is as important now as they were in the ’80s,” says Reese. See the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival 2015 gallery.After previews of Repentless songs “Implode” and the title track received overwhelmingly positive feedback from devoted fans, Rockstar Energy Drink’s Mayhem Festival co-founder John Reese invited Slayer to return to the summer, one-day hell raiser tour again to headline, preceded by fellow ’80s legion leader King Diamond. This year on the “coincidental,” eerie matching release date to God Hates Us All in 2001, Slayer will release their 11th studio album Repentless featuring returning drummer Paul Bostaph on September 11th, with recorded guitar leads by fellow thrash shredder Gary Holt. ![]() Even before Hanneman showed a decline in health, guitarist Kerry King had already started writing tracks for the follow up album to 2009’s World Painted Blood not knowing if or when their lead would be able to contribute again. The untimely death of co-founder, lead guitarist and (one of) the main songwriters Jeff Hanneman in May 2013 was only one of several shifts to come for Slayer, followed by the termination of founding drummer Dave Lombardo. Thirty-four years later, the quartet known for consistent, public anger-invoking content focused on religion, strife and warfare is still raining blood on one trick pony artists and subgenres and continuing to sell out massive main stages, although radically changed. Southern California’s Slayer moved attention away from glam-laden Sunset Strip bands in the 1980s to aggressive speedy metal that developed into one of the most popular subgenres metal culture thrashed into music history books. ![]() ![]() LEFT TO RIGHT: Tom Araya, Gary Holt, Paul Bostaph, Kerry King ![]()
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