Kerry King Vows That Slayer Will Never Tour and Never Record Again

Since the announcement of the three Slayer reunion shows at large music festivals like Riot Fest and Louder Than Life, Kerry King has been doing his best to make sure fans don’t get their hopes up about literally anything. He recently told fans not to expect the reunion shows to be a yearly event. Apparently, that wasn’t definitive enough, and King had to make sure he was crystal clear that this reunion isn’t long for this world.

In a recent interview with New York radio station Q104 (as transcribed by Blabbermouth) here’s what he had to say:

“I’ll put it in the perspective everybody can understand. We’ve been turning down offers since beginning of 2020, pandemic and all. And then it started getting near the five-year anniversary of us stopping playing, so I’m, like, ‘You know what? This is a three-show package. I think it would be fun to do.’ It’s kind of a five-year anniversary of our last tour. We’re never gonna tour again — it ain’t gonna happen. We’re never gonna record again; that’s not gonna happen either. But to do commemorative shows, I think that’s kind of fun. I don’t have to be married to it for a long time. Kids don’t have to worry about it coming around on tour because we said we wouldn’t. There’s not a whole lot of weird diabolical shit going on here. I think people have just gotta say, ‘Hey, it’s anniversary celebration shows.’ That’s gonna be the end of it.”

Again, keep in mind that no matter how definitive King gets, he still told Rolling Stone that a Slayer reunion was unlikely only two weeks before announcing the Slayer reunion. So yeah, you’ll excuse us if some people are skeptical about the transient nature of Slayer’s return…