Kerry King Wants to Finish His Follow Up to From Hell I Rise Before This Year’s Over

Last May, Slayer guitarist and tribal tattoo enthusiast Kerry King dropped his long-awaited solo album. It was largely okay, if not a little predictable solo album From Hell I Rise. He gathered an elite team of people to play with him, put the music together, and toured on the back of the record.

Now, with that all behind him and his time being taken up by Slayer, King is eyeballing yet another solo album in hopes of being done pretty soon. News of his plans for a sophomore record came after comments he made on the Rolling Stone Brasil show while talking about said plans for a second album.

“I made up two songs since I’ve been home from this U.S. run [in late February]. So we keep working on stuff. We haven’t played together yet, but we have stuff to work on when we get together.

“What the plan is, is whenever [the] cycle [for ‘From Hell I Rise’] is done, and right now that looks to me like October, Paul [Bostaph, KERRY KING and SLAYER] drummer] and I have always talked about going straight from playing live, taking maybe a week off and go right in the studio to keep your tour chops, so you’re firing on all cylinders — you don’t gotta practice to get good; you’re already good — and get in there and record it. So, ideally, in my perfect world, it would be done this year and then just hand it to the record company and say, ‘Put it in line, whenever you want it to come out.’”

One of the biggest complaints made about King’s solo debut was how safe and samey it was to the final days of Slayer. During the interview, King was asked if he’d pull from other influences for the second album and this is what he had to say:

“I don’t know. I think punk was pretty well covered on [‘From Hell I Rise’], from ‘Everything I Hate About You’ to ‘Two Fists’, two very different punk styles. So it wouldn’t surprise me if that shows up ’cause it’s part of my history. And I think, overall, my thought would be just make an extension from what ‘From Hell I Rise’ is, just keep doing [things the same way], see what the next 10 or 12 [songs] sound like.”

Who knows what the world’s got in store for King and his solo efforts. Only time will tell.