Kerry King to return to the UK and Europe next summer

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Slayer guitarist Kerry King will be bringing his all-star solo band back to the UK and Europe for headline shows next year.

Having previously confirmed appearances at a number of European metal festivals next summer - Brutal Assault and Dynamo Festival among them - the thrash metal legend has also slotted in a clutch of headline performances as well as a special guest show at Gojira's August 19 gig in Krakow, Poland.

King and his band - Death Angel vocalist Mark Osegueda, former Vio-lence/Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel, ex-Hellyeah bassist Kyle Sanders and long-time Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph - will play:

Jul 29: Frankfurt Zoom Saal, Germany
Jul 30 Wien Simm City, Austria
Aug 01: Transylvania Rockstadt Extreme, Romania
Aug 04: Zurich Komplex 457, Switzerland
Aug 07: Dortmund FZW, Germany
Aug 12: Manchester Academy 2, UK
Aug 13: Bristol SWX, UK
Aug 19: Krakow Tauron Arena, Poland (supporting Gojira)

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Speaking at a fan event in Germany earlier this year, King revealed that the writing for his next solo record was already well underway.

“A lot of songs for the next record are already in demo phases," he said. "At this point in my career and in my life, I wanna get the record out, do the first tour for however long that takes us, but once that’s done Paul [Bostaph] and I want to get back into the studio and get record two out of the way.”

Metal Hammer hailed From Hell I Rise as "the most pissed off and aggressive thing Kerry King has produced since God Hates Us All more than two decades ago."

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A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne's private jet, played Angus Young's Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Born in the North of Ireland, Brannigan lives in North London and supports The Arsenal.