Known as the guitarist/songwriter of Bay Area thrash staples Slayer, Kerry King has long peeled off chugging riffs and ear-splitting solos en route to classic records that defined a generation of metal-loving fans. However, since 2019, when Slayer walked off stage for what was thought to be the last time, King has been mostly silent. The pandemic probably had something to do with that, but it also couldn’t have been easy reorienting after spending nearly 40 years at the forefront of thrash metal. So, when rumblings that King was working on a new record that drummer Paul Bostaph said, “Sounded The post Kerry King: The ClassicRockHistory.com Interview appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.