SLAYER Is Not Permanently Reuniting

Kerry King has drawn a really definitive line in relation to the upcoming Slayer competition reveals. King made it clear that Slayer will not tour or put out new music, and that there probably won’t be too many Slayer shows – so y’know, no person get their hopes up for an enormous ol’ Slayer revival.

Now in a brand new interview with Total Guitar, King mentioned the few Slayer headlining reveals don’t imply that Slayer is reunited, and that followers should not anticipate rather more.

“Everybody thinks Slayer are getting again collectively, however that could not be farther from the reality,” mentioned King. “We have been turning down gigs ever since we stopped. This one got here and I believed, ‘If we’re ever going to do one, this may very well be cool as a result of it is the five-year anniversary of our ultimate tour.’

“We’re not going to document anymore. That ultimate tour was undoubtedly our ultimate tour. That is only a cause to have some enjoyable the blokes, play a couple of reveals after which soar again within the coffin…”

King additionally touched on the truth that the Slayer reveals had been introduced solely days after he unveiled his new solo band and album, saying: “It caught me off guard too. Do I want the timing was completely different? Completely, however that is utterly out of my fingers.”

The one huge piece lacking right here when it comes to contextualizing the Slayer reveals is any remark from frontman Tom Araya. The closest we received had been some feedback from Tom‘s spouse Sandra Araya, who mentioned she was the one which pushed Tom to get outta the house and go do some Slayer reveals.

And simply to play satan’s advocate for a second right here, what number of occasions have we heard “it is solely gonna be a couple of reveals after which we’re accomplished!” Two turns into 4, turns into ten… and many others. Although King (and by extension, Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph) has a solo profession now, and Gary Holt is revving up Exodus huge time. So Slayer being accomplished after these few reveals does really feel reasonable.