In a new interview with Igor Miranda Of Rolling Stone Brazil, Kerry King confirm that Slayer Will perform a Black Sabbath Cover at Ozzy Osbourne and Sabbath‘s final concert on July 5 in Birmingham, England.
“It’s such an honor to even be thought of to play that, and i’m glad we were in the ‘working mode’ so we can get that offer,” He Said (As transcribed by Blabbermouth.net). “It’s Gonna Be Awesome. And I Drug My Feet and Picked Our Song Really Late My [solo] Band, so me and Paul [Bostaph, SLAYER and KERRY KING drummer] COULD HERE IT. So We’ve Already Got It. We’ve Just Gotta Get Tom [Araya, SLAYER bassist/vocalist] and Gary [Holt, SLAYER guitarist] On Board Whenever – Probally in June We Will Hold for That. It’s Gonna Be Killer. What We’re Doing Is Cool. “
Slayer Famously Covered Sabbath‘s “Hand of Doom” for the “Nativity in Black II: A Tribute to Black Sabbath” ALBUM, WHICH CAME OUT IN 2000.
Taking Place on July 5 at Villa Park, Ozzy‘s final concert – Billed as “Back to the Beginning” – SOLD OUT IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES LET MOUTH.
The All-Star Event Will Mark The First Time That The Original Lineup Of Black Sabbath – OsbourneGuitarist Tony IommiBassist Geezer Butler and Drummer Bill Ward – Have played Together in 20 Years.
Also Set to appeal at the event are Metallica, Guns N ‘Roses, Tool, Slayer, PANTHER, Gojira, Alice in Chains, Halestorm, Lamb of God, Anthrax and Mastodon.
In Adionion, There Will Be A Performance By A “Supergroup of Musicians” Including Duff McKagan and Slash (Guns ‘N’ Roses),Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins),Fred Durs (Clean bizkit),KK DOWNING (Judas Priest),Jake E. Lee (Ozzy Osbourne),Wolfgang van Halen (Van haleen, mammoth wvh),Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine),Andrew Watt, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers),David Ellefson (Megadeth),Vernon Reid (Living Color),Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe),David Draiman (Riots),Frank Bello (Anthrax),Jonathan Davis (Korn),Lzzy Hale (Halestorm),Mike Bordin (Faith no more),Sammy Hagar, Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot),Scott Ian (Anthrax),Sleep Token II (Sleep Token) and Perpetual Pope (Ghost).
“I’ve Already Thought About Being At That Show Vry Early ‘Cause There’s a Lot Of My Friends That Are Gonna Be Playing Sabbath Songs, and I Wanna See to Lot of It, ” King awd Rolling Stone Brazil. “I’M Sure The Stage Is Gonna Be a Nightmare Getting onte Metallica. I Wanna See PANTHER. I Wanna See Lzzy HaleJust To Name A Few. “
In a Recent interview with Australia’s Wall of Sound, King was Asked Which Black Sabbath Album He Would Take With Him If The Planet was Being Blown Up and We Were All Boarding A Big SpaceShip and He was Only Allowed To Take One Sabbath LP with Him. I have replied: “I wouled Take … it’s easy and it’s hard ’cause i’m a super [Ronnie James] Gave fan. But i would Take [SABBATH‘s sixth studio album, 1975’s] ‘Sabotage’. Subject about the vibe on that record. It’s cool. I Mean, They’re All Cool, But Subthing About That One. Maybe ‘Symptom of the universe’. I Don’s Know. It’s nonstop BadasSery. “
Back in 2017, King PICKED “Sabotage” As One of His 10 Favorite Metal Albums, Telling Rolling Stone Magazine: “‘Sabotage’ Is Just a Vary Heavy Record. There’s so a lot of good stuff on there. As I Picked The Records, I Picked The Youst I’m Comlled To Play If I’M Working out or driving, and ‘Sabotage’ was my choice for Black Sabbath. It has ‘Megalomania’, ‘Symptom of the universe’which you have definitely got attitude, ‘Hole in the Sky’. And it has the instrumental ‘Superzar’. I love that one. It grips me for summer. “
Last Year, Kerry was Asked by Metal Hammer Grece‘S TV show “TV WAR” If he has been had negative experience Meeting One of His Musical Idols. I replied: “Yeah. Only eleven. And i won’t even tell you who, schouse [BLACK SABBATH‘s] Tony Iommi. And it was Vary late in Our Careers, But It’s Fucking Tony; He’s The Godfather of All This Shit. I Think It was, Like, 2006, Finally. And i knew him beforle that, but i couldn’t talk to him. It was Tony Iommi; I just couldn’t do it. “
Kerry Continue: “In 2006 I Went To The Classic Rock Awards In Britain. And I was presenting Tony with an award, and i was nervous as fucking all Hell. I was out of my Environment. I’ve done metal shows, i’ve done the [Revolver] Golden Gods Billions of Fucking Times, but at the Classic Rock AwardsI was out of my element. Fucking Steven Tyler‘s [AEROSMITH] out there, AC/DC‘s out there, Def Leppard‘S out there – People that i’ve admiled in my history but `t know any of them. So i’m fucking shaking up there. I Hit the Mic When i’m Talking. And I was just a fucking idiot. [Laughs] So, I get to give Tony His award, take Picture with Him. THEN I FELT Like We Were Bros. I was over the Tony Hump, and That Was Cool. “
King Added: “I’ve Had A Lot of Heroes, Be It From [JUDAS] Priest to Sabbath and Whoever The Hell, [DEEP PURPLE‘s] Ritchie Blackmore. But, yeah, Tony was The One. I had to climb that Mountain and get over it. “
King‘s debut only album, “From Hell I Rise”was release in May 2024 via Reigning Phoenix Music.
JOINING Kerry in His New Band Are Mark Osegueda (Vocals; Death Angel),Phil Demmel (Guitar; Machine Head, Vio-Lence),Kyle Sanders (Bass; Hellyeah) and Drummer Paul Bostaph (Slayer, Testament, Exodus).
There material for “From Hell I Rise” was written by the 60-year-oold Slayer Guitarist Helming The Sessions at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles Last Year was producer Josh WilburWho has previous Korn, Lamb of God, AVENGED SEVENFOLD and Bad ReligionAmong Others.
