Kerry King announces debut solo album ‘From Hell I Rise’

February 5, 2024 James Weaver

KERRY KING has announced his debut solo album!

Titled From Hell I Rise, the upcoming album from the former SLAYER guitarist is his debut solo album, and is scheduled to be released in May this year, via Reigning Phoenix Music.

With enough new material for two full albums, all written by KERRY KING, if it hadn’t been for the COVID pandemic, his solo project would likely have emerged in 2020. For his debut album, From Hell I Rise, King enlisted drummer Paul Bostaph [SLAYER], bassist Kyle Sanders [HELLYEAH], Phil Demmel [formerly of MACHINE HEAD] on guitar, and vocalist Mark Osegueda [DEATH ANGEL]. Working with producer Josh Wilbur [KORN, LAMB OF GOD, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, BAD RELIGION], the vast bulk of the solo album was recorded at Henson Studios in Los Angeles in about two weeks and was finished this past June.

“I didn’t know what to think, you know, it’s KERRY KING from SLAYER, who I’ve heard a million times,” said Wilbur. “He’s a very strong presence. I wouldn’t say that Kerry has an ego, but he has confidence in himself, which is a good thing. That’s what you want in your rock stars and in your band. He never comes off as a jerk or mean guy. But he does know exactly what he wants. He doesn’t beat around the bush. He’s like, ‘I don’t want to do that, but I want to do this’. Very direct, but it comes from a place of confidence, and not from a place of anything else. I really enjoyed working with Kerry.”

According to King, the new music consists of “various religious topics, some war entries, heavy stuff, punky stuff, doomy stuff, and spooky stuff, with Herculean speeds achieved. If you’ve ever liked any SLAYER throughout any part of our history there’s something on this record that you’ll get into, be it classic punk, fast punk, thrash, or just plain heavy metal!”

Alongside the announcement of the new solo album, KERRY KING has released a new song from the upcoming solo album; Idle Hands.

Listen to Idle Hands here: