guitarist Kerry King has named the “perfect” riff from his own back-catalogue in a new interview. Talking to Germany, the 60-year-old gave the honour to , a song from his new solo album . “The perfect Kerry King riff, to me, is probably the newest one I made up that I’m excited about on any given day,” the guitarist said (as transcribed by ).
“The perfect Kerry King riff – it’s really difficult, but we’re very notorious historically for making up songs with tons of riffs, and there’s tons of riffs on this album, .” After zeroing in on , King explained: “It’s got a lot of harmony going on. It elevates from just the riff to one harmony to the next harmony to the next harmony.
“It’s also got a bunch of drum-fill breaks, which I was very happy to present to Paul [Bostaph, Slayer and Kerry King drummer] when I made that song up. “I said, ‘Hey, dude, I’ve got a song that's got recurring drum fills. Man, I need you to do your best Bill Ward [ drummer].
’ And I think we did that. And I’ll pick that riff for now because it’s a big part of a super-thrashy song, but it’s very heavy and slow and very Sabbath-influenced.” Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! King revealed his solo band in February with .
Two weeks later, it was announced that Slayer . Talking exclusively to UK, King described the timing of the Slayer comeback announcement as “not my favourite”. “In Kerry K.