When the King issues a summons, you can’t refuse. That’s how Hammer find ourselves in the basement – or should that be dungeon? – of Freizeitheim Castle in Germany, face-to-face with legend Kerry King. But while the gibbets, iron maidens and torture racks have (presumably) been shifted out in favour of massive Marshall stacks so King can play his solo debut, , at infernal volumes, the threat of some mild maiming is enough to get the thrash legend to answer your questions.
After all, if he doesn’t, we might have to get medieval on his ass...
“Oh man, that’s tough because I did all of ’em! I love the guitar break in , the first song we released. The riff before the leads that comes in towards the end, it’s a good place to start.” “First and foremost, that they could all play! Mark [Osegueda, vocals] has one of the best voices in metal, but the thing that mattered to me most was getting friends and not having to worry about egos or drama.
We’re all too old for that shit. So getting friends together who all had that same drive to make music, and at the end of the day when we’re done playing onstage and get on the bus, we can have a drink and chill. We’re all at a stage in our lives where we don’t need that shit – I don’t have time for it.
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