SLAYER guitarist Kerry King has hinted at the release of his long-anticipated new project in 2024. A recent post from SLAYER’s longtime publicist, Heidi Ellen Robinson-Fitzgerald, along with the Kerry King Facebook page, featured a photo of the chain Kerry had worn on stage for years resting on what appears to be the floor of a stage. The accompanying message stated: “Coming in 2024…”
At the conclusion of SLAYER’s final concert on November 30, 2019, King removed his chain, raising it to his side and letting it fall as he exited the stage. When asked about the symbolism behind this move, King later explained,:
“One of the reasons I did the chain drop at the last show was so everybody in the building could hear it. And it wasn’t something I planned. We were doing the last run, and I said, ‘I wanna do this on the last Forum show so people take it more seriously.’ Like, ‘King took off his chains. He left them on the stage. What the f*ck, man?’ So people hopefully got that. This isn’t one of those, ‘We’re gonna be back next year and do it again.’ The chains took me through SLAYER. I took them off, dropped them on stage, and I walked off, and that’s the end of SLAYER for me.”
In an interview less than a year ago, Kerry King expressed anger when the idea of SLAYER disbanding was initially discussed. He revealed his initial reaction, stating, “Anger… what else? It was premature. The reason I say ‘premature’ is because my heroes from my childhood are still playing! I can still play, I still want to play, but that livelihood got taken away from me. But, anyway, on to the next chapter, I guess… We were on top of the world, and there’s nothing wrong with going out on top of the world; it’s a good way to go out. So, bravo for that. But do I miss playing? Yeah, absolutely.”