Legendary Slayer guitarist Kerry King kicked off his first-ever headlining North American tour along with his eponymous band on Thursday (January fifteenth) on the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. The outing options help from Municipal Waste and Alien Weaponry.
Final yr, King debuted his new band at plenty of European festivals, in addition to a help slot on Lamb of God and Mastodon’s co-headlining summer time North American run. The outfit is rounded out by drummer Paul Bostaph (Slayer), bassist Kyle Sanders (Hellyeah), guitarist Phil Demmel (ex-Machine Head), and lead singer Mark Osegueda (Dying Angel).
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At Thursday evening’s headlining tour kickoff, King and firm carried out a 19-song set, together with 12 of the 13 tunes from their debut album, From Hell I Rise (one among our prime metallic albums of 2024). The remainder of the setlist was made up of 5 Slayer songs {“Repentless,” “Disciple,” “At Daybreak They Sleep,” “Raining Blood,” and “Black Magic), in addition to two Iron Maiden covers (“Purgatory” and “Killers”).
Crossover-thrash vets Municipal Waste offered direct help, whereas rising New Zealand metallers Alien Weaponry opened the night’s festivities.
Forward of the outing, King caught up with Municipal Waste guitarist Ryan Waste for an episode of Consequence‘s Two for the Highway video collection (watch under). The pair mentioned the tour, in addition to their shared love of horror films, a few real-life “Spinal Faucet” moments, and extra.
See our photograph gallery from the San Francisco present under, together with fan-filmed video and Kerry King’s setlist. The tour runs by a February twenty second gig in Los Angeles, with tickets to the remaining reveals obtainable through Ticketmaster or StubHub.
Kerry King Setlist:
The place I Reign
Rage
Trophies of the Tyrant
Residue
Two Fists
Idle Arms
Repentless (Slayer music)
Poisonous
Pressure
The whole lot I Hate About You
Disciple (Slayer music)
Purgatory (Iron Maiden cowl)
Killers (Iron Maiden cowl)
At Daybreak They Sleep (Slayer music)
Crucifixation
Shrapnel
Raining Blood (Slayer music)
Black Magic (Slayer music)
From Hell I Rise