SLAYER guitarist Kerry King was interviewed for an episode of Dunlop TV, in which he discusses the band's new album, World Painted Blood. Check out the video, below.

Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo spoke with Ernest A. Jasmin from Thenewstribune.com recently about a number of topics including their forthcoming album, World Painted Blood, due out later this year. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Thenewstribune.com: What kind of sound are you channeling on the new record? And how far into it are you?

Lombardo: "If it isn’t done it’s almost there. I would have to say it’s unlike any record Slayer’s done since Seasons In The Abyss.”

Thenewstribune.com: So you’re channeling some Abyss sound on there.

Lombardo: "Yes. We’re basically taking off from Seasons In The Abyss. It has a nice variety. It has a great groove, the whole thing. This producer, Greg Fidelman, that did the METALLICA record, he’s done an amazing job on my drums and the production. Like I said, it’s taking off from where Rick Rubin left off."

Thenewstribune.com: You said some of the songs have a nice groove. You guys are known for your blistering tempos. Are you slowing the songs down?

Lombardo: "Yeah, there’s fast and faster for Slayer. What we’ve always had but maybe never really paid attention to is this kind of mid-tempo drive that Slayer could achieve or I could achieve as a drummer. And we focused on that and elaborated a little on that. There’s the fast stuff and mid-tempo; a little slower stuff that ends up fast. I think it’s a well put together record as far as variety goes. ... It has peaks and valleys."

Thenewstribune.com: Throw out some song titles.

Lombardo: "There’s a song called 'Hate Worldwide', which is great. It’s a Kerry song, you know.

There’s another amazing song called 'Americon' ... reflecting all the embezzlements of money that these corporate (jerks) have taken in and just the whole Wall Street finance thing.

'Beauty Through Order', that’s phenomenal. It’s great. It’s about a countess who lived in either Bulgaria, Romania – somewhere out there where they had these countesses and stuff. She would kill virgins and drain their blood, and she would bathe in their blood thinking that it would preserve her beauty or their youth."

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