SLAYER guitarist Kerry King and drummer Dave Lombardo are featured in a new interview with Tim Virgin for Chicago's Q101 WKQX, conducted backstage at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards on January 31st in Los Angeles at the Staples Arena. Check it out below:

As previously reported, BraveWords.com has received the following press release:

SLAYER and MEGADETH are thrilled to announce the new, confirmed routing for the American Carnage North American Tour, which will commence with the rescheduled Canadian Carnage East dates in Quebec City on Friday, July 23rd.

Slayer will then head to Europe for a run of festival dates, returning to kick off the American Carnage leg in Albany, NY on August 11th.

American Carnage will play 26 dates across the United States and Eastern Canada up to the Labor Day weekend, ending in Portland, OR on September 4. TESTAMENT will be Special Guest on all shows.

Tickets purchased for the American Carnage shows when they first went on sale late last year will be honored for these rescheduled dates. Complete information regarding ticket sales can be found at: slayer.net, megadeth.com, testamentlegiions.com.

Due to venue availability and other conflicts, the shows originally scheduled in El Paso, Houston, Nashville, Duluth, and Louisville cannot be rescheduled at this time, and ticket holders may obtain refunds at point of purchase. However, new cities have been added to the American Carnage itinerary, with dates now scheduled in Cleveland, Kansas City, San Diego, and Sacramento. The confirmed, complete itinerary is below.

The American Carnage Tour, originally scheduled to take place in January and February, had to be put on hold due to Slayer's vocalist/bassist, Tom Araya's ongoing, minimally-invasive treatments for what was diagnosed as a Cervical Radiculopathy, an occupational hazard for the rocker who is known for aggressively swinging his long mane of hair while performing. Right after the first of the year, Araya made the difficult decision to undergo a surgical procedure, called an Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Fusion, a relatively routine practice with an excellent recovery rate. That surgery took place early last week.

"The doctors said that Tom's surgery went very smoothly and was a resounding success," said Rick Sales, long-time Slayer manager. "He's home now, doing really well, and he said the numbness in his fingers had already diminished considerably."

Shortly after the surgery, Slayer's Kerry King received a text from Tom: "Awake and feeling good, actually whatever he did, it feels better."

The American Carnage Tour will mark the first time that Slayer, Megadeth and Testament will have toured the U.S. together since 1991's epic Clash Of The Titans tour, making this truly a "must-see" event.

Slayer recently announced the rescheduling of its headline tour in the UK and Europe, and Megadeth and Testament are currently on tour together playing US cities that will not be on the American Carnage itinerary.

Both Megadeth and Slayer will hit the road on July 23rd in support of their most recent albums: Megadeth's 2009 album, Endgame, and Slayer's World Painted Blood, the band's 10th studio venture, which hit stores November 3rd, 2009. Testament's The Formation of Damnation: Special Tour Edition, will be released on February 23rd with special unreleased bonus tracks.

Slayer and Megadeth have already massacred territories together outside of the US, first with four explosive dates in June 2009 across Western Canada - Canadian Carnage - the first time the bands had toured together anywhere in 18 years - and then six co-headlining "Carnage" dates in Australia followed last October.

The complete, confirmed itinerary for the American Carnage North American Tour are as follows:

July

23 - Pavillon de la Jeunesse - Quebec City, QC
24 - Heavy MTL, Parc Jean-Drapeau - Montreal, QC
26 - Metro Centre - Halifax, NS
27 - Moncton Coliseum - Moncton, NB
29 - Molson Amphitheatre - Toronto, ON
30 - John Labatt Centre Center - London, ON

August

11 - Glens Falls Civic Center - Glens Falls, NY
12 - Izod Center - East Rutherford, NJ
14 - Tsongas Arena - Boston, MA
15 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJ
16 - Chevrolet Theatre - Wallingford, CT
18 - Tower City Amphitheatre - Cleveland, OH
19 - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit,MI
20 - UIC Pavillon - Chicago, IL
21 - Roy Wilkins Auditorium - Minneapolis, MN
23 - Cap Fed Park @Sandstone - Kansas City, KS
25 - Magness Arena - Denver, CO
26 - Tingley Coliseum - Albuquerque, NM
27 - Dodge Theatre - Phoenix, AZ
29 - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre - San Diego, CA
30 - Long Beach Arena - Long Beach, CA
31 - Cow Palace - San Francisco, CA

September

1 - Arco Arena - Sacramento, CA
3 - Wamu Theatre - Seattle, WA
4 - Washington County Fairgrounds - Portland, OR