ARTISTdirect News has issued an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. An excerpt from the interview, conducted by Rick Florino, follows:

Q: When did it you realize you'd be in Slayer as your career?

A: "When I was 25-years-old, I didn't think I'd be doing it when I was 40. As your heroes get older and you see other people do it, you're like, 'Man, I don't feel old'. You get a different perspective on age when you get there, at least I do. I don't feel like I did when I was 20, but I certainly don't feel 46 either. Touring and the stage time keep me in shape. If I didn't drink, I'd be a little skinny bastard, but that's self-medicating to get you through the tour."

Q: Have you been writing new music at all?

A: "Not really, I've got a couple riffs married together. That's just me messing around though. I've definitely got things I want to accomplish with these riffs floating around in the back of my head. I tape them on my iPhone so I don't have to carry around a recording device. It's good enough to remember a moment in time. I don't care what it sounds like; I just have to remember where it is."

Q: If The Big Four were a movie, what would it be?

A: "The Expendables! [Laughs] It's just a big dude movie. It has all of the big action stars from when we first started. There's that connection. They blow up shit throughout the entire movie, and there's going to be all kinds of carnage when all of us play so I think it's perfect."

Read the full interview at this location.

Slayer and MEGADETH's European Carnage Tour hit Gran Teatro Geox in Padova, Italy on April 4th with SADIST also on the bill.

Photos from the show, courtesy of Enrico Dal Boni, can be found at this location.

Slayer and Megadeth performed the following setlists:

Megadeth:

'Trust'

'In My Darkest Hour'

'Hangar 18'

'Wake Up Dead'

'Poison Was the Cure'

'1,320'

'Sweating Bullets'

'She-Wolf'

'Head Crusher'

'A Tout Le Monde'

'Symphony of Destruction'

'Peace Sells'

'Holy Wars... The Punishment Due'

Slayer:

'World Painted Blood'

'Hate Worldwide'

'War Ensemble'

'Postmortem'

'Temptation'

'Dead Skin Mask'

'Silent Scream'

'The Antichrist'

'Americon'

'Payback'

'Seasons In The Abyss'

'Snuff'

'South Of Heaven'

'Raining Blood'

'Black Magic'

'Angel Of Death'