GARY HOLT Confirms He Is "Not Involved" With SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING's New Project
November 19, 2023, a year ago
Slayer guitarist, Kerry King, is teasing the debut of his new project. King's Facebook page, as well as Slayer's publicist, Heidi Ellen Robinson-Fitzgerald, shared the image below, a photo of the chain he wore on stage, along with the message captioned "Coming In 2024...".
Exodus guitarist Gary Holt, who was with Slayer for nine years following the passing of Jeff Hanneman, has addressed the increasing buzz that he is working with King on the new project. Speaking with MJ Tibbedeaux during an Exodus pre-show meet-and-greet in Destin, Florida on November 17th, Holt is quoted as saying "I'm not involved. I haven't heard anything written. I haven't heard anything recorded. I'm not part of it. I'm too busy."
Slayer fans will recall that Kerry King removed his chain and dropped it on the stage at the end of Slayer's final show in 2019. Speaking to Dean Guitars (see video below), Kerry revealed: "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 fuck, 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."
Stay tuned for updates.
