MTV's Alternative Nation spoke with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King when the band performed in Bucharest, Romania on June 4th at Arenele Romane. Check out the chat below.

When asked about guitarist Jeff Hanneman's health (he's currently recovering from a spider more than a year ago) King said: "Jeff is… if you look at him, he looks fine, but playing the intricate things that we do, he's not ready to do that. He doesn't know if he has the stamina for an hour-and-fifteen-minute set. He can play any of the slower stuff and do it just like the record, but we made a name for ourselves, historically, for being good live, so we had to make the decision and say, 'You've gotta get better before you try to come back. If you come back, make it a special thing, not just an adequate thing.'"

King also provided an update on the two songs they are working on which are expected to be released in early summer. "They are done, but they're just not mixed. Again, do you put them out now or do you just wait for the record to be done. We're gonna finish the record September/October. So I, myself, would rather wait, because I don't like to put those two songs out and then include them on the record. In my thinking, if you put those two songs out, then make ten more songs and put those two on that album just as an afterthought. But I feel like I've gotta give people ten new songs. That's why on the last one (2009's World Painted Blood) we did 11, 'cause 'Psychopathy Red' was already out. So they are done. We'll see what the record company proposes. I think they've been talking about an EP, which is kind of a throwback to the '80s, which is really cool, I think. But we'll just have to see."