SLAYER's KERRY KING Wants To Release At Least Two More Albums Before Calling It Quits

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King told music web site The Quietus backstage at the London stop of the band's current "Unholy Alliance" European tour said that he would like to record two more albums with SLAYER before the group finally calls it quits. "We're talking of going in the studio next February and getting the next record out, so if we do things in a timely manner, I don't see there's any reason why we can't have more than one album out [before SLAYER packs it in]," he said. "So if we do get a record out next year — and everything's pointing to yes — before the summer time when we tour, then I'd want to start working on another one because we're all having a good time. I think the time's gonna come when somebody just says, 'I'm done. I don't wanna do this anymore.' Because we've been doing it more than half of our lives. [Laughs] But I'm having a blast! You saw the show yesterday — I had a blast yesterday. I'm going to have more of a blast today because I'm more familiar with the set we're doing."

King also revealed that if SLAYER did split up, he could pretty much play with "anybody who is anybody," but he wouldn't consider becoming a producer or working with another band at the same level as SLAYER. "I don't have the patience to be a producer," he explained. "I don't know how those people do that because I'll get it really close to good, and it sounds great, but I know it's not good enough, really. I mean, I get tired of playing the songs, so I would also get tired of telling someone to play it again. I would say, 'Fuck it. Get the fuck out of here. We're done.' [Laughs] You know, I'd be the asshole producer! But I've got so many friends in this business — more than anyone else [in SLAYER] because I hang out more, so I've got a lot of options and I could just about play with anybody who is anybody. I wouldn't have to start over but I'm certainly not going to start another career as long as this one."

Read the entire interview at The Quietus.

A non-CD-quality version of SLAYER's new track "Psychopathy Red" — which is set to appear on the band's forthcoming album, due out summer 2009 — has surfaced on YouTube and can be streamed below. The Jeff Hanneman-penned song gives a chilling look into the twisted mind of Andrei Chikatilo, a notorious Russian serial killer.

The members of SLAYER spent a couple of weeks in a Southern California recording studio last month tracking three new songs, including "Psychopathy Red".

SLAYER kicked off the European "Unholy Alliance Tour: Chapter III" on October 27 at the Manchester Apollo in Manchester, England. The trek is scheduled to wrap in Helsinki, Finland on November 27. The band plans to return to the studio early next year to finish recording the new album.

"Psychopathy Red" stream: