Slayer guitarist Kerry King and his solo band will head to the UK in August 2025 for dates in Manchester and Bristol.
Having previously confirmed appearances at a number of European metal festivals next summer – Brutal Assault and Dynamo Festival among them – the thrash metal legend has also slotted in a clutch of headline performances as well as a special guest show at Gojira’s August 19 gig in Krakow, Poland.
King and his band – Death Angel vocalist Mark Osegueda, former Vio-lence/Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel, ex-Hellyeah bassist Kyle Sanders and long-time Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph will play Manchester Academy 2 (August 12) and Bristol SWX (August 13).
The band are touring in support of King’s debut solo album, ‘From Hell I Rise’.
“Getting back on the road for the first time in five years wasn’t exactly like riding a bike, that’s for sure,” King acknowledged. “I’ve never had that much time off, but the first tours with my new band — in the U.K. and Europe, and then in America with Lamb Of God and Mastodon – were all total blasts. We’ll be headlining on this next tour, so we’re playing a longer set than we did with Lamb Of God and Mastodon . We’ve got a little bit of a learning curve, so will start rehearsing the first week of November. And we might put an extra Slayer song into the set and learn a cover song or two.”
Kerry King UK Tour Dates
August 2025
Tue 12 – Manchester, Academy 2
Wed 13 – Bristol, SWX