By james art 
After his recent tour with Lamb of God and Mastodon and his first European headline tour earlier this year, Kerry King and his new band drummer Paul Bostaph (Slayer), bassist Kyle Sanders (HELLYEAH), guitarist Phil Demel (Machine Head) and vocalist Mark Osegeda (Angel of Death) – will hit the road on the twenty-eighth”The 2025 North American Tour.
The tour is in support of Kingdebut solo album by From Hell I Rise (RPM), which according to Kerrang! from the United Kingdom, “The phrase ‘metal as hell’ may never be better applied.” with Domestic waste as a special guest and Alien weapon the tour is set to kick off in San Francisco on January 15, 2025 and wrap up at the House of Blues in Las Vegas on February 22.
Tickets go on sale Friday, October 4th at 10am local time and can be purchased HERE.
The full itinerary is below.
Also announced today was the launch of Kingbrand new music video for the album track, “Where I reign.” Shot in black and white, “Where I reign” video directed by Jim Luvow who also directs Kingthe videos of the album cuts”remainder” and “Toxic.”
“I wanted to capture the ferocity and energy of the band in a live setting,” said Luvow, “an intensity that’s matched from a visual standpoint that matches the intensity of the song and the energy that the band brings every night on tour, and I think we’ve been able to do that.
There are some still shots in the video that also show movement and energy, and I was really trying to bring that energy to life in a live environment, which is different than the other two videos that were done in the studio and were a bit more in a controlled environment. So this video was definitely the guys being themselves and just showcasing what the band has to offer in a live environment.”
Check out “Where I reign” music video here.
“Kerry King’s intricate guitar work and captivating stage presence reaffirmed his status as a metal legend.” – South Florida Insider – 7/26/24
“Being back on the road for the first time in five years wasn’t exactly like riding a bike, that’s for sure.” King recognized. “I’ve never had so much free time, but the first tours with my new band – in the UK and Europe and then in America with Lamb of God and Mastodon – were a blast.
We’ll be headlining this next tour, so we’re playing a longer set than Lamb of God and Mastodon. We have a bit of a learning curve so we will start rehearsing the first week of November. And we might put an extra Slayer song in the set and learn a cover song or two.”
“From the second the king hit the stage, the crowd went wild and didn’t leave the entire set.” – Loud Haller, Richmond, VA 7/31/24
The full route for Kerry Kingis “The 2025 North American Tour” The route is as follows:
KILLERguitarist, co-founder of KERRY KINGis one of the most instantly recognizable and respected musicians in thrash/punk/metal and for the past almost 40 years has pioneered some of the most brutal and revolutionary music ever created.
THE KING wrote or co-authored some of the KILLERthe most loved songs of, including Mandatory Suicide, Repentance, Hell Awaits You, Apprentice and “It’s raining blood.” Known for his allegiance to the Raiders, his love of snakes and his taste for Jagermeister, THE KING is forthright, confident and authentic to the core.
Metal flows in THE KINGveins; he knows how to write what he writes and has no interest in changing that. forever KERRY KING is a self-proclaimed “metal kid”.
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