In a new interview with Jose Mangin of Liquid Metal, Gary Holt (Slayer, Exodus) said that Slayer’s new material is “dark and sinister,” and that “Implode” is “nothing” compared to the other new material Kerry King wrote.
Holt’s statement was transcribed by Revolver:
“It’s crushing. “Implode” is a great song. I really love it, it’s a lot a fun to play. Compared to the other stuff Kerry [King] has written it’s nothing, doesn’t even touch it. There’s some really great stuff. I got the call and I went down to do solos and I did nine leads in one day and I went home. Everybody was like damn that was crazy, and what I did was I blew my left wrist out. I was shredding so long and hard and I just wanted to get through them and I felt some pain halfway through it and I just kept going and the next day I couldn’t even move my hand.”
He also said:
“There’s a little bit of everything but everything I’d reference to is 100% Slayer. I mean it’s crushing heavy and it’s dark and sinister and it’s everything you hope a Slayer album should be. There’s no ballads!”
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