
When the King issues a summons, you can’t refuse. That’s how Hammer find ourselves in the basement – or should that be dungeon? – of Freizeitheim Castle in Germany, face-to-face with thrash metal legend Kerry King.
But while the gibbets, iron maidens and torture racks have (presumably) been shifted out in favour of massive Marshall stacks so King can play his solo debut, From Hell I Rise, at infernal volumes, the threat of some mild maiming is enough to get the thrash legend to answer your questions. After all, if he doesn’t, we might have to get medieval on his ass…