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The King of Kings
Studio album by Kerry King
Released	March 22, 2011
Recorded	October 2010-February 2011
Genre	Pop rock, baroque pop, opera
Label	Def Jam
Producer	Rick Rubin, Kerry King

The King of Kings is the debut solo album by Slayer guitarist/backing vocalist Kerry King. The album features many different styles of music and lacks the thrash metal elements of typical Slayer music and features many guest appearances by other musicians and close friends of King. It was released on March 22, 2011 and received negative reception and was commercially panned.

Development

In 2010, Slayer bassist/vocalist Tom Araya was talking about the possibilities of a solo album. King thought by a solo album that he had meant an album "full of guitar solos", but when drummer Dave Lombardo explained it to him he got the idea to record and release his own solo album. King began writing songs with close friend Kip Winger, who was also plays bass guitar on the album. "At first the songs were like typical Slayer songs," said King, "but then I decided to turn them into my favorite genre of music: pop." The album was officially announced in February 2011 and was released in March. King has stated that most of the songs were written using a synthesizer from the late 1980s originally owned by fellow Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman

Track listing

1. "Intro"
2. "Welcome to the Bunghole" (featuring Axl Rose)
3. "Hold Your Sticks High!" (featuring Dave Lombardo)
4. "Derry Ding and the Disney Kids" (featuring The Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus)
5. "Friday Night Deth Night" (featuring Rebecca Black)
6. "Eating Out a Virgin Boy's Butthole" (featuring Justin Beiber and Lars Ulrich)
7. "Shutting the Closet Tight" (featuring Tom Araya and Lars Ulrich)
8. "I Want to Wear a Dead Skin Mask for You My Darling" (featuring Kip Winger, James Hetfield, Brian "Head" Welch, Slash and Lars Ulrich)
9. "Generic Folk Song!" (featuring Kip Winger, Les Claypool, Krist Novoselic, Zakk Wylde, and Lars Ulrich)
10. "Track 10"
11. "Panic! Attack! Attack!" (featuring Brendan Urie and Spencer Smith)
12. "Outro"

Personnel

Primary musicians

• Kerry King - vocals, synthesizer, guitar, bass guitar (tracks 8 & 9), piano
• Kip Winger - bass guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11), vocals (tracks 8 & 9)
• Tre Cool - drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10)

Guest musicians

• Rebecca Black - vocals (track 5)
• Justin Beiber - vocals (track 6)
• Miley Cyrus - vocals (track 4)
• Joe Jonas - vocals (track 4)
• Nick Jonas - vocals (track 4)
• Kevin Jonas - vocals (track 4)
• Axel Rose - vocals (track 2)
• Brendan Urie - vocals (track 11)
• Slash - guitar solo (track 8)
• Tom Araya - bass (track 7)
• Dave Lombardo - drums (track 3)
• James Hetfield - additional guitar, vocals ,small>(track 8), acoustic guitar (track 8)
• Brian "Head" Welch - acoustic guitar (track 8)
• Lars Ulrich - drums (tracks 6, 7, 8, 9)
• Spencer Smith - drums (track 11)
• Zakk Wylde - washtub bass (track 9)
• Krist Novoselic - accordion (track 9)
• Jonathan Davis - bagpipes (track 9)
• Les Claypool - banjo (track 9)

Reception

The album was commercially panned. Many Slayer fans called it a disappointment and an embarrassment.

Category:2011 albums