Release Date June 19th, 2026
Format CD (Extended Deluxe Edition)
Genre Thrash Metal
Origin United States
Kerry King is the Los Angeles guitarist and songwriter known as a co-founder of Slayer, one of the most important names in extreme metal. After Slayer’s final show on November 30th, 2019, he moved ahead under his own name with Paul Bostaph, Kyle Sanders, Phil Demmel and Mark Osegueda, shaping a solo band built for violent riffs, speed and venomous attitude. "From Hell I Rise" first arrived in 2024, and this extended deluxe edition adds five unheard demos with Kerry King on vocals, new artwork by James Bousema and a renewed visual layout.
"From Hell I Rise" is pure Kerry King, blunt, fast, pissed off and loaded with riffs that do not waste time. The album has the cold stare of someone who has nothing left to prove and no reason to sweeten the blow. Songs like "Where I Reign", "Residue", "Idle Hands", "Toxic" and "Rage" run on speed, anger and control, with riffs that lock in fast and hit the target without decoration.
Mark Osegueda gives the main album a rabid voice, far more savage than some may have expected from him. His performance does not come across as a guest spot or a name added for hype. He tears into the songs with enough fire to stand beside King’s guitar work, and the result is mean, focused and deadly. Paul Bostaph’s drumming has that violent snap King’s writing needs, while Phil Demmel and Kyle Sanders add the extra steel around the attack.
The deluxe material is the real hook for collectors and die-hards. Kerry King’s demo vocals rip through the songs with raw intent, rough edges and studio-bunker rage. He is not trying to sound like a trained frontman, and that is the point. These versions expose the early shape of "Crucifixation", "From Hell I Rise", "Two Fists", "Rage" and "Trophies Of The Tyrant", showing how much fire was already sitting inside the songs before the final vocal takes arrived.
This edition is not just a padded reissue with a few leftovers thrown at the end. It gives more blood from the same wound. "From Hell I Rise" remains a brutal solo debut from an artist whose legacy was already written in stone, and the added demos make the package nastier, more personal and more revealing. Kerry King sounds alive, angry and fully plugged into the genre that made his name matter in the first place.
|9.0
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