Body Count frontman Ice-T recently sat down with Metal Hammer, and knowing that the rapper is a Slayer fan, they asked for his thoughts on the band’s reunion in 2024. Following is an excerpt from the chat.
Q: Did you expect a Slayer comeback in 2024?
Ice-T: “I always expected it would happen. Kerry King (guitar) has come out and done his own band, but it’s not gonna take much to get them back together. It’s different when a group retires to when a group breaks up. When a group breaks up, you may never see them again. But when a group retires, that’s just taking a break. I’m like, ‘Yeah, that means they’ll retire from the ritual of touring, but they’ll play one-off gigs down the road.’ The worst thing is to retire and nobody gives a fuck and people go ‘Good riddance,’ but that’s never gonna happen with Slayer, is it?”
Q: Why do Slayer still matter after all this time?
Ice-T: “Slayer’s a one-off band. There’s no group like them. They created a sound – they’re the bar as far as precision, this fast thing that knows how to stop on a dime. Body Count have been fortunate enough to work with them, they’ve allowed us to cover them. We’re in debt to Slayer forever.”
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Body Count’s Merciless album is out now via Century Media Records. Order here.
Tracklisting:
“Interrogation Interlude”
“Merciless”
“The Purge” (feat. Corpsegrinder)
“Psychopath” (feat. Joe Bad)
“Fuck What You Heard”
“Live Forever” (feat. Howard Jones)
“Do Or Die”
“Comfortably Numb”
“Lying Motherfucka”
“Drug Lords” (feat. Max Cavalera)
“World War”
“Mic Contract”
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