Kerry King

Best known as Slayer's co-lead guitarist and songwriter, as well as an avid snake collector with his own reptile house and herpetology nursery, Kerry King is one of the architects of thrash metal, having written or co-written iconic songs like "Raining Blood," "Hell Awaits," and Mandatory Suicide." His kinetic, caustic, and chaotic riffs have fueled over four decades of music from the California band, which, alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax, helped define the scene in the mid- to late '80s and early '90s. When Slayer went on hiatus in 2019, King elected to pursue a s...