Earlier this month, it was announced that WWE star Damian Priest will host a huge Sept. 20 heavy metal concert featuring Slayer, Exodus, Suicidal Tendencies, Knocked Loose, Power Trip and Cavalera. The show is set to take place in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Priest has a previous connection to Slayer guitarist Kerry King.
King provided guitar work for Priest’s latest entrance song, “Rise For The Night,” and he put his shredding abilities on display this past weekend as he played the WWE star to the ring at Wrestlemania. Video of King’s performance and Priest’s entrance can be viewed below.
Priest talked about his love for metal in a previous interview with Loudersound.
“I grew up in an area that was 100% hip hop, and then moving to a different town and making new friends, my buddy would always play Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, very thrash metal, but also Swedish influences like In Flames and Soilwork,” he said. “And I just remember him playing Children Of Bodom, and I was like, ‘OK, some of this stuff is like Undertaker music!’ As a wrestler I was like, ‘Yeah, play Undertaker-style music! Play that stuff that makes me feel something!’ But I would say that Metallica and Ozzy were my first where I was like, ‘Oh, I love this.’ That’s what really got me hooked on heavy metal.”
