In a brand new interview with OC Weekly, SLAYER’s Kerry King was asked if there has been discussion about solidifying guitarist Gary Holt’spresence in the band full-time at some point in the not-too-distant future.

“That’s something I definitely want to address sooner than later,” Kerry said. “We just got recording [the new SLAYER album ‘Repentless’] out of the way and we still had to get [drummer] Paul [Bostaph] situated. Not as if this issue wasn’t important to us, we just had other things on our mind. I know we got Paul’s deal in — and I don’t even know if that’s even gotten finalized yet, but I know we got the paperwork through and it’s in the process. To us, we had to do that first, because Paul was in the band for ten years prior to this. The next thing to do is make a legit offer to Gary if he’s going to stay on board. And that’s okay if he’s not interested in staying. I certainly wouldn’t ask him to quit EXODUS; that’s not part of it at all.”