 In March 2008, it was announced that King would be playing session bass on the next Shining album, "VI / Klagopsalmer".However, in October 2008 there was an announcement on the official Shining "MySpace" page saying that King did not take part on the new album after all, since a new permanent bassist had been recruited in time for the recording.King has also worked in bands outside of the black metal genre.