METAL ALLEGIANCE, il progetto ideato da Mark Menghi con una serie di artisti ospiti, uscirá il 18 settembre per Nuclear Blast Entertainment.
Sul disco figureranno Philip H. Anselmo (DOWN, ex-PANTERA), Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX), Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT), D. Randall Blythe (LAMB OF GOD), Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA), Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal (GUNS N’ ROSES), Phil Demmel (MACHINE HEAD), David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Alissa White-Gluz (ARCH ENEMY), Matthew K. Heafy (TRIVIUM), Gary Holt (EXODUS, SLAYER), Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED), Chris Jericho (FOZZY), Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA), Misha Mansoor (PERIPHERY), Mark Osegueda (DEATH ANGEL), Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens (BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ex-ICED EARTH), Doug Pinnick (KING’S X), Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, FLYING COLORS, ex-DREAM THEATER), Troy Sanders (MASTODON), Cristina Scabbia (LACUNA COIL), Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT), Steve ‘Zetro’ Souza (EXODUS) e Ben Weinman (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN).
Tracklist e copertina:
1. Gift Of Pain
(vocals: D. Randall Blythe; lead & rhythm guitars: Alex Skolnick; bass: David Ellefson; drums: Mike Portnoy; additional lead guitar: Gary Holt)
2. Let Darkness Fall
(vocals: Troy Sanders; lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars: Alex Skolnick; bass: David Ellefson; drums & percussion: Mike Portnoy; additional bass: Mark Menghi & Rex Brown; additional screams: D. Randall Blythe)
3. Can’t Kill The Devil
(vocals: Chuck Billy; lead & rhythm guitars: Alex Skolnick; bass: David Ellefson; drums: Mike Portnoy; additional lead guitar: Phil Demmel & Andreas Kisser)
4. Dying Song
(vocals: Philip H. Anselmo; lead & rhythm guitars: Alex Skolnick; bass: Mark Menghi; drums: Mike Portnoy)
5. Scars
(vocals: Mark Osegueda & Cristina Scabbia; lead & rhythm guitars: Alex Skolnick; bass: David Ellefson; drums: Mike Portnoy)
6. Destination: Nowhere
(vocals: Matthew K. Heafy; lead & rhythm guitars: Alex Skolnick; bass: David Ellefson; drums: Mike Portnoy; additional lead guitar: Matthew K. Heafy)
7. Wait Until Tomorrow
(vocals: Doug Pinnick & Jamey Jasta; lead & rhythm guitars: Alex Skolnick; bass: David Ellefson; drums, percussion & additional vocals: Mike Portnoy)
8. Triangulum
I. Creation
II. Evolution
III. Destruction
(lead & rhythm guitars: Alex Skolnick; bass: David Ellefson; drums: Mike Portnoy; additional lead guitar: Misha Mansoor, Ben Weinman, Charlie Benante, Phil Demmel, Matthew K. Heafy & Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal)
9. Pledge Of Allegiance
(vocals: Mark Osegueda; lead & rhythm guitars: Alex Skolnick; bass: David Ellefson; drums: Mike Portnoy; additional lead guitar: Charlie Benante, Gary Holt & Andreas Kisser)
10. We Rock (deluxe edition only)
(vocals: Mark Osegueda, Chris Jericho, Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens, Alissa White-Gluz, Chuck Billy & Steve ‘Zetro’ Souza; lead & rhythm guitars: Alex Skolnick; bass: David Ellefson; drums: Mike Portnoy; additional lead guitar: Andreas Kisser, Phil Demmel & Gary Holt)
