throughout. The title track finds
the band rising to the occasion
on a song centered around the
hill where Christ was crucified. To
be honest, for whatever reason
we never followed this outfit’s
career back in the day. But, once
the anthemic songs on this disc
got into our heads we were in for
a nice sonic surprise and we’re
now believers. Time to check the
back catalogue...
Metal Allegiance is a dynamic
and demonic assembly of play-
ers who have taken a blistering
“Pledge of Allegiance” to music
and their self-titled debut features an illustrious list of performers from the hard rock and
metal realms. The ensemble
is anchored by legends of the
genre - Alex Skolnick on guitars; David Ellefson on bass; and
Mike Portnoy on drums. They are
joined by a caustic cast of characters. The result is a scary good
collection of harrowing riffs and
rhythms with occasional melodic
Watch the lyric video for “Scream” by W.A.S.P.
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