Metal Allegiance - Metal Allegiance (2015)

Metal Allegiance are a collective of well-known metal musicians who have jammed together at live events over the past few years. Now, they have released their self-titled debut album. The core of the band is made up of bassist David Ellefson (Megadeth), drummer Mike Portnoy (Winery Dogs), guitarist Alex Skolnick (Testament) and Mark Menghi. Skolnick and Portnoy are on every song on the album, and Ellefson appears on all but one. The rest of the lineup is a rotating all-star cast. The liner notes for the METAL ALLEGIANCE album read like a massive chunk of a heavy metal encyclopedia, with contributions from past and present members of MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, DREAM THEATER, LAMB OF GOD, SLAYER, EXODUS, MASTODON, PANTERA, TRIVIUM, KINGS X, HATEBREED, SEPULTURA, MACHINE HEAD, ANTHRAX, LACUNA COIL, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, PERIPHERY, DEATH ANGEL, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, and ARCH ENEMY. Live incarnations of METAL ALLEGIANCE have seen guest appearances from Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH), Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee (MOTÖRHEAD), Wolfgang Van Halen (VAN HALEN), Steve Vai and Billy Sheehan.

Tracklist :

01. Gift Of Pain
(Feat. Randy Blythe, Alex Skolnick, David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy, Gary Holt)

02. Let Darkness Fall
(Feat. Troy Sanders, Alex Skolnick, David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy, Mark Menghi, Rex Brown, Randy Blythe)

03. Dying Song
(Feat. Phil Anselmo, Alex Skolnick, Mark Menghi, Mike Portnoy)

04. Can’t Kill The Devil
(Feat. Chuck Billy, Alex Skolnick, David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy, Phil Demmel, Andreas Kisser)

05. Scars
(Feat. Mark Osegueda, Cristina Scabbia, Alex Skolnick, David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy)

06. Destination: Nowhere
(Feat. Matthew K Heafy, Alex Skolnick, David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy)

07. Wait Until Tomorrow
(Feat. Doug Pinnick, Jamey Jasta, Alex Skolnick, David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy)

08. Triangulum
(Feat. Alex Skolnick, David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy, Misha Mansoor, Ben Weinman, Charlie Benante, Phil Demmel, Matthew K. Heafy, Ron “Bumblefoot“ Thal)

09. Pledge Of Allegiance
(Feat. Mark Osegueda, Alex Skolnick, David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy, Charlie Benante, Gary Holt, Andreas Kisser)

10. We Rock (Bonus Track)
(Feat. Mark Osegueda, Chris Jericho, Tim “Ripper“ Owens, Alissa White-Gluz, Chuck Billy, Steve “Zetro“ Souza, Alex Skolnick, David Ellefson, Mike Portnoy, Andreas Kisser, Phil Demmel, Gary Holt)

Total playing time 01:02:10