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2 2026 : |
See Pro-Shot Video Of METAL ALLEGIANCE Joined By MASTODON And SEPULTURA Members For Cover Of 'Whiplash' |
1 2026 : |
See Pro-Shot Video Of METAL ALLEGIANCE Performing New Single 'Black Horizon' |
13 2026 : |
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3 2025 : |
DAVID ELLEFSON On METAL ALLEGIANCE: 'We've Got Some New Material That We're Working On Now' |
26 2025 : |
Watch: METAL ALLEGIANCE Joined By ROBERT TRUJILLO, MARTY FRIEDMAN, GARY HOLT, ANDREAS KISSER, Others At Anaheim Concert |
24 2024 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Is 'Talking About' Making New Music In 2025 |
9 2024 : |
PORTNOY, ELLEFSON, SKOLNICK, BUSH, SANDERS Perform At METAL ALLEGIANCE's East Coast 10th-Anniversary Show |
28 2024 : |
Watch: TESTAMENT, MASTODON, SEPULTURA, OVERKILL, EXODUS Members Perform With METAL ALLEGIANCE At 10th-Anniversary Concert |
10 2023 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Feat. ELLEFSON, PORTNOY, SKOLNICK: 10th-Anniversary Show Announced |
5 2022 : |
Watch: JOHN BUSH And CHUCK BILLY Perform ANTHRAX And TESTAMENT Classics With METAL ALLEGIANCE At ROCK IN RIO 2022 |
17 2021 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Release On-Demand Concert Streaming Event From Long Island 2021; Promo Video Streaming |
9 2021 : |
JOHN BUSH Revisits His Time With ANTHRAX During METAL ALLEGIANCE's Long Island Concert (Video) |
16 2021 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE To Be Joined By JOHN BUSH, MARK OSEGUEDA And PHIL DEMMEL At Long Island Concert |
1 2020 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE's 'Thrashing From The House Of Blues Anaheim' To Raise Funds For LOONEY TUNES Record Store |
21 2020 : |
Watch Drum-Cam Video Of DAVE LOMBARDO Playing SLAYER's 'Angel Of Death' With METAL ALLEGIANCE |
18 2020 : |
Watch DAVE LOMBARDO, GARY HOLT And PHIL DEMMEL Perform SLAYER 'Reign In Blood' Classics At METAL ALLEGIANCE Concert |
27 2019 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Joined By SEPULTURA, OVERKILL, ARCH ENEMY, MISFITS Members At Anaheim Concert: Pro-Shot Video |
24 2018 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE – Highlights From NYC Release Show Streaming |
17 2018 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE To Perform BLACK SABBATH's Entire Debut Album At Brooklyn Concert |
13 2018 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Joined By SEPULTURA, ARCH ENEMY, OVERKILL, ACCEPT Members At New York City Concert (Video) |
8 2018 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Releases 'Beer Visualizer' Video For 'The Accuser' |
26 2018 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE: 'Bound By Silence' Video Featuring JOHN BUSH |
2 2018 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE: New Trailer For 'Volume II - Power Drunk Majesty' Album Feat. MAX CAVALERA |
28 2018 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE: 'Voodoo Of The Godsend' Video Featuring MAX CAVALERA |
14 2018 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Feat. MEGADETH, TESTAMENT Members: Second Trailer For 'Power Drunk Majesty' Album |
30 2018 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Feat. MEGADETH, TESTAMENT Members: First Trailer For 'Power Drunk Majesty' Album |
23 2018 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE's 'Volume II - Power Drunk Majesty' To Feature Members Of OVERKILL, NIGHTWISH, ACCEPT, Others |
25 2017 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE To Be Joined By OVERKILL, ARMORED SAINT Members At Anaheim Concert |
25 2017 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Release Exclusive 360º Video For “Pledge Of Allegiance” From Fallen Heroes Show |
23 2017 : |
JUDAS PRIEST, SCORPIONS, SLAYER, MEGADETH, ALICE IN CHAINS Members Pay Tribute To 'Fallen Heroes' With METAL ALLEGIANCE (Video) |
30 2016 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE: Pro-Shot Footage Of Entire BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Performance |
15 2016 : |
SLAYER/EXODUS Guitarist GARY HOLT Joins METAL ALLEGIANCE On Stage At U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR (Video) |
23 2016 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE's ALEX SKOLNICK Explains How Songs Were Chosen For 'Fallen Heroes' EP |
7 2016 : |
MASTODON, ARCH ENEMY, DEATH ANGEL Members Help METAL ALLEGIANCE Pay Tribute To 'Fallen Heroes' |
31 2016 : |
TESTAMENT, DEATH ANGEL, Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Members To Play DEEP PURPLE's Entire 'Made In Japan' Album |
15 2016 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Founder MARK MENGHI - “We’re Gonna Do A New Record, Most Certainly”; Video |
9 2016 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE - Fan-Filmed Video From Final Show Of Destination (Almost) East Coast Tour Posted |
12 2016 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Feat. MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, DEATH ANGEL Members: Video Of San Francisco Concert |
11 2016 : |
Video: SLIPKNOT, SEPULTURA, Ex-SLAYER Members Join METAL ALLEGIANCE On Stage In West Hollywood |
6 2016 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE To Pay Tribute To LEMMY At West Hollywood Concert |
18 2015 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE – TESTAMENT’s Alex Skolnick And MEGADETH’s Dave Ellefson Streaming “Can’t Kill The Devil” Playthrough Video |
8 2015 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE: 'Scars' Lyric Video Feat. MARK OSEGUEDA, CRISTINA SCABBIA |
22 2015 : |
ALEX SKOLNICK And DAVID ELLEFSON Show You How To Play METAL ALLEGIANCE's 'Can't Kill The Devil' (Video) |
11 2015 : |
Video: Members Of MEGADETH, ANTHRAX, SLAYER, TESTAMENT Perform METALLICA Classic At Japan's LOUD PARK |
22 2015 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Covers DIO's 'We Rock' Feat. ARCH ENEMY, DEATH ANGEL, FOZZY, Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Singers (Video) |
19 2015 : |
ANTHRAX, EXODUS, DEATH ANGEL, ARCH ENEMY Members Perform With METAL ALLEGIANCE In New York (Video) |
18 2015 : |
TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK Believes There Will Be More METAL ALLEGIANCE Albums |
15 2015 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE: 'Gift Of Pain' Video Featuring LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE |
4 2015 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Launch Debut Album Webisode #9 Featuring DAVID ELLEFSON, CHARLIE BENANTE, MIKE PORTNOY And More |
27 2015 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE: Eighth Studio Webisode |
21 2015 : |
Video Premiere: METAL ALLEGIANCE's 'Dying Song' Featuring PHILIP ANSELMO |
20 2015 : |
HATEBREED, KING'S X Members Featured In Latest METAL ALLEGIANCE Studio Webisode |
13 2015 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Launch Debut Album Webisode #6 Featuring TRIVIUM’s Matt Heafy |
30 2015 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE: Fourth Studio Webisode Feat. TESTAMENT's CHUCK BILLY |
22 2015 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Featuring PHILIP ANSELMO: 'Dying Song' Preview |
16 2015 : |
METAL ALLEGIANCE Launch Debut Album Webisode #2; MASTODON, LAMB OF GOD, KILL DEVIL HILL Members Featured |
13 2015 : |
Lyric Video For METAL ALLEGIANCE Song 'Can't Kill The Devil' Feat. CHUCK BILLY, PHIL DEMMEL |
9 2015 : |
LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE, EXODUS'S GARY HOLT Featured In METAL ALLEGIANCE Studio Clip |
26 2015 : |
TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK On Upcoming METAL ALLEGIANCE Album: 'It Happened Really Naturally' |
16 2015 : |
PHILIP ANSELMO, CHARLIE BENANTE, CHUCK BILLY, RANDY BLYTHE To Guest On METAL ALLEGIANCE Debut |
13 2015 : |
MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, Ex-DREAM THEATER Members Unite In METAL ALLEGIANCE |
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5 2022
Watch: JOHN BUSH And CHUCK BILLY Perform ANTHRAX And TESTAMENT Classics With METAL ALLEGIANCE At ROCK IN RIO 2022
In METAL ALLEGIANCE fashion, an all-star lineup performed in Rio De Janeiro, including core members Mike Portnoy (ex-DREAM THEATER) and Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT),as well as Phil Demmel (VIO-LENCE, ex-MACHINE HEAD),Jack Gibson (EXODUS),Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT) and John Bush (ARMORED SAINT, ex-ANTHRAX).
Stemming from an initial idea in 2011, METAL ALLEGIANCE was born as a way to unite a collection of hard rock and heavy metal's most notable musicians in a setting born under one ideal, a love of music and performing.
Brought together by METAL ALLEGIANCE principal partner Mark Menghi, the project's original material came together from the creative minds of Portnoy, Skolnick and ex-MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, alongside Menghi. The four writers then reached out through their metal rolodexes to a diverse lineup of performers, each adding their own personal musical stamp to the songs.
Regarding how the songs on METAL ALLEGIANCE's debut album came together, Skolnick told The Rockpit: "For me it all started with [MOTÖRHEAD's] MotörBoat [cruise in 2014], that official [METAL ALLEGIANCE] gig, because TESTAMENT was on the ship too and I was brought on board as a special guest for METAL ALLEGIANCE and we just hit if off. A few days later, they mentioned the idea of writing and working on some original tunes and then it just went so well, it happened really fast. And I think while the four of us were writing the tunes — me, Mark, Dave Ellefson and Mike Portnoy — we were discussing certain types of voices but we never specifically decided on a specific voice until after the songs were completed and we had a chance to talk to people that we had in mind to sing them. We played them the song, discussed schedules [and whether this] can even work logistically, and it came together very naturally."
Back in April 2019, Ellefson said that one of the keys to METAL ALLEGIANCE was writing "really compelling music," which allows him and his bandmates to be more selective when it comes time to determine which guest vocalists will be singing on their songs. In an interview with Global AZ Media, Ellefson was asked why METAL ALLEGIANCE doesn't follow the traditional band format and prefers to use guest vocalists instead. He responded: "To just go out and play some cover songs, which we had been doing with METAL MASTERS for a couple of years and the first METAL ALLEGIANCE show, technically that was on the Motörboat cruise, but we're all original artists and we're songwriters and we all have record deals and that's what we've grown up knowing as professionals. I think when Mike Portnoy, we go to his house in Pennsylvania and write an album, we were all down for it, meaning the 'core four.' That's what really defines you as an artist, is to write and create together. The fact we come from these different genres — I'm a thrash/rock guy; Skolnick is a jazz/thrash guy; Portnoy is a prog musician and Mark Menghi, we didn't really know what he was because he was our friend, but he brought in this kind of mid-tempo PANTERA, BLACK SABBATH swagger that really none of the other three of us weren't doing. It was such a collaboration between us and the fact we wrote really compelling music — first we write songs, then we think about who we want to have singing it. I think we're doing it the right way, because it's always about the music and the friendship, then it's about adding the other people to contribute. This isn't something where we sit around and go, 'Wouldn't it be great if we could get all of these famous guys? Oh yeah, then we need to write some songs.' I think we do it the right way and the two albums we put out, the two albums and the EP, have really been based on really writing great music and then, from there, getting the right voice. I'll look at inviting John Bush to sing on the song 'Bound By Silence'. You get Max Cavalera [SOULFLY] to collaborate with us on 'Voodoo Of The Godsend'. It's really about having the right pieces of the fabric, not just having someone who is famous."
Thank you (obrigada) to the thousands that came to see @metalallegiance for our Brazilian debut at @rockinrio it was an honor! We’ll be back real soon… pic.twitter.com/Z6dfd3subZ
— Metal Allegiance (@metalallegiance) September 3, 2022
E vamos setlist, porque eu sei que vocês gostam 😏🎶 #RockinRioNoMultishow#MetalAllegianceNoMultishowpic.twitter.com/463FsaTAiB
— Multishow 🤟 (@multishow) September 2, 2022
So excited to be playing @rockinrio again today! One of the most massive festivals on Earth! And @metalallegiance will be bringing the THRASH! If you’re not here in person, I believe the whole festival is streamed on TV/online…so you can tune in!🤘🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/EFdPBEA83O
— Mike Portnoy 🤘 (@MikePortnoy) September 2, 2022
Rehearsals w @metalallegiance went awesome! Can’t wait for the big show tomorrow at @rockinrio! Our lineup for this show is myself, Alex Skolnick & Chuck Billy from Testament, Phil Demmel from Vio-lence, John Bush from Armored Saint & Jack Gibson from Exodus. Its gonna be MASSIVE pic.twitter.com/eoFam1L9je
— Mike Portnoy 🤘 (@MikePortnoy) September 1, 2022So excited to be playing @rockinrio again today! One of the most massive festivals on Earth! And @metalallegiance will be bringing the THRASH! If you’re not here in person, I believe the whole festival is streamed on TV/online…so you can tune in!🤘🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/EFdPBEA83ORehearsals w @metalallegiance went awesome! Can’t wait for the big show tomorrow at @rockinrio! Our lineup for this show is myself, Alex Skolnick & Chuck Billy from Testament, Phil Demmel from Vio-lence, John Bush from Armored Saint & Jack Gibson from Exodus. Its gonna be MASSIVE pic.twitter.com/eoFam1L9je
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