{"id":18582,"date":"2026-02-19T11:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=18582"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:03:55","slug":"william-shatner-announces-new-all-star-metal-album-featuring-35-hand-picked-metal-icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=18582","title":{"rendered":"WILLIAM SHATNER Announces New All-Star Metal Album Featuring 35 Hand-Picked Metal Icons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo credit: Eric Hendrikx<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Shatner with Zakk Wylde while recording “Iron Man”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Shatner<\/strong> is turning the volume up to pain-threshold max.. The legendary actor, author, and cultural icon today announces his latest album \u2014 a heavy metal extravaganza powered a veritable army of metal stars, each one personally selected and hand-picked by Shatner<\/strong> to help deliver a project that’s equal parts thunder, theater, and fearless experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shatner<\/strong> has long been attracted to music that challenges boundaries and amplifies storytelling. Over the years, his recordings have attracted a striking range of collaborators across heavy music and beyond \u2014 artists chosen for their distinct voices, fearlessness, and credibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zakk Wylde<\/strong> (OZZY OSBOURNE),Ritchie Blackmore<\/strong> (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW),Edgar Froese<\/strong> (TANGERINE DREAM),Wayne Kramer<\/strong> (MC5),Henry Rollins<\/strong> (BLACK FLAG, THE ROLLINS BAND) have all recorded with the legend. Indeed, Shatner<\/strong>‘s history of defying expectations is well documented, and his music has long lived in the space where spoken-word intensity meets cinematic atmosphere. This new album raises the stakes even higher: more artists, more distortion, more drama \u2014 and a heavier impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Metal has always been a place where imagination gets loud,” Shatner<\/strong> said. “This album is a gathering of forces \u2014 each artist bringing their fire, their precision, their chaos. I chose them because they have something to say, and because metal demands honesty.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Built around massive guitars, cinematic arrangements, and Shatner<\/strong>‘s signature vocal intensity, the record plays like a high-voltage film: sharp turns, dark humor, raw emotion, and moments of unexpected beauty. The result is an event album \u2014 designed not as a novelty, but as a statement, uniting a legion of metal’s most respected musicians under one uniquely singular vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The catalyst for the project came with Shatner<\/strong>‘s involvement in the upcoming NUCLEAR MESSIAH<\/strong> album “Black Flame”<\/strong>, voicing an intro piece created with Chris Poland<\/strong>, the ex-MEGADETH<\/strong> guitarist and a widely revered metal innovator. That collaboration didn’t just set a tone \u2014 it sparked Shatner<\/strong>‘s inspiration to build a full-scale metal album with elite metal talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When NUCLEAR MESSIAH<\/strong> came to life, something clicked,” Shatner<\/strong> said. “It wasn’t just a track \u2014 it was a doorway. It made me want to go all the way in, bring in the best metal players I could find, and create something fearless.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding to the momentum, metal guitar icon Zakk Wylde<\/strong> personally gifted Shatner<\/strong> a guitar, a gesture Shatner<\/strong> describes as unexpected and deeply motivating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’ve spent a lifetime exploring in both reality and fiction,” said Shatner<\/strong>. “Now I am stepping out into the unknown once again with my new project in heavy metal. I am covering BLACK SABBATH<\/strong>, JUDAS PRIEST<\/strong> and IRON MAIDEN<\/strong> as well as a number of new songs written by my team. The whole project is destined for this year. I hope you will join me in the exploration.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional album details \u2014 including title, track list, release date, lead single, and the full roster of featured artists \u2014 will be revealed soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

photo credit: Eric Hendrikx William Shatner with Zakk Wylde while recording “Iron Man” William Shatner is turning the volume up to pain-threshold max.. The legendary actor, author, and cultural icon today announces his latest album \u2014 a heavy metal extravaganza powered a veritable army of metal stars, each one personally selected and hand-picked by Shatner to help deliver… Read More »WILLIAM SHATNER Announces New All-Star Metal Album Featuring 35 Hand-Picked Metal Icons<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18584,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18582\/revisions\/18584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}