Metal Allegiance To Release 'Fallen Heroes' EP In August
Wednesday, 06 July 2016
Written by Laura Johnson
Metal Allegiance will release their new EP, 'Fallen Heroes', this summer.
The three track record, which is due out on August 12, will honour Lemmy Kilmister, David Bowie, and Glenn Frey. It features contributions from Troy Sanders, Mark Osegueda, Alissa White-Gluz, Alex Skolnick, Mark Menghi and Mike Portnoy.
Discussing it, Mark Menghi said:
“The end of 2015 and most of 2016 has been a brutal year with many of our heroes passing. When Portnoy called me in January to alert me that Glenn Frey had passed, I literally broke down. That night after having a few Tequila Sunrises in Glenn’s honor, a lightbulb went off… We’re going to record a few tunes to honor our fallen heroes. I called back Mike that evening and asked him what he thought and the next day we were in the studio recording. By weeks end, all guitars, drums and bass were complete. I can’t begin to explain the influence that Glenn Frey,Lemmy, and David Bowie had on me. Each of their music has helped me immensely during some real dark periods of my life and not to mention their influence on me as a musician and songwriter. Lemmy is God, Glenn is King and David is the Architect.”
Skolnick also added:
"These brilliant artists have an extensive catalogue that is sometimes on the softer side (with the exception of Motörhead, of course). So when it came to The Eagles & Bowie, we specifically chose tunes of theirs that are riff-based and translatable to high energy arrangements. For Lemmy, we immediately crossed out "Ace of Spades" (great tune but the last thing the world needs is yet another cover version) and chose "Iron Fist," which we already had a good handle on from playing live and to us is every bit as much a signature Motörhead tune."
Metal Allegiance will make their UK live debut at this year's Bloodstock festival.
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