William Shatner Announces Heavy Metal Album Featuring 35 Metal Icons
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William Shatner, best known as Captain Kirk from Star Trek, is creating a heavy metal album featuring 35 metal icons, inspired by his guest appearance on a Nuclear Messiah record with Chris Poland. The project was sparked when Zakk Wylde gifted Shatner a guitar, motivating him to create a 'fearless' metal album. While details like the album title and full cast remain unannounced, the article highlights Shatner's unconventional approach to guitar playing and his genuine passion for metal music.
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"Metal has always been a place where imagination and creativity can run wild"
"Given all that he has been through – all those times Montgomery Scott beamed him through the transporter, the long-running feuds with Klingons and Romulans – we can forgive Shatner for not holding the electric guitar in the orthodox fashion"
The cast of players is yet to be announced – there is no title either – but Shatner says the whole thing was inspired by a guest turn on a Nuclear Messiah record with Chris Poland
