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Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty – Cd
It began as a celebration of heavy metal, powered by the almost tribal bond shared between the extreme music community’s most revered trailblazers, armed with a list of contributors onstage (and off) that read like a Wikipedia entry on the genre itself. Now, with their second album, METAL ALLEGIANCE achieves the seemingly impossible once again. Beyond any doubt, the all-star “project” has cemented its position as a true band. An adrenaline-soaked, thrash-worshipping, groove-driven, diverse, yet more sharply focused effort than its no-less-impressive predecessor, the mere existence and urgent brilliance of ‘Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty’ silences any doubt as to the band’s earnest intention, purposeful resolve, and resilient dedication to all things heavy metal.
Emerging from prolific writing/jamming sessions with two different configurations of the group’s four cofounders, with nine guest vocalists across ten tracks, ‘Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty’ boasts new METAL ALLEGIANCE anthems like ‘Bound By Silence’, ‘Liars & Thieves’, ‘Mother Of Sin’ and ‘The Accuser’, alongside the esoteric mood of ‘Voodoo Of The Godsend’ and expansive album closer ‘Power Drunk Majesty (Part II)’.
‘Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty’ presents a cohesive vision, a straight-ahead almost throwback thrash attack that’s still grooving and modern. Getting the core of METAL ALLEGIANCE together once is nothing short of a minor miracle, considering the complex crisscross of schedules and outside obligations. That Ellefson, Menghi, Portnoy, and Skolnick have written and performed together multiple times and produced not one but two studio albums is nothing short of astounding. It’s evidence of their total commitment to the spirit that METAL ALLEGIANCE embodies, to the force of their unique creative chemistry, and to the fans. The first METAL ALLEGIANCE album featured contributions from past and present members of LAMB OF GOD, SLAYER, EXODUS, PANTERA, MACHINE HEAD, LACUNA COIL, JUDAS PRIEST, ARCH ENEMY and ANTHRAX to name but a few. On ‘Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty’, the core membership is once again strengthened by a small army of friends, an eclectic mix of metal legends, visionaries, and firebrands.
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