Details are still sparse, but William Shatner has a metal album in the works, featuring collaborations with 35 "hand-picked metal icons," including Wayne Kramer (MC5), Henry Rollins (Black Flag, The Rollins Band), Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne), Ritchie Blackmore, and Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream).
In a prepared statement he says, “Metal has always been a place where imagination gets loud,” Shatner said. “This album is a gathering of forces—each artist bringing their fire, their precision, their chaos. I chose them because they have something to say, and because metal demands honesty.”
A press release explains:
The catalyst for the project came with Shatner’s involvement in the upcoming Nuclear Messiah album Black Flame, voicing an intro piece created with Chris Poland, the ex-Megadeth founding guitarist and a widely revered metal innovator. That collaboration didn’t just set a tone—it sparked Shatner’s inspiration to build a full-scale metal album with elite metal talent.
