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METAL ALLEGIANCE Announce West Coast Performance Of Their Black Sabbath Tribute At Annual January Metal Assault

Announce West Coast Performance Of Their Black Sabbath Tribute At Annual January Metal Assault
METAL ALLEGIANCE 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.

On January 24th, the band will assemble at The House Of Blues Anaheim for their annual winter assault. This marks the bands fifth year performing annually in Anaheim. The night presented by NUCLEAR BLAST will open with HELD HOSTAGE and SUPERFIX as well as special guests.

Today, the band announced that their west coast fans will be able to witness their performance of BLACK SABBATH’s debut  album in its entirety. This is an encore of their special performance that occurred at their Halloween show at Brooklyn Bowl in NY! This performance will be in addition to METAL ALLEGIANCE playing music from their self-titled album and their recent sophomore album, Volume II – Power Drunk Majesty.

Check out the trailer for the epic line-up happening January 24th at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, here: https://youtu.be/nseqCmyXahk

Mark Menghi comments, “This past October we had the idea of covering the first Sabbath record while dressing up in costume for a one-time only (scaled down) MA show. However, we had way too much fun and decided to bring it to Anaheim and incorporate the ‘scaled down’ four piece into the massive MA Anaheim show at our home away from home in SoCal. We’ll be doing a full MA set filled with the MA thrash attack you all know and love, covered by a few sprinkles of select gems and guests dosed with the first Sabbath record. This show is NOT to be missed and will certainly be one for the ages.

Alex Skolnick comments, “It is a fun challenge to play BLACK SABBATH’s debut album – the music has as much in common with CREAM and other psychedelic jam rock of the period as the future metal genre it inspired. Playing it live for Halloween (in full early 70s Sabbath regalia) for a packed house in Brooklyn was so special that we just had to bring this experience to friends at our annual Anaheim HoB bash!” 

What a blast it was paying tribute to the mighty Sabbath at our Halloween show in NY…,” comments Mike Portnoy. “We needed to share this experience with the west coast as well!”

Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth comments “Last Halloween, in Brooklyn it happened first, a killer rendition of the first Sabbath record done by MA. Now lets bring it out to Anaheim this January, catch it if you can kids it’s a ONE-more-time deal, portions of the 1st Sabbath record with Alex, Mike, Mark and yours truly….”the world today is such a wicked place….”

In METAL ALLEGIANCE fashion the band will see an all-star line-up including the core four as well as Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA), Mark Osegueda (DEATH ANGEL), John Bush(ARMORED SAINT), Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT), Bobby Blitz (OVERKILLl), Trevor Strnad (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER)Mark Tornillo (ACCEPT), Phil Demmel (MACHINE HEAD), Alissa White-Gluz (ARCH ENEMY) and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein.

Tickets for the show are available for purchase here: m/event/0900554EBE344974

METAL ALLEGIANCE released their sophomore album, Volume II – Power Drunk Majesty, on September 7th via Nuclear Blast.

Order your copy of Volume II – Power Drunk Majesty here: nuclearblast.com/metalallegiance2-pdm 

The thrash worshiping album merges old-school legends with the modern metallers of the scene to produce groove driven, adrenaline soaked anthems while tackling the frustrating state of the world.

Volume II – Power Drunk Majesty was produced by Mark Menghi and Alex Skolnick while Mark Lewisof MRL Studios handled the mixing and mastering. The cover artwork was created by renowned artist Marcelo Vasco (SLAYERMACHINE HEADSOULFLY, HATEBREED) and Rafael Tavares.

The list of musicians for Volume II – Power Drunk Majesty include Trevor Strnad (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER), John Bush (ARMORED SAINT), Bobby “BLITZ” Ellsworth (OVERKILL), Mark Tornillo (ACCEPT), Nita Strauss (ALICE COOPER), Max Cavalera (SOULFLY), Joe SatrianiFloor Jansen (NIGHTWISH), Johan Hegg (AMON AMARTH). It also marks the return of Mark Osegueda(DEATH ANGEL), Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA), and Troy Sanders (MASTODON).

WATCH: January 2019 show including SABBATH
WATCH: “Voodoo Of The Godsend” Music Video
WATCH: “Mother Of Sin” Live Video
WATCH: Band discusses mixing & mastering
LISTEN“The Accuser” track video
WATCH: Discussing the differences between the album
WATCH: Album special guests
WATCH: Max Cavalera Discusses Being A Part Of Volume II – Power Drunk Majesty
WATCH: Mike Portnoy discusses drumming on the album
WATCH: Lyrics of volume II
WATCH: Performing Live
Order your copy of Volume II – Power Drunk Majestyherenuclearblast.com/metalallegiance2-pdm
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