Album Review: Metal Allegiance - Metal Allegiance

A vast circus of thrash-orientated metal talent, Metal Allegiance is essentially Alex Skolnick (guitars, Testament), David Ellefson (bass, Megadeth) and Mike Portnoy (drums, Dream Theater) plus 18 other contributors.

Ordinary folks might question whether the likes of Let Darkness Fall really needed three bass players; four if you include Mastodon's Troy Sanders, who contributed vocals only. If your answer is "yes," then you'll fall head over heels for Triangulum and its six additional lead guitarists. Others will wonder where this hypnotically directionless shred-athon is meant to be heading.