{"id":5839,"date":"2026-05-10T17:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/5839\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T17:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:15:09","slug":"chris-poland-and-marty-friedman-reunite-on-nuclear-messiahs-all-star-metal-album-black-flame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/5839\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Poland and Marty Friedman Reunite on Nuclear Messiah&#8217;s All-Star Metal Album &#8216;Black Flame&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thatericalper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nuclear-messiah.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nuclear-messiah-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"nuclear-messiah\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some albums are collections of songs. \u2018Black Flame\u2019 is something else entirely. Nuclear Messiah\u2019s all-star concept album is out now via Cleopatra Records, and it\u2019s one of the most ambitious heavy music projects in recent memory, uniting 36 iconic musicians across five decades of rock and metal history.<\/p>\n<p>Built around the guitar mastery of Chris Poland, the former Megadeth guitarist whose fusion-driven technique helped reshape modern metal, \u2018Black Flame\u2019 is a full-scale metal summit. Produced by Cleopatra founder Brian Perera, Derek Hughes, and Jurgen Engler, with A&amp;R direction from John Lappen, the record opens with a spoken introduction from William Shatner and doesn\u2019t let up from there.<\/p>\n<p>The lead single \u201cElectric Burn\u201d is the album\u2019s climactic closer, and it delivers exactly what that position demands. Poland is joined by fellow Megadeth alumni Marty Friedman and Chris Adler, alongside Blue Oyster Cult bassist Joe Bouchard and Ross The Boss frontman Marc Lopes. Poland himself puts it plainly: \u201c\u2018Electric Burn\u2019 is just that, this song is on fire. Chris Adler is smokin\u2019 hot and the rest of the band follows suit. I mean, come on, freakin\u2019 Marty Friedman is on this track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The album\u2019s guest list reads like a hall of fame roll call. Sebastian Bach, Rick Wakeman, Tim \u201cRipper\u201d Owens, Joe Lynn Turner, Pat Travers, Derek Sherinian, David Ellefson, Bumblefoot, Jonathan Cain, and many more each bring their own era and energy to the record. Covers of tracks from Lucifer\u2019s Friend, May Blitz, Holocaust, and Uriah Heep sit alongside all-new material, each song composed by its own lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Perera describes the project\u2019s core: \u201cChris isn\u2019t just a guitarist, he\u2019s a spirit of sound. Nuclear Messiah was built around his brilliance and brought to life by an army of legends who share his passion and precision.\u201d Poland echoes that sentiment about the full record: \u201cThis record has so many metal icons playing on it. It\u2019s really a must for any metal head\u2019s record collection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cElectric Burn\u201d video pulls footage from Kazy Tauginas\u2019s award-winning film Mirror Life: Modern Zombies, a visual match for the track\u2019s intensity and scale.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Black Flame\u2019 is out now. It\u2019s a living timeline of heavy music, and there\u2019s nothing else quite like it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Black Flame\u2019 Track Listing:<\/p>\n<p>The Prophet Of Fallout feat. Chris Poland &amp; William Shatner<\/p>\n<p>Devil Won\u2019t Let Go feat. Chris Poland, Ronnie Romero, Vinnie Moore, Vinny Appice, Don Airey, Steve Di Giorgio<\/p>\n<p>Death Or Glory feat. Chris Poland, Thor, Bob Daisley, Glen Drover, Fred Aching<\/p>\n<p>Ride The Sky feat. Chris Poland, Arthur Brown, Vinny Appice, Alan Davey<\/p>\n<p>Dice And Thunder feat. Chris Poland, Rick Wakeman, Ronnie Romero, Bumblefoot, Steve Di Giorgio, Fred Aching<\/p>\n<p>For Mad Men Only feat. Chris Poland, Pat Travers, Joe Lynn Turner, Alan Davey, Shawn Drover<\/p>\n<p>Nuclear Messiah feat. Chris Poland, Lance Lopez, Greg Walker, Tim \u201cRipper\u201d Owens, Vinny Appice, Don Airey<\/p>\n<p>Look At Yourself feat. Chris Poland, Sebastian Bach, Derek Sherinian, Bob Daisley, Mick Box, Carmine Appice<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s So Evil feat. Chris Poland, Joel Hoekstra, David Ellefson, Don Airey, Andrew Freeman, Simon Wright<\/p>\n<p>Black Flame feat. Chris Poland, Ronnie Romero, Jonathan Cain, Phil Soussan, Glen Drover, Chris Adler<\/p>\n<p>Electric Burn feat. Chris Poland, Marty Friedman, Joe Bouchard, Marc Lopes, Chris Adler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some albums are collections of songs. \u2018Black Flame\u2019 is something else entirely. 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