{"id":341903,"date":"2026-09-09T15:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341903\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:56:22","slug":"william-shatners-heavy-metal-dream-just-got-bigger-with-queens-brian-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341903\/","title":{"rendered":"William Shatner\u2019s Heavy Metal Dream Just Got Bigger With Queen&#8217;s Brian May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/williamshatner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">William Shatner\u2019s<\/a> upcoming heavy metal album just added another serious dose of rock royalty. Queen guitarist Brian May is the latest legendary musician to join the\u00a0Star Trek\u00a0icon\u2019s ambitious all-star metal project.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The collaboration adds one of rock\u2019s most recognizable guitarists to an album that is already shaping up to be one of the more unexpected heavy metal records of 2026. Shatner has been assembling a huge cast of musicians from across the metal and hard rock worlds, and May\u2019s involvement takes the project to a new level.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brian May Brings His Signature Guitar Sound\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Details about May\u2019s specific contribution remain\u00a0under wraps. He joins an already epic lineup of musicians recruited for Shatner\u2019s heavy metal project.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among the previously announced collaborators are Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford, Disturbed bassist John Moyer and legendary drummer Dave Lombardo, whose r\u00e9sum\u00e9 includes his influential work with Slayer and the Misfits.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The album was first announced by Shatner earlier this year as a massive collaboration featuring 35 hand-picked metal musicians. The project is expected to include covers of songs associated with heavy metal giants such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, alongside original material.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shatner has already teased the project&#8217;s enormous ambitions. Shatner wrote in a social media post, \u201cLadies, gentlemen, SWs fans\u2026\u2028I have explored space.\u2028I have explored\u00a0time.\u2028Now\u2026 I explore distortion. Yes. You read that correctly.\u2028I am releasing a HEAVY METAL album.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He promised that the project\u00a0is\u00a0\u201cQuite literally, a gathering of forces. Loud imagination. Honest intensity. Unapologetic exploration.\u201d The actor also emphasized\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0no slowing him down. \u201cAt 94, one does not slow down. One turns the volume up.\u00a0So\u00a0prepare yourselves.\u2028We are about to boldly headbang where no one has headbanged before,\u201d successfully referencing that famous\u00a0Star Trek\u00a0quote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William Shatner\u2019s upcoming heavy metal album just added another serious dose of rock royalty. Queen guitarist Brian May&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[664,9,24,63,122,124,123,128264],"class_list":["post-341903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-brian-may","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-william-shatner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}