THRESHOLD WEEKEND

By johanne James

Welcome To The Underground Of

The Middle East (Extreme) Metal Scene

Greetings metal heads, I know it has been a while since I gave you, HeadBangers LifeStyle readers, an update about the [extreme] metal scene here in the Middle East. For those who don’t know me yet, I am Jake Shuker, a metal head from Damascus, Syria and lead guitarist & vocalist in the Death metal band Maysaloon.

DAVID ELLEFSON

Musician And Entrepreneur

David Ellefson is best known as the bassist of Megadeth. Besides that he recently released the second album with Metal Allegiance, a collective with drummer Mike Portnoy, guitarist Alex Skolnick, bassist Mark Menghi and Ellefson as the core members, added with well known singers and guitarists. As if this isn’t enough the man also has his own record and management company (EMP Label Group) and coffee company (Ellefson Coffee Co.). So there is a lot to talk about in the twenty minutes I originally was given but because it was an interesting conversation it took a bit longer.