{"id":17250,"date":"2026-02-05T18:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heavensmetalmagazine.com\/?p=17250"},"modified":"2026-02-05T18:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:37:28","slug":"news-rick-wakeman-jams-with-chris-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heavensmetalmagazine.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/news-rick-wakeman-jams-with-chris-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"News: Rick Wakeman Jams With Chris Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><u>A POWERHOUSE COLLABORATION:&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>NUCLEAR MESSIAH (FEATURING CHRIS POLAND) AND RICK WAKEMAN COLLIDE WITH \u201cDICE AND THUNDER\u201d<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JANUARY 30, 2026 &#8212;&nbsp;<strong>Rick Wakeman<\/strong>&nbsp;has recorded with some of the greatest legends in rock history &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>David Bowie<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Lou Reed<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Cat Stevens<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Al Stewart<\/strong>\u2026yes, of course,&nbsp;<strong>Elton John<\/strong>, and both&nbsp;<strong>Black Sabbath<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His latest excursion, however, might well be the heaviest record he has ever performed on.&nbsp; \u201cDICE AND THUNDER,\u201d the latest single by all-star metal\/prog aggregation&nbsp;<strong>NUCLEAR MESSIAH<\/strong>, sees&nbsp;<strong>Wakeman<\/strong>&nbsp;join forces with former&nbsp;<strong>Megadeth<\/strong>maestro&nbsp;<strong>Chris Poland<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Steve Di Giorgio<\/strong>(Testament),&nbsp;<strong>Rainbow<\/strong>&nbsp;frontman&nbsp;<strong>Ronnie Romero<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Ron \u201cBumblefoot\u201d Thal<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Fred Aching<\/strong>(BulletBoys), for three minutes of blistering, seething mayhem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sonic detonation that could crack the sky, \u201cDICE AND THUNDER\u201d is a driving skull-splitter &#8211; and with Poland\u2019s screaming guitar to the fore, how could it not be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But&nbsp;<strong>Wakeman<\/strong>\u2019s keys give as good as they get, igniting the carnage with a portentous overture, and embedding themselves so deep inside the performance that, even as his organ leads the track to its fade, you should be cueing it up to blaze again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stream\/Download \u201cDICE AND THUNDER\u201d:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcl8.com\/23bdabusqjakaeqmhjapayhyaxauejbb\/click.php\">https:\/\/orcd.co\/diceandthunder<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcl8.com\/7d52cbusqbadaeqmhjagayhyatauejbb\/click.php\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/0jlGPaC5W2E<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A thunderous all-star concept set, the full&nbsp;<strong>NUCLEAR MESSIAH<\/strong>&nbsp;album is called&nbsp;BLACK FLAME&nbsp;&#8211; and how appropriate is that? The God of Hellfire himself,&nbsp;<strong>Arthur Brown<\/strong>, starred on&nbsp;<strong>NUCLEAR MESSIAH<\/strong>\u2019s first single, a cover of Lucifer\u2019s Friend\u2019s classic \u201cRide The Sky,\u201d which was released before Christmas (watch it on Cleopatra Records\u2019 official YouTube page&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcl8.com\/907ccbusqhacaeqmhjacayhyacauejbb\/click.php\">HERE<\/a>); and the new year opened with the incendiary title track, \u201cBlack Flame\u201d itself (watch it on Cleopatra Records\u2019 official YouTube page&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcl8.com\/4268dbusqwafaeqmhjazayhyaiauejbb\/click.php\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like that track, \u201cDICE AND THUNDER\u201d is a&nbsp;<strong>Chris Poland<\/strong>&nbsp;original and, for anyone schooled in the art of Megadeth\u2019s most combustible albums, you can already guess what that means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heart of&nbsp;<strong>NUCLEAR MESSIAH<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Poland<\/strong>\u2019s melodic fluidity, experimental phrasing, and sheer command of tone, have inspired generations. From Megadeth\u2019s&nbsp;PEACE SELLS\u2026 BUT WHO\u2019S BUYING?&nbsp;to his work in OHM and Damn the Machine,&nbsp;<strong>Poland<\/strong>\u2019s guitar sound remains one of the most distinctive in modern music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChris isn\u2019t just a guitarist \u2014 he\u2019s a spirit of sound,\u201d says Brian Perera, Cleopatra\u2019s founder and the album\u2019s executive producer. \u201c<strong>NUCLEAR MESSIAH<\/strong>was built around his brilliance and brought to life by an army of legends who share his passion and precision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NUCLEAR MESSIAH<\/strong>&nbsp;is a monumental all-star metal project built around the visionary guitar work of&nbsp;<strong>Chris Poland<\/strong>&nbsp;(Megadeth), uniting 34 legendary musicians from across five decades of rock and metal into one cinematic, apocalyptic statement on the full album,&nbsp;BLACK FLAME, which will be released&nbsp;on April 24&nbsp;via Cleopatra Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced by Brian Perera, Derek Hughes, and J\u00fcrgen Engler for Cleopatra Records with&nbsp;a commanding spoken introduction to the album by&nbsp;<strong>William Shatner<\/strong>,&nbsp;BLACK FLAME&nbsp;is an apocalyptic, cinematic, sonic album uniting a staggering line-up of&nbsp;36 of the most iconic musicians&nbsp;in rock and metal history. 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