Brian May joins William Shatner’s forthcoming heavy-metal album

Brian May has been confirmed as a guest on William Shatner’s forthcoming heavy-metal album. Details of the record are still limited, but Guitar World reports that May will contribute guitar with his Red Special as part of the project’s wider cast of metal players.

The pairing is unusual enough to register beyond a routine guest spot: Shatner’s recording career has long leaned into spoken-word interpretations and collaborations, while May brings one of rock’s most recognizable guitar voices into a project explicitly framed as heavy metal.

There is still more to learn about the album itself, so the news is best treated as a collaboration announcement rather than a full album-release story.