Captain Kirk recruits Mikkey Dee for a metal mission that sounds absolutely bonkers… and we are fully strapped in

Just when you think the world of heavy metal has run out of ways to surprise us, William Shatner has kicked down the door, pointed dramatically at the nearest Marshall stack, and decided he’s going full metal.

Yes. That William Shatner.
Captain Kirk.
The spoken-word chaos wizard.
The man who once turned dramatic pauses into an art form.

Now, at 95 years old, Shatner is preparing an as-yet-untitled heavy metal album, and because apparently “doing something normal” was never on the cards, he’s also looking at taking the whole thing to the stage as a full-blown immersive concert spectacle.

And the latest name joining the madness? None other than Mikkey Dee — the thunder-handed drummer known for his work with Motörhead and Scorpions.

Beam us up, butt. This one’s got riffs.

🥁 Mikkey Dee Joins The Shatner Metalverse

If you’re going to make a heavy metal album, you need drums that don’t politely tap you on the shoulder — you need drums that kick the front door off its hinges and announce themselves like a Viking invasion.

That’s where Mikkey Dee comes in.

The legendary drummer has reportedly joined Shatner’s upcoming album for a cover of the Judas Priest classic “Living After Midnight”. And honestly, that combination alone sounds like it was invented during a very strange backstage conversation at 2am.

William Shatner doing Judas Priest.
Mikkey Dee battering the kit.
Heavy metal royalty circling the project like dragons over a festival field.

That is not a sentence we expected to write this year, but here we are, mun.

🎤 A Heavy Metal Album With Serious Firepower

This isn’t just Shatner having a quick dabble in the heavy stuff either. The album is shaping up to be a proper all-star beast, with a reported 35 musicians involved across the project.

Names already linked to the album include some absolute monsters of rock and metal, with the project previously reported to feature the likes of Rob Halford, Dave Lombardo, Zakk Wylde, and Ritchie Blackmore.

That’s not a guest list.
That’s a metal boss battle.

The album is expected to include covers of classic heavy hitters including Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and Iron Maiden, alongside original material. So we’re not just talking novelty karaoke here — this sounds like Shatner has genuinely decided to dive headfirst into the deep end of metal, wearing a space helmet and probably narrating the fall of civilisation while power chords explode behind him.

Proper job.

🚀 Shatner On Stage? This Could Be Glorious Chaos

The really juicy bit is that Shatner is apparently looking at performing the album live as an immersive spectacle.

Not just a bloke walking out, singing a few songs, waving, and leaving. Oh no.

This sounds like it could be part concert, part theatre show, part cinematic metal fever dream — the kind of thing where you fully expect smoke machines, enormous visuals, thunderous drums, and Shatner standing centre stage delivering every lyric like he’s warning a planet about an incoming asteroid.

Imagine it:

The lights drop.
The crowd roars.
The screen flashes with galaxies, fire, and heavy metal history.
Mikkey Dee starts hammering away like he’s trying to restart a dead star.
Then Shatner steps forward and declares:

“LIVING… AFTER… MIDNIGHT!”

That’s not a gig.
That’s a cosmic incident report.

🤘 Why This Is Exactly The Kind Of Madness Metal Needs

Heavy metal has always had room for the weird, the theatrical, the ridiculous, and the completely unexpected.

This is the same world that gave us giant Eddie stage props, fire-breathing bassists, corpse paint, Viking ships, inflatable devils, chainsaws, pyro, fake blood, real blood, and enough leather trousers to cover the Severn Bridge.

So really, is William Shatner making a heavy metal album with a bunch of legendary musicians that strange?

Yes.
Absolutely.
Massively.

But is it also brilliant?

Also yes.

Because metal has never been about playing it safe. Metal is about drama. Power. Volume. Storytelling. Big daft ideas delivered with total commitment. And if there’s one thing William Shatner knows how to do, it’s commit to the bit like his life depends on it.

🌌 Captain Kirk Enters The Pit

There are still plenty of details to come. The album doesn’t yet have an official title, full track list, release date, or confirmed live dates. But the idea of William Shatner fronting a massive metal-themed live event with legends of the genre involved is already one of the most gloriously unexpected rock stories of the year.

Will it be strange? Definitely.

Will it be dramatic? Obviously.

Could it end up being one of those “I can’t believe I witnessed that” moments fans talk about for years?

Absolutely.

At this point, we don’t want normal. We want Shatner, Priest covers, Mikkey Dee drums, ridiculous visuals, and enough cosmic metal nonsense to make a Klingon throw the horns.

So buckle up, rockers.

William Shatner is entering heavy metal.
And he’s bringing some serious firepower with him.

The final frontier?
Nah, butt.

This is the riff frontier. 🚀🤘🔥