Guitar International has issued an interview with Former MEGADETH guitarist GLEN DROVER. The following is an excerpt from the interview, conducted by Rob Cavuoto:

Q: Where did you get your inspiration from when writing for this CD (Metalusion)?

A: "There’s a lot of variation on this CD which encompass all the influences that I grew up with. These inspirations are different than what I’ve been doing over the last decade, which has been metal. I love that stuff but it’s nice to branch off a little bit. I wanted to do something more adventurous. Something I haven’t done before."

Q: Would you consider this one of the highlights of putting out Metalusion?

A: It’s certainly one of the highlights for me from a musical standpoint. Not only because the songs were difficult to play, that’s part of the fun, but also working with these musicians. These guys are by far the best musicians I’ve ever worked with. I know everybody says that same cliché, stupid ass thing, but it hard to beat these guys.

They’re high caliber guys and this music called for it. It makes the whole project a major joy for me because it’s no fun to work with people that just can’t hold their own. I had to work with people like that in the past and it literally sucks the fun out of recording. It’s great when everybody is on the same page when develop new material."

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Drover's new single 'Ground Zero'is now available via iTunes. 'Ground Zero' will appear on Drover's forthcoming solo instrumental album, Metalusion, due April 5th through Magna Carta. Visit Glen's official Facebook page for further details.

The album tracklist is as follows:

'Ground Zero'

'Frozen Dream'

'Egyptian Danza'

'Colors Of Infinity'

'Illusions Of Starlight'

'Don't Let The World Pass You By'

'Mirage'

'Ascension'

'The Purple Lagoon'

'Filthy Habits'

Drover recently spoke with BW&BK; about the new record. An excerpt from the story is available below:

“I called the album Metalusion because it’s a little bit metal, and it’s got these hard-edged fusion influences in there. With Jim (Gilmour) coming from SAGA, the tunes that he wrote are geared in that progressive Saga-ish vein. There’s definitely a metal thing going on because of my playing, but we took different influences and style and brought them all together. As a whole I think the material is really cohesive, which is something I’m really happy about. It’s all about the music and being very self-indulgent in the writing. That’s really where it comes from. Getting hooked up with a decent record deal is the icing on the cake.”

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