Classic Rock Revisited's Ryan Sparks recently spoke with former MEGADETH guitarist Glen Drover about his new solo album, Metalusion. An excerpt is available below:

Ryan: I think more than anything this album reveals a side of you that maybe the general population hasn’t heard before. Do you feel that with this record that you’ve taken a step towards showing people what you’re really capable of? Not that you have anything to prove mind you, but maybe just to show them a bit more diversity?

Glen: "Yeah, you’re right. It’s not like I felt like I had to prove something. It was just done purely because I wanted to. It’s nice to be able to do that and branch out a little bit, while still retaining the metal elements that I’ve done in the past. Every album that I’ve done is metal, so it’s nice that I can retain that, but also take it to other areas you know? I mean it’s primarily aggressive music, but there are just a lot of different styles on there. It was really nice to just kind of branch out a little bit. It’s totally coming straight from the heart and it’s not trying to jump on any bandwagon, because we have enough of that don’t we? It’s all about doing what you want to do and what makes you happy. This is what makes me happy and I think it shows."

Ryan: I think sequencing songs on an album is kind of a lost art. You want to be able to put it on, listen to it from beginning to end and have the music take you on a journey.

Glen: "That is an art, sequencing the songs. You want to put them in the proper order so it does make sense. I actually went over it quite a few times. My brother Shawn is pretty good at doing that. When we did all the Eidolon albums he pretty much always chose the order. So it’s definitely something to be very conscious of and you want to be careful with it, because that’s very important when you’re listening to the album. It’s not necessarily putting all the stronger songs in the front end. I think it’s about having it where you get from one song to the next and you can tell it’s the next song, you know what I mean?"

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As previously reported, 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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