HALFORD guitarist METAL MIKE CHLASCIAK has announced that drummer extraordinaire Kevin Talley (DAATH, MISERY INDEX, DYING FETUS, HATE ETERNAL) has completed tracking all the drum parts for Mike’s awaited up-coming solo album, The Metalworker.

“Kevin has come very highly recommended through a friend of mine. And as these things go, I went and searched a few things on the internet and I immediately became a very, very quick fan of Kevin’s drumming. I’ll be honest, some of things I have seen him do just plainly blew me away. He is phenomenally fast, very precise, hits hard and he generally seemed like a no frills hard working guy.

The Metalworker album contains a major dose of unrelenting ideas, but at the same time, I did not want to loose the traditional metal sensibilities that I carry with me. Kevin understood this and I am humbled by his incredible performances. He really played perfect drums for the music. His power and performance will be a treat for you to hear. Its very exciting for me to record my guitars at this time.”, commented Mike.

“As a full time studio drummer, it is sometimes overwhelming to constantly track ultra technical brutal death metal songs. But while tracking The Metalworker album for Metal Mike, it reminds me why I got into metal in the first place… straight forward brutal catchy riffs without any of the BS associated with most metal bands today. This is the "meat and potatoes" of metal if you will. It's not one of those 'Can I have a side salad please' type of bands. The album plows with killer riffage, ragin' leads, and ultra sick double bass for days.”, commented Kevin.

As previously reported, Chlasciak has recently completed his first US solo dates debuting his new solo band that includes Carlos Zema – on vocals, Clint Arent on bass and John Macaluso on drums.

Mike’s solo band suppored German metallers PRIMAL FEAR at Jaxx in Springfield, VA on May 21st before a headlining show at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ on May 22nd.

Mike had additionally joined Primal Fear for the Judas Priest "Metal Gods" on May 20th at the Blender Theatre in New York City and May 21st at Jaxx.

A live Metal Mike clip can be found below: