David Ellefson - Sleeping Giants

SLEEPING GIANTS, featuring cover art by Melody Myers (Altitudes and Attitude, Marc Rizzo, Escape The Fate), will be a retrospective featuring several new tracks written and recorded by Ellefson and his partner, and co-author, Thom Hazaert, who also handles vocal duties, plus a collection of demos, and unreleased material from F5, and additional Ellefson projects, including the unreleased demo "If You Were God", featuring John Bush (Anthrax, Armored Saint), plus several unreleased demos featuring House of Lords/Giuffria vocalist David Glen Eisley. The CD version will also include a second bonus disc, featuring a compilation of EMP and COMBAT RECORDS Artists including Green Death, Semblant, Dead By Wednesday, Mark Slaughter, Ron Keel Band, Dangerous Toys, Hatchet, Archer Nation, Helstar, CO-OP, and more.Produced by Ellefson and Hazaert, with additional production from ICON guitarist John Aquilino at the Platinum Underground in Phoenix, Sleeping Giants is tentatively set to include a multitude of guests including legendary MC Daryl "DMC" McDaniels, who shares vocals with Hazaert on the title track, Ken Mary (Alice Cooper, Flotsam and Jetsam), Steve Conley (Flotsam and Jetsam, F5), Ethan Brosh, Bumblefoot (Guns N' Roses, Sons of Apollo), Dave Sharpe and Opus Lawrence of Dead By Wednesday, Mark Tremonti, Illias Papadakis (Memorain), Dave McClain (Machine Head, Sacred Reich), a remix by Game of Thrones star Kristian Nairn, plus the reunion of Ellefson with legendary former Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland.