'Boldly headbang': Star Trek's Shatner, 94, unveils metal album
"I have explored space.
I have explored time.
Now... I explore distortion," Shatner wrote on social media late Thursday alongside a picture of himself cradling an electric guitar in front of a red, smoky backdrop.
"Thirty-five metal virtuosos. Thunderous guitars. Chaos with purpose," he said.
The cult star promised covers of metal staples like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, as well as "a few originals forged in the same cosmic fire."
Shatner played the daring Captain James T. Kirk...