DAVID ELLEFSON RELEASES JUDAS PRIEST COVER SONG FEATURING AMERICAN IDOL CONTESTANT JAMES DURBIN
GRAMMY Award winning bassist DAVID ELLEFSON has announced his BASS WARRIOR TOUR
across Europe for spring 2025. The tour will feature Ellefson and his solo band performing
select cuts from his well-known catalog of Mega hits, solo material and other hard rock & metal
favorites which inspired him during his 40-year music career.
To coincide with the announcement, Ellefson teamed up with AMERICAN IDOL contestant
JAMES DURBIN to release a powerhouse version of the JUDAS PRIEST classic Metal Gods. The
song also features Ellefson’s solo band of musicians including his long-time friend and musical
director Andy Martongelli.
The song is now available across all digital platforms and can be heard here:
METAL GODS
Ellefson states, “As we’re announcing the next round of Bass Warrior tour dates for 2025 it
seemed fitting to push out a new track which so clearly identifies heavy metal music, that of our
favorite Judas Priest! And, to do it with our friend James Durbin on vocals. He has such a
fantastic voice and he even performed with the mighty Priest on American Idol so this story
pretty much wrote itself.”
Durbin continues, “When David Ellefson & Andrea Martongelli DM you and want you to cover
Judas Priest with them, the answer is ‘YES’! Aside from the late great Ronnie James Dio, the
mighty Priest are the top of the heavy metal mountain for me and covering their music is a
request I’ll never turn down, especially considering who that request come from.”
James Durbin was a contestant on the 10th season of American Idol and performed alongside
Judas Priest during the show’s finale that year. The track is produced by Ellefson and his solo
band guitarist Andy Martongelli and mixed by Alessio Garavello at Rogue Recording Studios in
Wembley, UK.
