On Monday, November 4, 11-year-old guitarist Maya Neelakantan from Chennai, India, who gained viral fame after her “America’s Got Talent” audition, took the stage with EXODUS at the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida. She joined the band to perform their song “Brain Dead,” with fan-filmed video of her appearance available below.
This past August, Neelakantan went viral once more with her performance of METALLICA‘s “Master Of Puppets” during the “America’s Got Talent” quarterfinals. Earlier in the competition, the young guitarist wowed a packed live audience at the auditions with her rendition of PAPA ROACH‘s “Last Resort.”
“I have been listening to SLAYER, METALLICA, SLIPKNOT, EXODUS and LAMB OF GOD ever since I was two years old,” she said. “I loved thrash metal because of how energetic it sounded. Every time it was playing, I always jumped up and down.”
In September, Maya joined TESTAMENT on stage at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada, to perform their song “Curse of the Legions of Death (C.O.T.L.O.D.).”
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