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Eleven-year-old viral guitar sensation Maya Neelakantan joined Testament onstage during the band’s show in Las Vegas on Friday (September 13th).
Fresh off her widely seen America’s Got Talent quarterfinals appearance , Maya was invited onstage by the Bay Area thrash vets for a rendition of “Curse of the Legions of Death (C.O.T.L.O.D.)” from the seminal album The Legacy .
Guitarist Alex Skolnick and frontman Chuck Billy handled the introductions, revealing that this would be Maya’s first time playing live at an actual heavy metal show — not exactly the same crowd as the AGT studio audience.
“So let’s show her some love!” shouted Billy toward the crowd, which roared in support.
Incredibly, Maya seamlessly fell in with Skolnick and rhythm guitarist Eric Peterson as if she was a third guitar player in the band. Around the two-minute mark, Slolnick pointed toward Maya, signaling for her to take the first solo in the song from the centerstage spotlight. She wore her trademark beaming smile all the while.