BEST 3 Testament albums?

[Manbient]

ok i am new to Testament... what 3 albums should i pick up to get to know what they sound like. Give me the most melodic album, the most thrashy, and another good one if you can. Also can you name some other good thrash bands to check out?

 

[Brutalizer]

Originally posted by Bumblefoot
ok i am new to Testament... what 3 albums should i pick up to get to know what they sound like. Give me the most melodic album, the most thrashy, and another good one if you can. Also can you name some other good thrash bands to check out?

The first one, "The Legacy", is damn thrashy and melodic.
The most thrashy one is probably "The Gathering".
Then go for "Souls Of Black". It has this 80's hardrock feeling with melodies and some thrashy stuff.

Good luck!

 

[Sasser]

Go buy First Strike Still Deadly. Do Not Hesitate - DNH!

 

[Demonic_Science]

i relly like the gathering

 

[jimbobhickville]

Practice What You Preach - most progressive
The New Order - most melodic
The Gathering - most thrashy

Those would be my picks; I've been listening to 'em since '88, though, so I have a little bit of a preference for the older stuff.

 

[Sullen Jester]

Low.
Demonics.
First Strike Still Deadly.

Note: I just realised there was a Testament forum on UM.

 

[RogueSpirit]

I would pick up First Strike Still Deadly, since it almost serves as a "best-of" their first two albums, which are two of their finest works, with excellent production (I never liked 80's production values too much, plus Andy Sneap rules).

Anyway, my top-3 Testament (I don't count FSSD or Greatest Hits collections):

1. The Gathering (heaviest)
2. The New Order (somewhere in the middle IMO)
3. The Ritual (most melodic)

 

[Sydo]

These three may not be the best, but they would be the first I'd encourage a new fan to buy.

Low
First Strike Still Deadly
The Gathering

 

[creepindeath66]

The New Order
the Gathering
First Strike Still Deadly

 

[MacMoney]

Thrashiest:

The Legacy

Most melodic:

The Ritual (not at all thrashy though)

The other one:

Demonic

 

[Sadistik]

Get Practice, Low, and Gathering for a good summary of their career. Bumblefoot, the guitarwork on Practice'll make you cream your pants, silly axe wanker!

 

[ChaosWithoutProphecy]

Id say get the legacy and new order BEFORE you pick up first strike still deadly, so you can appriciate the originals first. Also pick up the gathering, low and demonic.

 

[DrBell]

The Legacy
The New Order
and umm Low or The Gathering

 

[Rattlehead]

Souls of Black
Practice what you Preach
The Ritual

 

[Deadly Embrace]

1. The New Order (Classic Melodic)
2. The Legacy (Classic Thrash)
3. The Gathering (best album since the first 2)

 

[Testament Legions]

The New Order; The Gathering; Practice What You Preach

 

[Latman]

Bumblefoot, I've seen your posts on the petrucci forum. Being the huge petrucci fan I am, I say welcome to the world of testament.
If you're looking for crazy skolnick solos then the Ritual is by far the craziest album in that sence. He really got to cut loose on that one. I also would reccomend First Strike it Still Deadly because they got Alex back to remake a bunch of old tunes, new production, better drummer, Chuck singing his nuts off ect...
My 3rd album to reccomend would be the Gathering. Its the best heavy album ever, bar none. Not a whole lot of over the top guitar solos, but they aren't needed. Peterson (the riff god) and Murphy take care buisness like no ever did before.

 

[Viking Chief]

The best you can do is get The gathering, Low, The new order, and Practice what you preach. While you're at it, might as well pick up The legacy

 

[Dogfacedgod]

IMO I think:

The Gathering
The New Order
Low
and First Stike still Deadly

are the best TestAmenT albums

 

[Dirt Junior]

THE GATHERING
LOW
THE LEGACY