Best Testament album(s)

[waif]

Demonic is the only Testament album I ever really enjoyed.

Did anyone notice this? I think this more or less voids all his opinions on anything thrash-related.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Did anyone notice this? I think this more or less voids all his opinions on anything thrash-related.

Demonic isn't great, but it's good. There are balls to be found in it, unlike the pussy thrash they were playing from The New Order through The Ritual.

 

[waif]

Has the world gone insane or something?
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Pussy thrash?
After Practice What You Preach, maybe. And Practice wasn't the thrashingest thing ever either. But when it gets going, The New Order fucking rips.

Haven't heard the entirety of Demonic...but here's the opener:

This isn't the worst thing ever, but this is undeniably poor.

 

[The Ozzman]

Demonic is pretty bad

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The New Order is the best album in their descent into pussification, but it's basically smooth guitar intro music with thrash influences.

 

[waif]

Are you trying to say that the excessive use of clean guitar interludes make it pussy thrash?

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Testament is pretty damn good... I've only heard the first 5 but dig all of those. First 2 are the best though.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Are you trying to say that the excessive use of clean guitar interludes make it pussy thrash?

When the guitar interludes overwhelm any semblance of consistent riffage, yes.

 

[waif]

The parts that aren't thrash don't affect the thrashiness of the thrash parts, just the consistency of the album.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The parts that aren't thrash don't affect the thrashiness of the thrash parts, just the consistency of the album.

This is a poll about albums, not "parts".

 

[waif]

The album consists of clean interludes and ripping thrash. You can't say that it is thus pussy thrash. You can say that the interludes are stupid and detract from the consistency and thrashulosity of the album, but they don't make it pussy thrash.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Well, listening bits of the album again I guess it's entirely mid-tempo bath house thrash, but The Preacher and A Day of Reckoning are definitely more PWYP than The Legacy. Like I said, it began the descent. That hard-rock-with-thrash-riffs thing that Bay Area bands were doing in the late 80's annoys the crap out of me.

 

[waif]

Hard rock? Aside from the Aerosmith cover, it's pretty much pure thrash with gay interludes. Again, not saying it's a great album but saying it's anything other than thrash is just fucking factually incorrect.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I didn't say that it wasn't thrash. It's pussy thrash, a sub-genre of thrash metal, pioneered by Anthrax on their Among the Living album, which reached the height of its popularity approximately between 1988 and 1990. Look at Under the Influence, Frolic Through the Park, and The American Way for further examples.

 

[IntoPhagist]

The Legacy and New Order are some of the best metal ever...How can anyone say Demonic is better. And I agree about Chuck's vocals, I couldn't get into Formation of Damnation.

 

[TheInsane]

I for one love the clean guitar interludes and intros. It builds things upp nicely and makes the thrash stuff more effective. More bands should use more dynamics.

 

[beast from the east]

Hands down, The New Order is there best. Demonic is kinda cool, but Practice What You Preach is probably second.

 

[voodoo]

I really dig most of their material but this choice was a no-brainer for me:


The Gathering

 

[kuier]

The Legacy
The New Order
Practice What You Preach

 

[BaNnEdFrOmHeVeN]

Souls of Black and Demonic ftw