Eric announces some huge surprises in the setlist

[one man]

for the new tour!
That happened in an interview for Poland's biggest internet portal.

He said they are going to change the setlist drastically and include:
A day of reckoning (well, it was written "dead reckoning" but non-metal sites sometimes make such mistakes)

"Do or die"
"The burning times"
"Dog faced gods"
plus about 5 new songs

Sounds good to me. I'll probably have a heart attack when I hear "A day of reckoning live" and if I manage to survive, "Do or die" will surely finish me


Oh, he also said they've 3 or 4 songs almost ready (one of them is a "sensational" ballad, kinda resembling "Trail of tears")- which we've already heard. And that they're planning to get into studio again early 2010! I'm glady they're already thinking about it instead of resting on their laurels and enjoying the success of "Formation.."

 

[one man]

http://muzyka.onet.pl/10175,1482392,0,2,wywiady.html
oh, here's the link if someone reads Polish

 

[SlayerNPG]

wow this is fucking awesome, thanks for the news man! What a great time to be a testament fan!

 

[NYthrash]

thats fucking sick, i will go nuts for dog faced gods

 

[redfly]

Can't wait for 2010!!They are doing a new dvd right? Will the new set list be part of that?

 

[D.Ingram]

Dog Faced Gods.... *splooges*

if they played Trail of Tears, Jun-Jun or Urotsuikidoji then I'd die from the over-awesomeness of it all. God almighty...

 

[GhostofCain]

Wait so what do you mean? They already have some new songs recorded besides whats on TFOD? and one of them is a ballad? BTW that would just be sick and surreal to see Alex thrashing on Demonic and Low songs. Thats like, when two worlds collide.

 

[blind_cynic]

just for your sanity,I hope for you they will play "Apocalyptic City" when you're gonna see them.that song is the awesomeness.

 

[idpmofo]

Here's a setlist from a show on last weekend of March (California?). Not sure exactly what show the guy who told me this saw.

Over The Wall
Into The Pit
Apocalyptic City
Practice What You Preach
New Order
Low
Trial Of Tears
Henchmen Ride
The Evil Has Landed
Souls Of Black
The Preacher
DNR
3 Days In Darkness
Alone In The Dark
Disciples Of The Watch

 

[~Lynn~]

"The Preacher"

 

[Samsara]

I saw the first night in San Fran. Hell of a show. Alex just grinded away on the riffs from the Low and Demonic records. The new songs absolutely slay live.

 

[GhostofCain]

Is "Alex grinded away" a good thing? Or do you mean he kinda half hearted played through the songs?

 

[GhostofCain]

Here is an interesting reading on that subject. From 1998 http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/content/view/221/0/

Metal Rules!!
Here's another one I'm sure all the long term Testament fans are curious about....Have you heard Testament's "Low"??? What did you think of James Murphy's playing?? And what about "Demonic" (the new one)...????

Alex:
How can I be diplomatic about this... James is very good at what he does (which is very different from what I do), and Low had a few good ideas and great production. It's a shame we didn't have production like that earlier. However my tastes are so different now I don't really know how to comment on it because it sounds so foreign. Demonic is basically the same, although I found it very hard to take the vocals seriously. I think it should have been done with more of a sense of humor, then I would have really liked it.





Metal Rules!!
So could you imagine yourself playing on either?

Alex:
No.

 

[SlayerNPG]

Here is an interesting reading on that subject. From 1998 http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/content/view/221/0/

Metal Rules!!
Here's another one I'm sure all the long term Testament fans are curious about....Have you heard Testament's "Low"??? What did you think of James Murphy's playing?? And what about "Demonic" (the new one)...????

Alex:
How can I be diplomatic about this... James is very good at what he does (which is very different from what I do), and Low had a few good ideas and great production. It's a shame we didn't have production like that earlier. However my tastes are so different now I don't really know how to comment on it because it sounds so foreign. Demonic is basically the same, although I found it very hard to take the vocals seriously. I think it should have been done with more of a sense of humor, then I would have really liked it.





Metal Rules!!
So could you imagine yourself playing on either?

Alex:
No.

LOL that's funny. Must have been when he still had no interest in metal. Lucky for us he came back!

 

[one man]

Yeah, I remember reading that back in the day.

 

[GhostofCain]

I mean i'm not trying to discredit Alex or anything like that, i just thinks it's funny how peoples thinking and tastes change over the years.

 

[redfly]

just for your sanity,I hope for you they will play "Apocalyptic City" when you're gonna see them.that song is the awesomeness.

hell ya! that would rule

 

[Sanity's End]

"The Preacher"

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[RuntoHills]

Just to hear "Apocalyptic City" is worth going to show for just to hear that one song alone.

The other songs there are awesome too.

I second that about "Dog Faced gods." Be cool if they threw that in the set list.