GMD Poll: Testament's Discography Ranked

[HamburgerBoy]

11. Low

m8

 

[crimsonfloyd]

#11 Demonic (1997)

Average points per vote: 2.33/11

Defenetly the worst Testament album, not a bad album but compared to some masterpieces!

I quite like Demonic, i love the first 2 tracks and still play them alot, Chucks growl is just bonecrushing !!! I also really like Hatreds Rise and Ten thousand thrones, The rest of the songs il admit im not overly keen on and dont play often but i dont mind them.

Demonic is the worst Testament album. Low is miles ahead of it.

Demonic actually got me into death metal. It has lost some of its allure now that I can tolerate tr00er albums/bands, but I still enjoy it. Definitely better than their 88-92 period.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

#10 The Formation of Damnation (2008)

Average points per vote: 3.66/11

The Formation Of Damnation was the biggest snoozefest of this year, at least for me. It really sucks, specially now that Alex is back.

I think The Formation of Damnation is one of the best newer thrash albums I've heard.

I love Death Angel's Killing Season and liked Formation of Damnation, although the enjoyment wore off relatively quick for FoD.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

#9 Brotherhood of the Snake (2016)

Average points per vote: 4.27/11

Dark Roots of the Earth and Brotherhood of the Snake are both solid pieces of work.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

#8 Low (1994)

Average points per vote: 4.77/11

I personally like "Low" better than any other Testament album.

We'd all like to pretend Testament never released Low and The Ritual, but they did...

Low is not a bad release for Testament trying to blend in with the regular 90's southern metal. It's not classsic but a better attempt as metal than 90's metallica megadeth and slayer.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

#7 Dark Roots of the Earth (2012)

Average points per vote: 5.17/11

Dark Roots of Earth is really good. Probably their best record in the last 15 yrs

 

[crimsonfloyd]

#6 The Gathering (1999)

Average points per vote: 5.11/11

The Gathering is the best album that any of the old thrash bands have put-out in a decade.

Shit, they had James Murphy on lead guitar, Steve DiGiorgio on bass, and the drummer god, Dave Lombardo on the drums...could it be any less stellar? Best Testament album, hands down. But better than Megadeth? Heavier, yes. Better than Rust in Peace? No.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

#5 Souls of Black (1990)

Average points per vote: 6.54/11

I wish Souls of Black had good production. Some of the weakest production I have ever heard.
And yeah, Testament never seems to change tempo much which makes it difficult listening to an entire album straight through.

Anyone else hear Testament trying to play a Metallica album when they listen to Souls of Black? Not that it's bad or anything...

Anyways, listening to Souls of Black. Haven't popped this in my cd player in a while.

It's kinda underrated imo

 

[crimsonfloyd]

#4 Practice What You Preach (1989)

Average points per vote: 6.8/11

First place votes: 2

Average

The New Order and The Legacy are better choices if they were available.

Crappy Metallica worship.

Souls of Black and Practice What You Preach are good albums, and probably the most unrecognized in the Testament studio album collection.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

#3 The Ritual (1992)

Average points per vote: 6.9/11

The Ritual is great! It's their Black Album. Musicians have to eat too, don't hate!

 

[crimsonfloyd]

#2 The New Order (1988)

Average points per vote: 9.34/11

First place votes: 4

The New Order is shiny guitar intro music with thrash influences. To be fair it's one of those albums that is better listened to than in my head, but it's still nothing better than average for Testament, let alone other Bay Area bands, let alone other thrash bands in general, let alone other metal albums in general.

The New Order and Practice What You Preach are both great Testament albums. Id have to say I like The New Order better of the two. It has some of their greatest songs on there, Disciples of the Watch, The New Order, Trial By Fire, and Into The Pit. IMO Its probably their second best album behind their legendary debut The Legacy.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

#1 The Legacy (1987)

Average points per vote: 10.2/11

First place votes: 4

The Legacy is the best I've heard from Testament. That album has The Haunting, which is awesome as shit

Listening to Testament: The Legacy and eating Oreos because of the Chips Ahoy/Oreos thread.

Testament-The Legacy ( Possibly the best debut metal album ever IMO

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Souls of Black at #5 is hilarious.

 

[The Ozzman]

Souls of Black at #5 is hilarious.

The Ritual at #3 is as well but it's also surprising to me

 

[Talos of Atmora]

The Ritual at #3 is as well but it's also surprising to me

I think it's pretty good but I was also surprised at it being that high.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

It's because four people ranked Practice What You Preach in the bottom four, while only two ranked The Ritual that low (and one wasn't a complete list, so the impact as big). Even with that, the difference between the two albums was minimal. Had one person ranked PWYP two spots higher or Ritual two spots lower, they would have switched spots.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

I sometimes forget that people care about Testament past The Legacy.

 

[alex76]

1. The Legacy (1987)
2. Souls of Black (1990)
3. Practice What You Preach (1989)
4. The New Order (1988)
5. Low (1994)
6. The Ritual (1992)
7. Demonic (1997)
8. The Gathering (1999)
9. The Formation of Damnation (2008)
10. Dark Roots of Earth (2012)
11. Brotherhood of the Snake (2016)