TESTAMENT: LIVE IN LONDON
CAPTURES THE BANDS CLASSIC LINEUP LIVE
ON DVD AND CD ON NOV 1, 2005
NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2005-- Eagle Rock Entertainment, the leading independent source for high quality music audio/visual programming, will release Testament: Live In London separately on DVD and CD on November 1. Recorded earlier this year on the bands 2005 Reunion Tour, Live in London immortalizes a vicious live performance from the originators of thrash metal whose career spans the past twenty years.
Live In London captures Testaments classic lineup for the first time since 1992: vocalist Chuck Billy, guitarists Alex Skolnick and Eric Peterson, bassist Greg Christian and drummer Louie Clemente pummel through a set of their classics, full of guttural growls, fleet-fingered solos, and double bass drum fusillades that culminate in the dynamic thrash metal epics that the bands diehard fans swear by. Additionally, John Tempesta, longtime drummer for Testament as well as for White Zombie, subs for the first half of the set for the long inactive Clemente.
Not only does Live in London contain an unabridged metal meltdown, it also includes special behind the scenes footage of the band members reflecting on the reunion and the various paths each member has recently pursued. The DVD was filmed by Eagle Eye Productions in high definition and recorded in stereo, 5.1 and digital DTS surround.
History was written Testament began in San Francisco as Legacy in 1983. Core members Peterson, Christian and Clemente were joined by Skolnick in 1985, when the band changed its name, and Billy in 1986. The following year saw the release of The Legacy, which was immediately hailed as a classic in the headbanging community in a time when metal reigned supreme and Testament was touted among the best along with Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth. 1988s The New Order and 1989s Practice What you Preach were similarly acclaimed, and stand as staples for all metal followers. Testament were at the front flank of the rapidly expanding thrash metal movement, culminating with a spot on 1991s Clash of the Titans tour, alongside Slayer, Megadeth and Suicidal Tendencies.
But that same year came Nirvanas Nevermind and the climate for heavy music changed for all species of metal, and growl-infused music crawled underground. Testament fragmented: first Skolnick left, then Clemente, and Christian departed as well in '95. Throughout the 90s, Billy and Peterson kept the band going with a variety of new members. The low point came when iconoclastic front man Billy was diagnosed with cancer.
After Billys complete successful recovery, Christian and then Skolnick, who had been playing with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and his own jazz trio, rejoined in 2004. For this years tour, Clemente was recruited, and the classic lineup was complete.
DVD and CD Track Listing
01) The Preacher
02) The New Order
03) The Haunting
04) Electric Crown
05) Sins of Omission
06) Souls of Black
07) Into the Pit
08) Trial By Fire
09) Practice What You Preach
10) Let Go of My World
11) The Legacy
12) Over the Wall
13) Raging Waters
14) Disciples of the Watch
CAPTURES THE BANDS CLASSIC LINEUP LIVE
ON DVD AND CD ON NOV 1, 2005
NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2005-- Eagle Rock Entertainment, the leading independent source for high quality music audio/visual programming, will release Testament: Live In London separately on DVD and CD on November 1. Recorded earlier this year on the bands 2005 Reunion Tour, Live in London immortalizes a vicious live performance from the originators of thrash metal whose career spans the past twenty years.
Live In London captures Testaments classic lineup for the first time since 1992: vocalist Chuck Billy, guitarists Alex Skolnick and Eric Peterson, bassist Greg Christian and drummer Louie Clemente pummel through a set of their classics, full of guttural growls, fleet-fingered solos, and double bass drum fusillades that culminate in the dynamic thrash metal epics that the bands diehard fans swear by. Additionally, John Tempesta, longtime drummer for Testament as well as for White Zombie, subs for the first half of the set for the long inactive Clemente.
Not only does Live in London contain an unabridged metal meltdown, it also includes special behind the scenes footage of the band members reflecting on the reunion and the various paths each member has recently pursued. The DVD was filmed by Eagle Eye Productions in high definition and recorded in stereo, 5.1 and digital DTS surround.
History was written Testament began in San Francisco as Legacy in 1983. Core members Peterson, Christian and Clemente were joined by Skolnick in 1985, when the band changed its name, and Billy in 1986. The following year saw the release of The Legacy, which was immediately hailed as a classic in the headbanging community in a time when metal reigned supreme and Testament was touted among the best along with Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth. 1988s The New Order and 1989s Practice What you Preach were similarly acclaimed, and stand as staples for all metal followers. Testament were at the front flank of the rapidly expanding thrash metal movement, culminating with a spot on 1991s Clash of the Titans tour, alongside Slayer, Megadeth and Suicidal Tendencies.
But that same year came Nirvanas Nevermind and the climate for heavy music changed for all species of metal, and growl-infused music crawled underground. Testament fragmented: first Skolnick left, then Clemente, and Christian departed as well in '95. Throughout the 90s, Billy and Peterson kept the band going with a variety of new members. The low point came when iconoclastic front man Billy was diagnosed with cancer.
After Billys complete successful recovery, Christian and then Skolnick, who had been playing with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and his own jazz trio, rejoined in 2004. For this years tour, Clemente was recruited, and the classic lineup was complete.
DVD and CD Track Listing
01) The Preacher
02) The New Order
03) The Haunting
04) Electric Crown
05) Sins of Omission
06) Souls of Black
07) Into the Pit
08) Trial By Fire
09) Practice What You Preach
10) Let Go of My World
11) The Legacy
12) Over the Wall
13) Raging Waters
14) Disciples of the Watch
