Testament Wins Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award!!!

[ms. anthrope]

This just in from London, England!!!!

CONGRATS, TESTAMENT!!!

Help me congratulate the boys on a job well done! Woo Hoo!!!

 

[Mean Machine]

Awesome! Congratulations! It's good to see that some great bands get acknowledged in those awards too, not just the media-whored ones.

 

[ms. anthrope]

For Immediate Release

June 16, 2008

“THE FORMATION OF DAMNATION” NAMED ALBUM OF THE YEAR AT 2008 METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS!!!

The legendary heavy metal heroes Testament have won the Metal Hammer GOLDEN GODS AWARD for Album of the Year for The Formation of Damnation. Testament beat out the other worthy contenders in this category: Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine, Children Of Bodom and Down. All hail Heavy Metal Forever!

The Formation of Damnation debuted at #59 on the Billboard Top 200 and has sold nearly 33,000 copies since its April 29 release. The Formation of Damnation is Testament’s highest charting release in their 24-year history. The album also dominated at radio holding the #1 spot on both CMJ and FMQB for several consecutive weeks.

Testament will be on the Metal Masters Tour all summer long with Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell and Motorhead.

Testament with Judas Priest:

7/22 – Seattle, WA – Wamu Theater

7/23 – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – Save On Foods Memorial

7/24 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – General Motors Place

7/26 – Calgary, Alberta, Canada – McMahon Stadium –Monsters of Rock

7/27 – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – Shaw Conference Centre

7/29 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada – Credit Union Centre

7/30 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – MTS Centre

7/31 – Minneapolis, MN – Epic (headlining)



Testament with Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, and Motorhead:

8/01 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom (headlining)

8/03 – Montreal, Quebec – L’Olympia De Montreal Theatre (headlining)

8/04 – Quebec City, Quebec – Theater Imperial (headlining)

8/06 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center

8/07 – Bristow, VA – Nissan Pavilion

8/08 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance (headlining)

8/09 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center

8/10 – Wantagh, NY – Jones Beach Amphitheater

8/12 – Buffalo, NY – Erie County Fair (headlining)

8/13 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Molson Amphitheatre

8/14 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium

8/15 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Casino

8/16 – Burgettstown, PA – Post Gazette Pavilion

8/17 – Huntington, WV – Monkey Bar (headlining)

8/18 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Center

8/19 – Chicago, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheater

8/20 – St Louis, MO – Pageant Theatre

8/21 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom (headlining)

8/22 – Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center

8/23 – Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Pavilion

8/24 – San Antonio, TX - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

8/25 – El Paso, TX – Club 101

8/26 - Farmington, NM - Gators

8/27 – Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion

8/28 – Phoenix, AZ - The Cricket Pavilion

8/29 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto

8/30 – Devore, CA – Glen Helen Pavilion

8/31 – San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheater

 

[istari]

Well deserved! Congratulations!

 

[one man]

CONGRATULATIONS! They deserved it so much. Waiting for the Grammy now

 

[forgottenglory]

Congratulations! Long Live old school Metal!

 

[SlayerNPG]

thats awesome they deserve it, album of the year by far

 

[pennywiseignite]

CONGRATULATIONS!

 

[ms. anthrope]

CONGRATULATIONS! They deserved it so much. Waiting for the Grammy now

YEAH!!!

 

[redfly]

Awesome they sure as hell deserve it. p.s. Atreyu is not deserving they are stupid,And for 14 year old girls.Their name doesn't even deserve to be mentioned on this forum.

 

[ms. anthrope]

They're not very long... but you get the idea. First performer!

 

[redfly]

God that looks so much better then the Grammys

 

[forgottenglory]

How many songs did Testament perform?

 

[NYthrash]

YESSSSSSSSS congrats Testament, they deserve it so much

 

[ms. anthrope]

How many songs did Testament perform?

Not sure... my guess is 2 or 3?

 

[banzai132]

Now the pretenders will know what thrash is about!!!!