TESTAMENT

[kellsco]

The New Order
Gathering
Demonic

 

[DFD260]

1. The New Order
2. Practice What You Preach
3. The Legacy
4. Low

 

[7thSaviour]

Testament is one of my all time favorite bands, period! With that said, I'll give you a run down of what I think is essential for you.

1. The New Order - In my opinion this is Testament's answer to "Master of Puppets".....essential? VERY!
2. Practice What You Preach - This album got me into the band and is excellent throughout. A great place to start in my opinion.
3. The Gathering - This is modern Testament without Skolnick, but don't let that fool you. This is a brutal album, but it still has that Testament groove.

By the way, get the Live In London DVD...sheer excellence!

~Brian~

What will it take to get Testament to finally play in ATL again?!

 

[edgeofthorns]

Half of The Gathering is amazing. The other half is pretty bad.



Generic riffs. There are a bunch of places where it feels like it's going to go into super speed mode, but then it settles down into half-thrash territory.

I don't like Chuck's extra low voice, which is all over the album.

And for being Alex, the solos are major weaksauce.

The breakdown on the title track is terrible, and 5 minutes long.

Up to the breakdown, the title track is the best track on the album.






More Than Meets The Eye is alright, as are The Evil Has Landed and Afterlife. I could do without the rest.

I admit that the songs are much better live than on the album.

In my opinion, these guys put out a straight forward, thrash album, which is what most of us want to hear from Testament. Granted, Chuck doesn't hit the high notes like he use to back in the old days, but not many of the vocalist do. The drumming is 10 times better than it used to be and the rest of the band sounds on par as well. If you want to hear a weak Testament album, then spin Souls of Black. Your argument reflects more regarding that album than the Formation of Damnation.

~Brian~

 

[edgeofthorns]

What will it take to get Testament to finally play in ATL again?!

Well, Glenn explained in a thread earlier this year why he thought Atlanta didn't bring the Masters of Metal tour to town. That's why I chose to drive eight hours to D.C. to see it! It was worth every mile too!

~Brian~

 

[mëtålspëd]

I am surprised most of you dont care for Demonic... I love that disc!

 

[SharkBlack]

LOW! great album...
The New Order
Souls In Black
Practice What You Preach

And Demonic Rules too...

 

[TychoCelchu]

Demonic starts off awesome but it becomes a patience test as it goes on.

 

[axehomeyg]

If you happen to be a guitar player, you can't go wrong with anything in the Skolnick era. His 'song-within-a-song' solos are, to me, the most badass musical statements in any early America Thrash. Just listen to the solos in the Legacy, or So Many Lies and Return to Serenity off of the Ritual. Melody incarnate!

 

[SavaVIDude]

Thanks to all - I only want the albums with Scholnik - he's one of my favs.

What about Testament for PP??

Chris

 

[DADRocks]

Thanks to all - I only want the albums with Scholnik - he's one of my favs.

What about Testament for PP??

Chris

Don't discount LOW, I'm right with you on Scholni but James Murphy tears that album up.