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The official Testament thread
« on: August 15, 2012, 06:54:07 PM »
Any fans of these guys?  Made a thread as I've been spinning the new one for the last couple of days.  Really solid album all round, and the covers are a great touch, especially Powerslave.

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4. "True American Hate"   
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7. "Man Kills Mankind"   
8. "Throne of Thorns"   
9. "Last Stand for Independence"

CD/DVD and Vinyl bonus tracks 
 
10. "Dragon Attack" (Queen cover)
11. "Animal Magnetism" (Scorpions cover) 
12. "Powerslave" (Iron Maiden cover)
13. "Throne of Thorns" (extended version)

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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2012, 08:56:42 PM »
The new album is excellent. Chuck Billy is a beast.

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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2012, 09:16:23 PM »
The new album owns hard. The New Order will always be their crowning achievement, but the recent output has been great.
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2012, 09:21:20 PM »
The New Order is definitely one of their best, some days that might be my fav, but other days it might be Practice What You Preach.  I'm not familiar with every single song or album from this band, so I should do something about that.  The last album was decent too.
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2012, 09:26:24 PM »
Practice is...I don't know. It feels a little too "safe", for whatever reason. I love the shit out of the first two though. PWYP seems oversimplified, and Alex's solos don't have the same awesome vibe as they have on New Order. Seriously, every guitar player in the world should be forced to listen to Hypnosis. THAT is how you build a guitar solo.
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2012, 09:32:09 PM »
Loving this album!  And the artwork is gorgeous!

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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2012, 10:52:13 PM »
The loudest band I've ever seen live no question

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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2012, 11:33:58 PM »
Moderate fan. Spun the new record last night. Nothing jumped out at me immediately. I get the sense that it isn't half as strong as Formation of Damnation. Perhaps a few more listens will help it sink in.

As for the material I like, for me, it's all about Low and beyond. I really wasn't crazy about the production of the early albums (plus the best songs got properly redone for First Strike Still Deadly). While not much of a death metal guy, I think Demonic is pretty wicked. The Gathering is, of course, also quite nasty.

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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2012, 02:21:17 PM »
The loudest band I've ever seen live no question

That would be Man0waR for me- I was deaf for a week afterwards.

This album rocks. I've never been a Thrash or Testament fan- never really listened to them. Gave this one a chance and glad I did.

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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2012, 04:29:29 PM »
This album is really great, digging it more and more everytime I listen.  The only thing is that I'm not overly excited with the first track, I don't really like how they basically wrote it purly for a live purpose, but it's still decent.
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2012, 02:51:16 PM »
Testaments Native Blood won the American Indian Film Institutes Award for Best Music Video.
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2012, 03:41:14 AM »
Cool stuff.  Also, their version of Powerslave is fucking incredible.
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2012, 09:31:58 AM »
Throne Of Thorns might just be my Track Of The Year.
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2012, 12:35:32 PM »
I had another listen to The Gathering last night. Such an amazing album.

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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2012, 07:37:15 AM »
I haven't listened to the new album much at all. Rise Up just absolutely kills it for me, and it's really only because of the lyrics. It's a damn shame too, because I love their first two albums. I feel like they kind of lost it with Practice What You Preach though, and never really got it back. The Gathering is still pretty great though.
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #15 on: December 04, 2012, 03:12:37 PM »
I only love their ballads and they are very good at making ballads.
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2013, 01:54:17 PM »
Testament apparently cancelled, according to our venues website. Good thing is Overkill are continuing on and headlining with local bands opening....lucky local bands
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2013, 02:18:14 PM »
Testament apparently cancelled, according to our venues website. Good thing is Overkill are continuing on and headlining with local bands opening....lucky local bands

nothing official on their webpage ?
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2013, 04:24:59 PM »
Testament apparently cancelled, according to our venues website. Good thing is Overkill are continuing on and headlining with local bands opening....lucky local bands

nothing official on their webpage ?

That's what I'm waiting for, because It says cancelled and added their new flyer with just Overkill and locals bands....
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2016, 09:12:00 AM »
New Song

On first listen, I like what I hear. It wouldn't sound out of place on Dark Roots of Earth. My largest worry at this point is that it may be too similar to that album. Each Testament record tends to have its own identity, so I don't think that will be an issue. Either way, Brotherhood of the Snake is my second most anticipated album releasing before the end of the year.
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2016, 09:41:46 AM »
Cool song!  :metal

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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2016, 01:38:13 PM »
Awesome song :metal

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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #22 on: September 02, 2016, 06:16:30 PM »
WOW! :metal
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #23 on: September 05, 2016, 06:21:47 AM »
Solid song.  Has a nice classic metal feel in there too.
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #24 on: September 05, 2016, 07:26:45 AM »
Solid song.  Has a nice classic metal feel in there too.

You missed one of these BTW.. :metal
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #25 on: September 05, 2016, 10:06:14 AM »
cool tune  :metal

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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #26 on: September 05, 2016, 03:34:42 PM »
Solid song.  Has a nice classic metal feel in there too.

You missed one of these BTW.. :metal

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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #27 on: September 16, 2016, 09:53:06 PM »
Just heard the new song. Holy shit these guys never get old. This kicks all kinds of ass. :2metal:

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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #28 on: September 19, 2016, 09:06:14 AM »
Just heard the new song. Holy shit these guys never get old. This kicks all kinds of ass. :2metal:
I really like the aggressiveness.  But I don't find it to be a very interesting song.  And, yes, I am a fan.  This just doesn't do much for me.  These guys have written some fantastic tunes over the years, but they are pretty hit and miss for me.  I think this one goes in the "miss" column.
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Re: The official Testament thread
« Reply #29 on: October 31, 2016, 04:46:16 PM »
Two listens under my belt, and I can safely say that the new album kicks ass. :metal

My initial favorite track is Neptune's Spear. There isn't much that separates Brotherhood from their past two albums, but I love this style of metal, so I'm happy with it.
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« Reply #30 on: October 31, 2016, 09:09:12 PM »
Wasn't overly impressed on my first listen, but it's getting better with each listen, good album.
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would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
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« Reply #32 on: January 21, 2022, 02:51:51 PM »
That sucks. No Paul Bostaph please. The dream would be to pull Lombardo in again.
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« Reply #33 on: January 21, 2022, 03:05:57 PM »
That sucks. No Paul Bostaph please. The dream would be to pull Lombardo in again.

Why not Paul Bostaph? He's available isn't he?
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
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« Reply #34 on: January 21, 2022, 03:39:49 PM »
That does suck indeed.
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