Testament goodness

by **Michalik** on Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:06 am

i've always really enjoyed the legacy and the new order, i really like the gathering album with dave lombardo on drums as well

by **Darkweasel** on Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:22 pm

Some Testament news...

Artwork and track listing for TESTAMENT's forthcoming album, "The Formation of Damnation", due in North America on April 29 via Nuclear Blast Records.

The band recorded the effort in part with producer Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE) at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California.

"The Formation of Damnation" track listing:

01. For The Glory Of
02. More Than Meets The Eye
03. The Evil Has Landed
04. Formation Of Damnation
05. Dangers of The Faithless
06. The Persecuted Won't Forget
07. Henchman
08. Killing Season
09. Afterlife
10. F.E.A.R.
11. Leave Me Forever

"The album is very traditional-sounding," guitarist Eric Peterson recently told Decibel magazine. "The ideology of what we're doing is like 'The Legacy' [1987]. But the musicianship's a lot better, so it's like 'The Gathering' [1999]. As most bands record their first, second and third albums, they're developing, developing, developing… until they've got their sound. Then they get worse. As a rule, you get good when you're starving and start slipping as soon as you're eating well. We never really made it to the big time. But, then again, we didn't fail. Because we've always been on that borderline, we've never had to make the kinds of compromises that end up killing so many bands. As we see it, we're better off doing what we do best, especially since things seem to have turned full circle. Kids even have long hair again."

TESTAMENT recently recruited Paul Bostaph (SLAYER, EXODUS, FORBIDDEN, SYSTEMATIC) to play the drums on new CD. The group was previously rehearsing and writing new material with British drummer Nick Barker (CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR), but Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and international work visa issues have prevented Barker from continuing to be involved in the project.

Bostaph, who was a member of TESTAMENT for a brief period starting around February 2004, had previously played several live dates with the group in 1992 and appeared on the band's 1993 live EP, "Return to the Apocalyptic City". He also toured with TESTAMENT in 2006.

by **Steve** on Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:09 pm

Nice cover, think I'll download it before I decide whether to buy it or not

by **Will** on Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:59 am

Thats a stunning cover, whens the album out in the UK?

by **Darkweasel** on Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:47 pm

Looks to be out the same date, April 29th.

by **Bangover** on Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:30 pm

cool, comes out on my birthday.

by **Darkweasel** on Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:13 pm

The perfect time to get mummy to get those crinkly bits of paper out of her purse then.
My birthday's a few days after so I'll be asking for the same thing.
(From my mother not yours, obviously)

by **Clare** on Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:13 pm

Terrible album’s title and an awesome cover. Hope their 'killing season' will be better than Death Angel’s one though.

by **Darkweasel** on Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:49 pm

I like the Death Angel one.

by **Nick666** on Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:57 pm

"The Formation of Damnation" track listing:

01. For The Glory Of
02. More Than Meets The Eye
03. The Evil Has Landed
04. Formation Of Damnation
05. Dangers of The Faithless
06. The Persecuted Won't Forget
07. Henchman
08. Killing Season
09. Afterlife
10. F.E.A.R.
11. Leave Me Forever

Haha, they are just kidding, eh..?! WTF!

by **Darkweasel** on Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:06 am

Nick666 wrote: 03. The Evil Has Landed

Haha, they are just kidding, eh..?! WTF!

Probably not. Remember, Andy Sneap has produced it and when he did Exodus' Tempo of the Damned, he recommended Martin Walkyier for some cunning wordsmithery with lyrics and titles - hence Tempo, Sealed With a Fist, Shroud of Urine and Scar Spangled Banner.

The Evil Has Landed has Walkyier written all over it.