TESTAMENT

Release Year: 1997
Artist Origin: USA
Style: energetic straightforward thrash death metal

mid nineties were quite a serious crisis for traditional thrash worldwide - Testament decided to go dark and straightforward way, borrowing even more brutal, death metal oriented ideas; Bay Area titans feel at home with this deadly amplua, Chuck Billy successfully experiments with low growls, while Gene Hoglan [ex.Dark Angel, Death] pounds the shit out of his drums with ease - eleven tracks certainly outstand in the rich catalogue of the band, but they are worth that head to bang as well!; British first press digipak edition