Testament – Headline The Bay Strikes Back European Tour 2020 – leg 1 – Exodus – special guest Death Angel – support act Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark 6/2 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Christmas came really early for fans of thrash metal when Testament headed…
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Testament – Titans of Creation
Reviewed: April 2020 Released: 2020, Nuclear Blast Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Bay Area thrash metal stalwarts Testament unleash their 13th full length studio album “Titans of Creation,” the follow-up to 2016’s excellent “Brotherhood of the Snake.” There’s a hunger, excitement and energy present across “Titans of Creation” that proves beyond…
Chuck Billy of Testament on New CD Titans of Creation – All The Songs Have Their Own Identity!
Interviewed by Robert Cavuoto Legendary San Francisco Bay area thrashers, Testament, will be releasing their thirteenth studio CD, Titans of Creation, on April 3rd, via Nuclear Blast Records. It is one of the band’s most brutal CDs to date. Right out of the gate Chuck Billy [vocals], Eric Peterson [guitar],…
Testament with support act FKU on Summer Europen Tour 2019 Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden
Testament – Summer European Tour 2019 FKU – support act Kulturbolaget, Malmo, Sweden July 2, 2019 Live pictures and review by: Anders Sandvall The thrash metal legends Testament are pounding out their music across Europe. In Sweden the band only did two select shows, and I was really happy when…
Steve DiGiorgio discusses Testament, current projects and session work
STEVE DIGIORGIO Steve DiGiorgio is known for recognizable bass playing on several outputs and bands such as Death, Sadus, Sebastian Bach and the list goes on. He has been chosen one of the most influential bass players in the music world a number of times. Besides being the Testament member,…
Testament , Annihilator, Vader – Live at the Circus Helsinki, Finland
When gigs of both Cradle Of Filth and Trivium did sell out gigs in the 600 capacity club, whereas Testament did a little bit better by selling over 1200 tickets for the first gig in Finland and almost the same amount for the second gig. So it can be easily…
Chuck Billy of Testament – “Brotherhood of the Snake is 80% Thrash!”
Chuck Billy of Testament – “Brotherhood of the Snake is 80% Thrash!” Interview by Robert Cavuoto For over three decades Testament with Chuck Billy [vocals], Eric Peterson [guitar], Alex Skolnick [guitar], Steve DiGiorgio [bass], and Gene Hoglan [drums] have consistently delivered unadulterated, unbridled, and unbreakable metal in its purest form…
Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal talks touring with Metal Allegiance for East Coast Trek
Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal talks touring with Metal Allegiance for East Coast Trek Interview by Robert Cavuoto Metal Allegiance are proud to announce their Destination (Almost) East Coast Tour! The seven day trek that’s kicks off March 31st in Providence and ends April 7th at the Gramercy in New York! With…
GENE HOGLAN
GENE HOGLAN Pictures and interview by Arto Lehtinen and Marko Syrjala Gene “The Atomic Clock” Hoglan needs no introduction as every metalhead has to have at least an album or two that he has played on. The man is currently sitting behind the drum kit for Testament who recently visited…
Chuck Billy of Testament
Chuck Billy of Testament Interviewed by EvilG Bay Area thrash metal legends TESTAMENT, hit #9 on the world sales chart with a total of approximately 58,500 copies sold world-wide of their new album Dark Roots of Earth in its first week of sales. This is a huge accomplishment for a…
TESTAMENT – Vocalist Chuck Billy
Vocalist Chuck Billy Interview by Luxi Lahtinen On/offstage pictures by Terhi Pihlaja Thanks to Silke from Tough Enough Promotion for setting up the interview and Laura Thiessen for the transcription Testament has undergone quite an eventful history (both in good and bad) within all those 24 years they have existed under the…
TESTAMENT Frontman Performs With DEVIN TOWNSEND At Finland’s TUSKA Festival
Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) performed his “Ziltoid The Omniscient” concept album in its entirety on Friday, July 2 at the thirteenth annual Tuska festival in Helsinki, Finland as a special one-off world-exclusive show. His DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT also played…
TESTAMENT – Chuck Billy
Interview by Luxi Lahtinen & Niko Karppinen Live pictures by Luxi Lahtinen Transcription by Tony Gabriel Thanks to Silke from Tough Enough Promotion & Management for booking us the interview with Chuck The legendary thrashers Testament from Oakland, California, have got their big wheel rollin´ nicely again. The band´s 9th studio album,…
Chuck Billy of TESTAMENT
Chuck Billy of Testament Interview by Luxi Lahtinen & Niko Karppinen Live- and backstage photos by Luxi Lahtinen Transcription by Niclas Lindstrand Jalometalli festival, which is arranged at the metal heart of northern Finland, Oulu, seems to get better and better each year as far as the line-up of…
TESTAMENT – Alex Skolnick
TESTAMENT – Alex Skolnick Interview by Luxi Lahtinen and Marko Syrjala Live and offstage pictures by Luxi Lahtinen and Marko Syrjala Thanks to Blake Wolfe for the transcription There is no doubt that Testament is one of the most important bands in the history of Speed – and…