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Testament has endured just about every single calamity a rock band can during their lengthy history: bandmembers coming and going, label switches, and most seriously, a bandmember's successful battle against cancer (singer Chuck Billy). But after all these years, Testament is still going strong, and to celebrate their 25th year anniversary since their initial formation, four-fifths of the group's definitive, best-known lineup have reunited for their first appearance on a studio album in 16 years, for 2008's Formation of Damnation. With drummer Louie Clemente being the only no-show (former Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph, who had briefly played in Testament, takes his spot here), the classic Testament thrash sound lives on in such tracks as the title track and "The Persecuted Won't Forget" (the latter of which puts the speedy drum skills Bostaph perfected in Slayer to good use). The group also offers a song that focuses on the horrors that unfolded in New York City on 9/11 ("The Evil Has Landed"), albeit nearly seven years after the fact. As one of the '80s-era thrash bands who never strayed far from their original path (if anything, they only got heavier as the years progressed), Testament's trademark thrash is, expectedly, all over Formation of Damnation. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide
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- The New Order
- Released 1988
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- The Very Best Of Testament
- Released 2001
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- The Ritual
- Released 1992
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- The Gathering
- Released 1999
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More than meets the eye...
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- By Poormon79
- 11/1/2009 22:30:31
- All around great cd. Well worth the wait. Favorite song is More than Meets the Eye
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Killing season, Has begun!!!!
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- By bittens
- 8/29/2009 05:47:29
- TestAmenT fucks all the posers on this masterpiece, it is good to hear chuck sound like chuck again. henchmen ride sounds like 80's material for sure and track 6 sheds the fuck out of you face, you will be leaving this album with a broken neck, guaranteed.
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out of the gates
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- By Spyderz343
- 2/4/2009 03:54:52
- This cd begs no forgiveness and simply slaughters as it goes. every track is everything testament should have been since practice what you preach. riff after riff from alex, to chucks voice taking back what he once had. We may have had to wait 10 years since their last release, but this was worth it, in every wayfav track "the evil has landed"
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