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\nTESTAMENT’s 1992 album \u201cThe Ritual\u201d and its 1994 follow-up \u201cLow\u201d will be getting their first vinyl pressings in the U.S.A. on September 29th through Metal Blade Records. Pre-orders for both can be found here. \u201cThe Ritual\u201d will be pressed on white vinyl limited to 1500 copies. \u201cLow\u201d will arrive on translucent gold vinyl limited to 1500 copies.
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\nThe forbearers of thrash resemble a Lovecraftian brotherhood. They\u2019re the elder gods who set everything in motion for generations to imitate, while still ruling the roost from on high. Testament stand proudly among the same vanguard that boasted \u201cThe Big 4\u201d and beyond.<\/p>\n
For over three decades, the Bay Area quintet\u2014Chuck Billy [vocals], Eric Peterson [guitar], Alex Skolnick [guitar], Steve DiGiorgio [bass], and Gene Hoglan [drums]\u2014has consistently delivered unadulterated, unbridled, and unbreakable metal in its purest form without compromise or any signs of slowing down. Over the course of seminal releases ranging from The Legacy and Practice What You Preach to The Gathering and The Formation of Damnation, which won \u201cBest Album\u201d at Metal Hammer\u2019s 2008 Golden Gods Awards, the group\u2019s sales exceeded 14 million worldwide with 2 million in the U.S. alone. Most recently, 2012\u2019s critically praised Dark Roots of Earth assaulted the charts, moving over 20,000 first-week copies and seizing #12 on the Billboard Top 200, the band\u2019s highest U.S. chart bow ever. However, in 2016, Testament returns with more teeth than ever on Brotherhood of the Snake [Nuclear Blast].
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\n\u201cThe first record is always classic because you form the band, you\u2019re totally into it, you go through the club scene, find yourself, and write your initial album over multiple years,\u201d explains Eric. \u201cThen, you get signed and end up in a cycle. We took some time to do Brotherhood of the Snake, and it shows. Different influences came in. Normally, there are a few straight ahead thrash songs. We haven\u2019t had this many thrash tracks since The Legacy. It\u2019s a new era.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI view Testament like I did when we started,\u201d adds Chuck. \u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate to be doing this for over 30 years. It means a lot. We\u2019re just going to continue doing what we do.\u201d TESTAMENT’s 1992 album \u201cThe Ritual\u201d and its 1994 follow-up \u201cLow\u201d will be getting their first…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59576,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59574\/revisions\/59576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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