March 7, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Testament • 0 Comments
Guitarist Glen Alvelais (FORBIDDEN, TESTAMENT, LD/50) has joined the Fresno, California metal band HATEFX. He brings years of experience to the up-and-coming metal heavy hitters, who encompass a distinctive approach to metal, adding sonic textures to their mix and a light/FX-filled live show. They have become one of the strongest Central Valley outfits, having previously […]
February 23, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Testament • 0 Comments
Bay Area Backstage has uploaded multi-camera video footage of TESTAMENT‘s February 19 performance at The Avalon in Santa Clara, California. Check it out below. In a recent interview with Decibel magazine, TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy stated about the band’s forthcoming album, “The Dark Roots Of Earth” — which is tentatively due on April 27 via […]
May 19, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Testament • 0 Comments
San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT are currently writing material for the follow-up to 2008’s “The Formation Of Damnation” for a tentative late 2011/early 2012 release. The new CD will be recorded this summer with British producer Andy Sneap, who has previously worked with MEGADETH, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE, EXODUS and MACHINE HEAD, among others. […]
April 20, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Testament • 0 Comments
British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE, EXODUS) has revealed to Radio Metalthat he will enter the studio this summer with San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT to begin work on the follow-up to 2008’s “The Formation Of Damnation”. A late 2011/early 2012 release is expected. “The new album will most likely be […]
March 31, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews • Tags: Blessed By A Burden, Testament • 0 Comments
Testament – ‘Blessed By A Burden’ – 2011 EP They’re back. On hiatus since 1999 without any new studio material, Testament have returned in 2011 with a four song EP you can buy on iTunes. The folks that bought ‘The Gathering’ LP twelve years ago may not be who buys the new one. Testament were […]
March 18, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News • Tags: Alex Skolnick, Alex Skolnick Trio, Testament • 0 Comments
Testament Guitarist Alex Skolnick has posted a new trailer online to promote his forthcoming solo/Alex Skolnick Trio album “Veritas.” “Veritas” is set to be released on March 29, 2011.
March 6, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews • Tags: Testament, The Legacy • 0 Comments
Testament – The Legacy LP – 1987 I want everyone to know that I’ve always felt the ‘Bay Area’/California, in general, to be inferior to the thrashing going on in Germany, Brazil, Denmark, etc., despite the seemingly endless number of bands and success stories (Metallica, Possessed, Exodus, Megadeth…). I guess it’s because I am from […]
INTERVIEW: Glen Drover On His Career: Megadeth, Testament
March 16, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Interviews • Tags: Glen Drover, Megadeth, Testament • 0 Comments
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