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Testament is one of the greatest band in the US Thrash metal scene , along side Exodus, Overkill And Death Angel it is part of the second row of the big four.

Created by: Blackcrowe | 26.04.2024


1. Testament - The New Order
1988 The New Order was the album that broke Testament into the thrash metal mainstream, back by its only single "Trial by Fire"
2. Testament - Practice What You Preach
1989 This record was achieving near gold status and becoming the band's first album to enter the Top 100 on the Billboard 200
3. Testament - The Legacy
1987 The debut record. Testament was known as Legacy. Their lineup consisted of singer Steve "Zetro" Souza, guitarists Alex Skolnick and Eric Peterson, bassist Greg Christian and drummer Louie Clemente. Singer Chuck Billy was a member of another local band named Guilt.
4. Testament - Souls Of Black
1990 Testament has rarely played any songs from Souls of Black live since at least 1991; out of the album's ten songs, "Face in the Sky", "Falling Fast", "Souls of Black", "Absence of Light", "Malpractice" and "The Legacy" were showcased during its accompanying tour.
5. Testament - The Gathering
1999 This was the first album featuring new musicians Steve DiGiorgio on bass guitar and Dave Lombardo on drums.
6. Testament - The Ritual
1992. On Ritual the band had more time to work on the album compared to their limited previous experience in recording studios: "We took the longest time to produce The Ritual. It was a much-needed change. It got to a time when we were pumping out a record every year"
7. Testament - The Formation Of Damnation
2008 The only studio album recorded with drummer Paul Bostaph.
8. Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth
2012 This album saw a reunion with Gene Hoglan, who played drums on the band's 1997 album Demonic. This album is anything but a rehashing of former glories. The skilled interplay between Alex Skolnick and Eric Peterson, which features a wall-to-wall showcasing of intricate and harmonized runs
9. Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake
2016 The album debuted at number twenty on the Billboard 200 chart, making it Testament's second-highest-charting album in the US, behind Dark Roots of Earth
10. Testament - Titans Of Creation
2020 It was released during the COVID 19 Pandemic. Testament would start working on their thirteenth studio album after they finish touring in support of Brotherhood of the Snake in August 2018
11. Testament - Low
1994 Released at a time when grunge and alternative rock were dominating the mainstream, Low marked something of a major departure from the classic sound
12. Testament - Demonic
1997 Musically and lyrically, this album is very different from anything Testament had released before, marking a deviation from previous albums to a much darker death metal sound mirroring the album's exorcism theme.


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05.05.2024 - 22:52
Guib
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Cool ranking, I definitely agree that The New Order is Testament's best album. I would personally switch The Legacy with Practice and The Gathering with Souls Of Black but I mean we got the same Top 6 arranged differently. Not a big surprise for most fans of Testament I'm sure lol.

Also, I'm not the biggest fan of The Formation Of Damnation which I would probably put close to last.
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07.05.2024 - 04:18
Blackcrowe
Written by Guib on 05.05.2024 at 22:52

Cool ranking, I definitely agree that The New Order is Testament's best album. I would personally switch The Legacy with Practice and The Gathering with Souls Of Black but I mean we got the same Top 6 arranged differently. Not a big surprise for most fans of Testament I'm sure lol.

Also, I'm not the biggest fan of The Formation Of Damnation which I would probably put close to last.


Yes the first 6 are in the top a step forward from the rest
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