Members of Bay Area thrash legends TESTAMENT plan to ring in the New Year with a special hometown show. The band will be performing at Fat City in San Francisco on December 31. The other bands will include DUBLIN DEATH PATROL, DRAGONLORD, and fellow local thrashers LAAZ ROCKIT.
“It’s gonna be a fun party with a [...]
TESTAMENT, who are about to hit the road with JUDAS PRIEST, have announced a few in-store signing sessions on their trek.
Currently scheduled signings:
07/24/08 Scrape Records - Vancouver, BC - CANADA (time n/a)
08/05/08 Vintage Vinyl – Fords, NJ @ 6:00PM
08/10/08 Looney Tunes – W. Babylon, NY @ 1:00PM
08/15/08 Spin Street store - Mohegan Sun Casino @ [...]
While supplies last, when you purchase any configuration of the initial pressing of JUDAS PRIEST’s double disc concept album, Nostradamus (release date – June 17th), specially marked CD’s will contain an insert with a exclusive code inside the CD package for one free lawn ticket to see JUDAS PRIEST on selected dates of the Metal [...]
After weeks of speculation, Live Nation has put together a killer package that is bound to go down as the heavy metal event of 2008 - JUDAS PRIEST, HEAVEN AND HELL, MOTORHEAD and TESTAMENT will be touring together for the first time.
Dubbed “The Metal Masters Tour,†the fifteen-date U.S. trek kicks off August 6th at [...]
As the world waits in anticipation of the next assault from these Bay Area thrash kings, the folks at Prosthetic have made their previous album, originally released almost ten years ago, available again. To the uninitiated, The Gathering saw Chuck Billy and Eric Petersen retain the death metal excursions they explored on Demonic, but also [...]
San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans, DEATH ANGEL, are pleased to announce their first full US tour since their initial split 18 years ago! The band will embark on a co-headlining tour this May/June with GOD FORBID that will include SOILENT GREEN and LIGHT THIS CITY. Dubbed the “In Thrash We Trust†tour, this will [...]
TESTAMENT have posted a new song, “More Than Meets the Eye,” here. The song is from the band’s upcoming album, The Formation of Damnation, on Nuclear Blast Records.
It’s hard to believe that TESTAMENT’s Demonic is over a decade old, but after a short spell of being out of print, the crew at Prosthetic has wisely chosen to keep the album alive and available for the masses. Originally planned as a death metal side project called “DOG FACED GODS” based on a track [...]
Thrash legends, TESTAMENT, have announced upcoming tour dates for 2008. The band will be touring to support their April 29 release of The Formation of Damnation. The album marks TESTAMENT’s Nuclear Blast debut, and it is the first new studio album from the band since 1999’s landmark, The Gathering.
The Formation of Damnation features the classic [...]
Prosthetic Records is proud to announce reissues from Bay Area metal legends, TESTAMENT. Both to feature new liner notes, 1997’s Demonic was remastered and 1999’s The Gathering will include the previously only available in Japan, “Hammer Of The Gods.” Both will see a worldwide release through the label on Jan. 8, 2008. Previously [...]
Paul Bostaph (ex-FORBIDDEN/SLAYER/EXODUS) will join the ranks alongside originating classic thrash legends Chuck Billy on vocals, Alex Skolnick on lead guitar, Eric Peterson on rhythm guitar and Greg Christian on bass.
Unfortunately Nick Barker will not be recording with TESTAMENT on this new album, due to Homeland Security and International Work Visa issues. Rather than [...]
On Wednesday, July 20th, live on stage, in front of 20,000 roaring fans at the infamous Earthshaker Festival in Rieden, Germany, heavy metal heroes TESTAMENT inked a recording deal with Nuclear Blast Records for worldwide distribution of brand new TESTAMENT music featuring the killer lineup of original members Eric Peterson, Chuck Billy, Alex Skolnick, Greg [...]
