Testament
Testament is an American thrash metal band from Berkeley, California. Forme… Read Full Bio ↴Testament is an American thrash metal band from Berkeley, California. Formed in 1983 under the name Legacy, the band's current lineup comprises rhythm guitarist Eric Peterson, lead vocalist Chuck Billy, lead guitarist Alex Skolnick, bassist Steve Di Giorgio and drummer Dave Lombardo. Testament has experienced many lineup changes over the years, with Peterson being the only remaining original member, though they have since been rejoined by one of its songwriters Skolnick, who had been out of the band from 1992 to 2005. Billy has been a member of Testament since 1986, when he replaced original singer Steve "Zetro" Souza, who had joined Exodus as the replacement of Paul Baloff. He and Peterson are the only members to appear on all of Testament's studio albums, with the latter being the only constant member overall.
Labeled as one of the "big six" of the 1980s Bay Area thrash metal scene (along with Exodus, Death Angel, Lååz Rockit, Forbidden and Vio-lence), Testament is often credited as one of the most popular and influential bands of the thrash metal scene, as well as one of the leaders of the second wave of the genre in the late 1980s. They have also been referred to as one of the "big eight" of thrash metal, along with Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus, Overkill and Death Angel. The band has sold over 1.4 million albums in the United States since the beginning of the SoundScan era and over 14 million copies worldwide. To date, Testament has released thirteen studio albums (one of which is a collection of re-recorded songs), four live albums, five compilation albums, twelve singles and three DVDs.
After signing to Atlantic Records in 1986, and changing its name from Legacy to Testament, the band released their debut album The Legacy in 1987, followed a year later by The New Order (1988); both albums were acclaimed by critics and the press, including heavy metal-related publications. The band achieved mainstream popularity with its third album Practice What You Preach (1989), which was Testament's first album to climb up the Top 100 on the Billboard 200 chart. A string of more successful albums were released during the early-to-mid-1990s, including Souls of Black (1990), The Ritual (1992) and Low (1994), with the first two also entering the Top 100 on the Billboard 200 chart. After Atlantic dropped the band in 1995, Testament (who had at this point had begun to experiment with a death metal-influenced sound) continued to record and perform until their temporary hiatus in 2001, when Billy was diagnosed with cancer. By 2005, his cancer was in remission and Testament had resumed activity, which saw a brief reunion of The Legacy lineup, resulting in the live album Live in London. Since then, Testament has experienced a resurgence of popularity, with four of their studio albums—The Formation of Damnation (2008), Dark Roots of Earth (2012), Brotherhood of the Snake (2016) and Titans of Creation (2020)—all entering the Top 100 on the Billboard 200, and they have continued to tour consistently.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testament_(band)
Studio albums
The Legacy (1987)
The New Order (1988)
Practice What You Preach (1989)
Souls of Black (1990)
The Ritual (1992)
Low (1994)
Demonic (1997)
The Gathering (1999)
First Strike Still Deadly (2001)
The Formation of Damnation (2008)
Dark Roots of Earth (2012)
Brotherhood of the Snake (2016)
Titans of Creation (2020)
Labeled as one of the "big six" of the 1980s Bay Area thrash metal scene (along with Exodus, Death Angel, Lååz Rockit, Forbidden and Vio-lence), Testament is often credited as one of the most popular and influential bands of the thrash metal scene, as well as one of the leaders of the second wave of the genre in the late 1980s. They have also been referred to as one of the "big eight" of thrash metal, along with Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus, Overkill and Death Angel. The band has sold over 1.4 million albums in the United States since the beginning of the SoundScan era and over 14 million copies worldwide. To date, Testament has released thirteen studio albums (one of which is a collection of re-recorded songs), four live albums, five compilation albums, twelve singles and three DVDs.
After signing to Atlantic Records in 1986, and changing its name from Legacy to Testament, the band released their debut album The Legacy in 1987, followed a year later by The New Order (1988); both albums were acclaimed by critics and the press, including heavy metal-related publications. The band achieved mainstream popularity with its third album Practice What You Preach (1989), which was Testament's first album to climb up the Top 100 on the Billboard 200 chart. A string of more successful albums were released during the early-to-mid-1990s, including Souls of Black (1990), The Ritual (1992) and Low (1994), with the first two also entering the Top 100 on the Billboard 200 chart. After Atlantic dropped the band in 1995, Testament (who had at this point had begun to experiment with a death metal-influenced sound) continued to record and perform until their temporary hiatus in 2001, when Billy was diagnosed with cancer. By 2005, his cancer was in remission and Testament had resumed activity, which saw a brief reunion of The Legacy lineup, resulting in the live album Live in London. Since then, Testament has experienced a resurgence of popularity, with four of their studio albums—The Formation of Damnation (2008), Dark Roots of Earth (2012), Brotherhood of the Snake (2016) and Titans of Creation (2020)—all entering the Top 100 on the Billboard 200, and they have continued to tour consistently.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testament_(band)
Studio albums
The Legacy (1987)
The New Order (1988)
Practice What You Preach (1989)
Souls of Black (1990)
The Ritual (1992)
Low (1994)
Demonic (1997)
The Gathering (1999)
First Strike Still Deadly (2001)
The Formation of Damnation (2008)
Dark Roots of Earth (2012)
Brotherhood of the Snake (2016)
Titans of Creation (2020)
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Testament Lyrics
"D.N.R. " Lies... broken dreams Dismal past Is there more in life...…
- 03. Together As One I WAS BORN INTO A WOMB SO INSANE OVER CROWDED CAUSE…
01. Practice What You Preach You think your life's so grad You don't believe a word…
02-The New Order Takers of humanity, elders paranoid The time is now Give u…
02. Native Blood Whenever I stumble, whenever I fall Whenever I'm pushed agai…
03-So Many Lies I didn't mean to offend you But you were way out…
05 Demonic Refusal YOU TAKE MY HAND AND SYMPATHIZE YOU FELT THE FLESH, YOU…
05. Eerie Inhabitants [Intro & Guitar Solo] A world of chaos A world of fear A…
06. Return To Serenity I'm gonna take you to a place far from here No…
10 CAST AWAY BY DARKNESS IT'S TIME TO LET YOU KNOW VOICES OF…
10- Alone In The Dark When I was but very young Sorcerers came to claim my…
3 In a world polluted inside Let's pretend the nightmare is do…
3 Days In Darkness In a world polluted inside Let's pretend the nightmare is d…
9.Trial By Fire Accuse you of a crime Sentenced to endless time The price …
A Day in the Death Reanimate! Opinions of the masses Revolutions calling Wreaki…
A Day of Reckoning First there came a mass Brilliant lights of flash All across…
Absence of Light Life, as we know Is full of gloom Oppress the masses We'll l…
Afterlife When my old man he said to me you're growing…
Agony Trapped in a nightmare Prisoners of warfare Days gone become…
All I Could Bleed I like to dominate I create your fate Many years gone by …
Allegiance Hey everybody Join together unified Hey are you ready For us…
Alone in the Dark When I was but very young Sorcerers came to claim my…
Animal Magnetism You get me loose I want ya, that's all I do You…
Apocalyptic City Born into a world of hatred Nothing to live for What started…
As the Seasons Grey Take a look,what do you see Image in the mirror Yesterday …
Ballad I'm not one to say Where my feelings are going when…
Black Jack Life, dismantle your life piece by piece Winning the hand wh…
Blessed in Contempt All that can escape me, all I realize That it will…
Born In A Rut Born in a rut, raised to love abuse No innocence, never…
Brotherhood Of The Snake Coiled forever in the darkness below They await for the righ…
Burnt Offerings Summoned to the house of seance To play the evil tarot…
C.O.T.L.O.D Witches grow restless The priests are impatient My legions…
C.O.T.L.O.D. Witches grow restless The priests are impatient My legions s…
Canna-Business Now that the government have woken up and cleared their…
Careful What You Wish For Grace, in a perfect world On shines the light Praise, an ang…
Centuries Of Suffering Starting at the dawn of time, violence played its role The…
Chasing Fear Paralyzed And never coming back Even when your eyes are open…
Children of the Next Level In trans-human state It’s time to evacuate Waiting for a rid…
City of Angels Sadist without reason, a pervert for all seasons The headlin…
Code of Hammurabi Life, Death To live by the code Ancient Tales are the storie…
Cold Embrace There was a sign on an ancient veil, A dream that…
Curse of Osiris Osiris was murdered, by his brother Set A pharaoh dethroned,…
D.N.R Lies... broken dreams Dismal past Is there more in life... S…
Dangers Of The Faithless Predicting war Predicting life Predicting when disaster stri…
Dark Roots of Earth Now that the sun won't shine Slow down and take your…
Day Of Reckoning First there came a mass Brilliant lights of flash All across…
Deadline Take a look away Think about the things you say The day…
Demonic Refusal YOU TAKE MY HAND AND SYMPATHIZE YOU FELT THE FLESH, YOU…
Disciples of the Watch Cast to the fire Banned by the light Worship and listen to…
Distorted Lives I'M SO DISTORTED, THAT I'M FADING AWAY HUMAN DESTRUCTION HA…
Dnr Lies... broken dreams Dismal past Is there more in life... S…
DO NOT RESUSCITAT [Music: Skolnick, Peterson, Clemente] [Lyrics: Skolnick, Pe…
Do Not Resuscitate Lies... broken dreams Dismal past Is there more in life...…
Do or Die Living my life on borrowed time Watching my dreams disappear…
Dog Faced Gods Of dog faced gods Through the Nile sands whisper Of ancien…
Down 4 life When I see my brother What I see is like no…
Dragon Attack Go Take me to the room where the red's all red Take…
Draw The Line Checkmate honey Beat you at your own damn game No dice hon…
Dream Deceiver Every night becomes a nightmare Nowhere left to escape She g…
Eerie Inhabitants [Intro & Guitar Solo] A world of chaos A world of fear A…
Electric Crown Here we go The people show Victims of tomorrow The way it go…
Envy Life In regards to the nature used with pacts of magic Spirits…
Eyes of Wrath Eyes of wrath The beast is on your back Razor blade slice…
F.E.A.R The psycho logic of the civilized, controlling thoughts with…
Face in the Sky Shadows glow from the full moonlight Hear clouds cry, it's s…
Fall of Sipledome Melting Ice Beneath the wave Frozen ice sheets Slowly star…
Falling Fast Locked in the darkened world Made to never last That's whe…
False Prophet So let’s begin one by one First the old then the…
First Strike is Deadly Prisoners of the venom master Guilty for what you've been ch…
Formation Of Damnation The False leaders crowned, a world of mass destruction Can't was…
Greenhouse Effect Fools the ones who stray, the rain forest burns away Know…
Hail Mary I am alive I feel dirt in my eyes There's no escape…
Hatred's Rise SLASHING THROUGH THE FIGHT BEFORE HIM DRESSED IN THE ARMO…
Henchman Ride One life is the way they live not far from…
Henchmen Ride Life in the world untold, question the unknown This prison c…
Holier Than Thou No más! ¿Craps los rodillos fuera de su boca no han…
Into the Pit Deep in the pit and lying alone Where death has reared…
Ishtar's Gate A goddess of both love and war The lion and the…
John Doe HE DIED ON THORAZINE LOST LIFE AND ANY HOPES LAID HIM DOWN…
Jun-Jun CAST BEFORE MY EYES DECEIVE ME A VISION OF MY LIFE CANNOT…
Killing Season Predicting war, predicting life, predicting when disaster st…
King Of Kings I was awakened by the howling of the dog Or perhaps…
Last Stand for Independence Last chance for independence Call to arms to take a stand …
Leave Me Forever Promises you never meant to keep What I thought we had…
Legacy We're gonna take you back Through the pages of the past Just…
Legions Domestically violent With razor blade smiles Infested with a…
Legions Of The Dead Chant incantate See his legions march in trace Destroy des…
Let Go of My World Listen now to my sordid tale My words they speak to…
Love to Hate Hail to the new leader now Ruler of this land, With plans…
Low Fuel the fire for war It's man against mankind Bruises that …
Malpractice We all will go and stay sometime Soon to be victim…
Man Kills Mankind Long before the curtain call The dregs they had been cast …
More Than Meets The Eye Life in a world untold, question the unknown This prison cap…
Murky Waters Hold your breath afraid Grasp the rope in fear Grip just sli…
Native Blood Whenever I stumble, whenever I fall Whenever I'm pushed agai…
Neptune's Spear So goddamn long, we've been searching Why has it taken so…
New Eyes of Old PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE THE FIRST STEP IN CREATING A SITUATION…
New Order Takers of humanity, elders paranoid The time is now Give up …
Night of the Witch Lurking in the darkness, they consecrate nightfall A sacred …
Nightmare You wanted money, you wanted fame, You broke the rules befor…
Nobody [Aerosmith Cover] [Intro & Guitar Solo] Lord I must be dre…
One Man Time is nothing but life's decay Pitch your reverend path …
Over the Wall I've been a prisoner Trapped in by fear Ordered for the rest…
P.C Damn the machine the system's corrupted Abusive power is eve…
P.C. Damn the machine the system's corrupted Abusive power is ev…
Perilous Nation Bold is the one who dares to say what he…
Powerslave Into the abyss I'll fall, the eye of Horus Into the…
Practice What You Preach You think your life's so grad You don't believe a word…
Preacher In days of old When the books were untold Speak of a…
Raging Waters Our ship sailed on through the Violent burning sea Not knowi…
Rapid Fire Pounding the world like a battering ram Forging the furnace…
Reign of Terror Marching our way through the crypts of the dead Taking his…
Return to Serenity I'm gonna take you to a place far from here No…
Ride Doesn't know what to do anymore Jesus makes love to the…
Riding The Snake Caged... and riding the snake Straight down from the night T…
Rise Up When I say rise up When I say war That means the…
Sails of Charon Dark night, there is no light In the realm of the…
Seven Days of May Put your life on the line To hesitate is a waste…
Seven Seals Prophecy was written in the pages of old What will these…
Sewn Shut Eyes Hate... Hate is a lesson we know Alone on its own it…
Shades Of War Burial of a human being A man before a boy Born to…
Signs of Chaos [Instrumental]…
Sins of Omission The day's vanished in the night, soon the children pray Pray…
So Many Lies I didn't mean to offend you But you were way out…
Souls 0f Black Can't you see That in the world we live in Political lies …
Souls of Black Can't you see That in the world we live in Political lies Ar…
Stronghold Elected to the show and our freedom never knows How is…
Symptoms Trapped between these eyes Mistrust, no compromise Can’t see…
tears See the sun as the day is done Life is of…
Ten Thousand Thrones CAST AWAY BY DARKNESS IT'S TIME TO LET YOU KNOW VOICES OF…
The Ballad I'm not one to say Where my feelings are going when…
The Burning Times BACK IN TIME THE PUNISHMENT WAS BORN ALL YOU WITCHES BURN SO…
The Evil Has Landed The sky began to fall, ripping open a path up…
The Formation Of Damnation False leaders crowned, a world of mass destruction Can't was…
The Haunting Hear the screams,screams of fright Shrieks of terror through…
The Healers Seems like yesterday Life would never be the same There’s no…
The Legacy We're gonna take you back Through the pages of the past Just…
The Making of Dark Roots of Earth Now that the sun won't shine Slow down and take your…
The New Order Takers of humanity, elders paranoid The time is now Give up …
The Number Game Enthralled by the thirst, thoughts of a deviant man Intoxifi…
The Pale King I was awakened by the howling of the dog Or perhaps…
The Perscuted Won't Forget The noose around my neck cinched in tight unmercifully The t…
The Perscuted Won`t Forget The noose around my neck cinched in tight unmercifully The …
The Persecuted Won't Forget The noose around my neck cinched in tight unmercifully The t…
The Preacher In days of old When the books were untold Speak of a…
The Ritual Say hello again, my friends I've got to go The ritual calls…
The Sermon Suit up for destruction Death looks behind many faces Hatred…
Then Thousand Thrones CAST AWAY BY DARKNESS IT'S TIME TO LET YOU KNOW VOICES OF…
Three Days In Darkness In a world polluted inside Let's pretend the nightmare is do…
Throne of Thorns Behold now, the power I wield that comes from my…
Time Is Coming Yeah! the way I feel, seems to me to be…
Together As One I WAS BORN INTO A WOMB SO INSANE OVER CROWDED CAUSE…
Trail Of Tears See the sun as the day is done Life is of…
Trial by Fire Accuse you of a crime Sentenced to endless time The price yo…
Troubled Dreams Troubled dreams Of a wandering nomad Damned to be all by mys…
True American Hate Fear nothing, say nothing Pledge allegiance to what's righ…
True Believer Do you believe in the darkness below Well I can summon…
WWIII Device of doom, pure savagery A holocaust on land or sea On…