Tag: Testament

Interview: The Bay Area Strikes Back Tour 2020!

Sitting around a table for a game of cards and a few beers in this Nuclear Blast released interview clip are none other that Testament vocalist Chuck Billy, Exodus frontman Steve “Zetro” Souza and of course Mark Osegueda of Death Angel. Why? Seemingly enough to tell us how their collective European Tour came about being

NEWS: “Immortal Behated” from Viktoriya Yermolyeva!

Timing is everything or so they say. As Death Angel freshly announced they’d be joining Exodus and Testament upon our shores in March 2020, isn’t ironic (no Alanis Morisette jokes please) that Viktoriya Yermolyeva should record a full version of “Immortal Behated” by the very same? She actually wrote and recorded the piano part that

NEWS: The Bay Strikes Back! Holy Trinity of Thrash?

March and the start of spring will see a group of older Thrash Metallers appearing at a venue near you! In a tour dubbed “The Bay Strikes Back” which starts in February in Copenhagen Denmark and ends in Hannover Germany, Exodus rearmed with Gary Holt (seemingly after Slayer call time on their Worldwide Tour) will

Review: “XXV” EP by Solitary

Hitting a milestone anniversary is always a call for celebration, the question is simply “how?”. In the case of 80’s Thrashers Solitary, who are also rejoined after an 18 year gap by original bassist Gaz Harrop, they signed up for Bloodstock. While working on a new album for 2020, vocalist/guitarist Rich Sherrington, lead guitarist Andy

NEWS: Killswitch Engage October Shows!

Featuring guest appearances from their former frontman Howard Jones now in Light The Torch and Chuck Billy of the legendary Testament, the new Killswitch Engage album “Atonement” will appear on 16th August! On sale on Friday are tickets for the Metalcore heroes headlining UK tour in October! No support bands have been announced as yet

Riff Police! Pull Over! #39: Testament Vs Nuclear Assault!

Ah Testament. The Chuck Billy fronted Thrashers are one of a number of bands who could arguably be named as just outside of the “Big Four” that is Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth and of course Anthrax. The Berkeley Californian quintet formed in that classic Thrash era and second album “The New Order” broke the band into

Review: “Legion : XX” by Burn The Priest (Lamb Of God)

The build up for any Lamb of God release is always going to pretty eventful, the band having become to many the new Pantera with the likes of huge single “Redneck” from 2009’s “Wrath”. A covers album entitled “Legion : XX” under their original moniker Burn The Priest to celebrate their 20th anniversary was the surprise news

Riff Police! Pull Over! #6 Testament Vs Lamb Of God!

Thrash legends Testament released “New World Order” way back in 1988 and one of the songs that remains a mainstay in the bands live set is the classic “Into The Pit”. The album itself was on Revolver Magazine’s “14 Thrash Albums You Need To Own” list in 2014. Fast forward to 2004 and Richmond, Virginia’s