It’s been four years since the return to form that is “Brotherhood Of The Snake” and finally Friday saw the arrival of “Titans Of Creation” from Oakland California Thrash Kings Testament. To celebrate the release they’ve shared an animated Adult Swim style video for “Children Of The Next Level” created by Balazs Grof.
On their “The Bay Strikes Back” tour, which was cut cruelly short, The Metal Tris caught up with Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick to talk about the “Titans of Creation”, which is released tomorrow via Nuclear Blast as well as his unlikely start in the world of photography! It is the highly anticipated follow up to
Earlier this month we reviewed “Desecration” from Edinburgh Thrash giants Iferann. Granted an audience with them, we asked a few burning questions we had left over from the review as well as about their influences and where they want to end up. Here’s what they had to say… if you’ve not had the pleasure, you
It’s been a long four years between the return to form “Brotherhood of the Snake” and new album “Titans Of Creation” which will appear on 3rd April via Nuclear Blast after as many as four date push backs, according to vocalist Chuck Billy at least. In this latest interview, Testament guitarist Eric Peterson speaks to
Outside of the Big Four of Thrash there are plenty who would argue that Testament, Exodus and Death Angel are contenders for places in the Big Ten. Testament have had more than their fair share of classic tracks and albums but in “Brotherhood of the Snake” they delivered one of their most consistent albums in
After taking a break, German Melodic Death Metallers Heaven Shall Burn decided to take a different creative route with their ninth studio album, the follow up to 2016’s critically acclaimed “Wanderer“. Bringing in composer Sven Helbig (Rammstein, Pet Shop Boys) and renowned conductor Wilhelm Keitel, they sought to add a string section to their sound
Founded in 1987 in Miami Florida by guitarist and vocalist Paul Masvidal and drummer Sean Reinert, Cynic incorporated elements of Progressive and Alternative Rock into Extreme Metal and after four demos in four years they signed to Roadrunner Records in 1991 and began work on the debut album. Both Masvidal and Reinert were part of
Appearing 13 months after debut EP “Unearthly” sophomore EP “Desecration” from Edinburgh based Thrash Metal quintet Ifreann sees then looking to combine old school Thrash aesthetics with modern edge and techniques to formulate their potion for World domination. Formed in 2015 they took the name ‘Ifreann‘ translated from the Irish for ‘Hell‘ as their own and
Featuring mixing and mastering by none other than Andy Sneap, you should already know that Oakland Thrash Titans Testament will be celebrating on 3rd of April as “Titans Of Creation” appears via Nuclear Blast. Filmed at Resurrection Fest in Spain in 2019, here’s “Electric Crown“. Pro-Shot in full technicolor.
Chuck Schuldiner founded Orlando Florida Death Metal band Death in 1983 and was their vocalist, guitarist and occasionally bassist until his tragic death in 2001. The band were a revolving door of musicians including Obituary guitarist James Murphy and Strapping Young Lad, Testament and Fear Factory drummer Gene Hoglan at various points in time. “The Sound
