Artist: TESTAMENT
Album: TITANS OF CREATION PICTURE VINYL (2LP PIC)

Release date: 03.04.2020
EAN/UPS: 727361489847
Media type: LP

The time has arrived for TESTAMENT to unleash new thunder to the masses and reveal their thirteenth studio album: Titans Of Creation. Just as the elements of this planet thrive within all living creatures, each musician in TESTAMENT represents a necessary component of this latest musical endeavour. Still filled with a massive and unstoppable energy since their last release, TESTAMENT has taken their style to the next level and present an album that is loyal to the roots of traditional thrash metal while still bringing alluring, brilliant, and progressive ingredients to the table. Bass is showcased, new vocals are introduced, and as expected, the guitarwork of Peterson and Skolnick is greatly complex and mesmerizing.

In 2020 the days of writing an album all together in one room are far gone, but to be able to take advantage of technology allows for TESTAMENT to go about a very similar writing process to what they always have. Basic songs are molded, structures are added by everyone in the group, instrumentals are highlighted, and finally the lyrics and vocals are created to finalize the sonic story. Facetime and human on human contact still remain crucial elements to TESTAMENT’s song writing process and at some point throughout, every member physically interacts and writes with one another. In between writing this album, the band toured relentlessly which allowed for less stress, more time in between, and greater inspiration for this album cycle. There was also plenty of anxiety-free and level-headed time for pre-production and the initial recording process with Juan Urteaga of Trident Studios. Andy Sneap was then able to tweak, mix, and master this album to his usual perfection

2LP:

Side A
01. Children Of The Next Level
02. WWIII
03. Dream Deceiver

Side B
01. Night Of The Witch
02. City Of Angels
03. Ishtar’s Gate

Side C
01. Symptoms
02. False Prophet
03. The Healers

Side D
01. Code Of Hammurabi
02. Curse Of Osiris
03. Catacombs

LINE-UP:

CHUCK BILLY | vocals
ERIC PETERSON | guitars
ALEX SKOLNICK | guitars
STEVE DIGIORGIO | bass
GENE HOGLAN | drums