Today is the day for legendary bay area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT to unleash new thunder to the masses in the form of their thirteenth studio album, Titans Of Creation, via Nuclear Blast.
In celebration of the release, the band offer fans the music video by Balázs Gróf for “Children Of The Next Level” which can be seen here:
Chuck Billy comments, “Being so busy with touring, we weren’t able to schedule a video shoot and thought we’d try something different and came up with a killer animated video for the song ‘Children Of The Next Level’. With the song being about the Heavens Gate cult, we thought it would make for a good visual story. It takes a lot of time and effort to make animated video and it was really cool to watch the process as it came to life. i think it came out awesome.”
Eric Peterson states, “Watching clips as it was being put together was exciting, but after seeing it for the first time from beginning to end, its hilarious as hell and lots of fun to watch. It sticks to the story board of lyrics while remaining very entertaining to watch and much more, I think even non metal fans will love this too!”
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 including alluring, brilliant, and progressive ingredients they are known for.
The time has arrived for legendary bay area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT to unleash new thunder to the masses and reveal their thirteenth studio album: Titans Of Creation which will be released this Friday via Nuclear Blast.
Just as the elements of this planet thrive within all living creatures, each musician in TESTAMENT represents a necessary component of this latest musical creation.The band launched their multi-part series examining each member in their respective element. Today, the band releases the fourth episode where Chuck details his life in his element, here:
If you would like to try Eric’s linguine with clam sauce recipe as seen in the video, download it here:nuclearblast.com/testament-recipe
Still filled with a massive and unstoppable energy since their last release, TESTAMENT have taken their style to the next level and present an album that is loyal to the roots of traditional thrash metal while still including alluring, brilliant, and progressive ingredients they are known for.
A few weeks ago, TESTAMENT released their second single “Children Of The Next Level” which was played live on the bands recent “Bay Strike’s Back” European tour. Check out the video for the fan favorite here: https://youtu.be/IUDJKVqBvi8
Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voicerecently spoke to Chuck Billy front man of Testament. Billy talked about the bands new album Titans of Creation as well as testing positive with the Cornavirus and recovering.
Titans of Creation will be release on April 3 via Nuclear Blast.
When asked about the new album Titans of Creation
“It’s a diverse record there is an array of songs that have there own identity that stand out on their own. It’s definitely a diverse record. It’s a record where I really pushed myself out of my comfort zone. Also there are a lot of personal stuff on the record in terms of song content. Plus this records wasn’t a pain in the ass to make like the last one. The last one was a two year process this one nine month to get it written and recorded.
Any extra tracks recorded but left off the new album
“We never have extra tracks, whenever we write a record it’s just enough songs for the record. I think if you got old stuff and you are trying to rehash it years later maybe it’s not a good starting point. I mean there must be a reason why it didn’t make the record.”
When asked about testing positive for the Coronavirus
” We just made it out of Europe so we said let’s be proactive and see where we can go get tested since we were on tour. They said to us if you don’t have symptoms you can’t get tested so we didn’t get tested. Then as the days went by we started to feel sick and then we called again and they recommended we get tested. By that time we had been in communication with band members and the crew from the bands that traveled with us. It seemed a lot of us were sick with a lot of the same symptoms. For me my symptoms were, my body ached, headaches, just felt wiped out. First I thought it was just jet lagged but then it came on like you knew you were sick and it didn’t let up. A lot of sleeping. I really didn’t get the fever, just the coughing, tired just slept a lot. Then we did the drive through tests and it took 7 days to get results. So by the time we got our results we were getting better, it slowly was going away. I noticed the first day or two it was huffing and puffing just walking to the bathroom and back but it didn’t get any worse. We weren’t over exerting ourselves. Getting better as time went by, resting and isolating ourselves. Hopefully people will do the right thing and stay isolated as long as they can. ”
When asked what Testament will do now in downtime
“I’m sure our tour in April is going to be postponed don’t know yet, we haven’t heard about the summer dates in Europe yet either if they will get postponed.”
Legendary Bay Area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT are to unleash new thunder to the masses and reveal their thirteenth studio album: Titans Of Creation which will be released on April 3rd via Nuclear Blast.
Just as the elements of this planet thrive within all living creatures, each musician in TESTAMENT represents a necessary component of this latest musical creation.The band launched their multi-part series examining each member in their respective element. Today, the band releases the third episode where Eric details his life in his element, here:
If you would like to try Eric’s linguine with clam sauce recipe as seen in the video, download it here:nuclearblast.com/testament-recipe
In case you missed the first two parts of the series, you can watch them below:
Last week ,the band released the second single entitled, “Children Of The Next Level“. Watch the visualizer here: https://youtu.be/IUDJKVqBvi8
Still filled with a massive and unstoppable energy since their last release, TESTAMENT have taken their style to the next level and present an album that is loyal to the roots of traditional thrash metal while still including alluring, brilliant, and progressive ingredients they are known for.
TESTAMENT announced their North American 2020 tour. The 30-date trek will kick-off in Phoenix on April 20th and will make stops in Austin, Mexico, and Toronto before concluding in Anaheim on May 28th. Joining them on the tour are THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, label mates MUNICIPAL WASTE and MESHIAAK.
Tickets andVIP Meet & Greet packages are available for purchase at testamentlegions.com
Confirmed dates for TESTAMENT‘s North American 2020 tour with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER , MUNICIPAL WASTE and MESHIAAK are: 4/20/2020 Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren 4/21/2020 Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey 4/23/2020. Houston, TX @ House Of Blues 4/24/2020 Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues 4/25/2020 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom 4/26/2020 Austin, TX @ Emo’s 4/28/2020 Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall 4/29/2020 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 4/30/2020 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz 5/02/2020 Mexico City, MX ^ Festival – TESTAMENT only 5/05/2020 Silver Springs, MD @ The Fillmore 5/06/2020 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA 5/07/2020 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount 5/08/2020 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom 5/09/2020 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues 5/10/2020 Montreal, QC @ M’Telus 5/11/2020 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Hall 5/13/2020. Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre 5/14/2020 Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall 5/15/2020 Columbus, OH ^ Festival – TESTAMENT only 5/16/2020 Joliet, IL @ The Forge *SOLD OUT* 5/17/2020 Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore 5/19/2020 Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall 5/20/2020 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot 5/22/2020 Portland, CA @ Roseland Theater 5/23/2020 Vancouver, BC* w/o MUNICIPAL WASTE 5/24/2020 Seattle, WA * w/o MUNICIPAL WASTE 5/26/2020 Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades 5/27/2020 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues 5/28/2020 Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
* – MUNICIPAL WASTE not appearing ^ – Festival – TESTAMENT only + – Festival – MUNICIPAL WASTE only
The time has arrived for legendary bay area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT to unleash new thunder to the masses and reveal their thirteenth studio album: Titans Of Creation which will be released on April 3rd via Nuclear Blast.
Today, the band releases the second single entitled, “Children Of The Next Level”. Watch the visualizer here:
Chuck Billy comments, “To all our Testament Legions out there… we hope you have been playing the shit out of our first single ‘Night of the Witch’ and are ready for our second release ‘Children of the Next Level’. I know we are ready to play it live, so March 6th we are going to debut it for our fans attending the show at the O2 Academy in London. We are going to ask them to pull out there cameras and put up videos for everyone to enjoy and thrash it up! Hey fucking Metal For ever!!!!!!”
Just as the elements of this planet thrive within all living creatures, each musician in TESTAMENT represents a necessary component of this latest musical creation.The band launched their multi-part series examining each member in their respective element. Watch the first two episodes below:
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 including alluring, brilliant, and progressive ingredients they are known for.
TESTAMENT announced their North American 2020 tour. The 30-date trek will kick-off in Phoenix on April 20th and will make stops in Austin, Mexico, and Toronto before concluding in Anaheim on May 28th. Joining them on the tour are THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, label mates MUNICIPAL WASTE and MESHIAAK.
Confirmed dates for TESTAMENT‘s North American 2020 tour with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER , MUNICIPAL WASTE and MESHIAAK are: 4/20/2020 Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren 4/21/2020 Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey 4/23/2020. Houston, TX @ House Of Blues 4/24/2020 Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues 4/25/2020 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom 4/26/2020 Austin, TX @ Emo’s 4/28/2020 Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall 4/29/2020 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 4/30/2020 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz 5/02/2020 Mexico City, MX ^ Festival – TESTAMENT only 5/05/2020 Silver Springs, MD @ The Fillmore 5/06/2020 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA 5/07/2020 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount 5/08/2020 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom 5/09/2020 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues 5/10/2020 Montreal, QC @ M’Telus 5/11/2020 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Hall 5/13/2020. Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre 5/14/2020 Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall 5/15/2020 Columbus, OH ^ Festival – TESTAMENT only 5/16/2020 Joliet, IL @ The Forge *SOLD OUT* 5/17/2020 Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore 5/19/2020 Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall 5/20/2020 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot 5/22/2020 Portland, CA @ Roseland Theater 5/23/2020 Vancouver, BC* w/o MUNICIPAL WASTE 5/24/2020 Seattle, WA * w/o MUNICIPAL WASTE 5/26/2020 Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades 5/27/2020 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues 5/28/2020 Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
* – MUNICIPAL WASTE not appearing ^ – Festival – TESTAMENT only + – Festival – MUNICIPAL WASTE only
Legendary bay area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT will unleash their thirteenth studio album ‘Titans Of Creation’ on April 3rd via Nuclear Blast. Just as the elements of this planet thrive within all living creatures, each musician in TESTAMENT represents a necessary component of this latest musical creation.The band launches their multi-part series examining each member in their respective element.
Today, the band has released the second trailer where Steve Di Giorgio is captured in his element (Earth), watch it here:
Still filled with a massive and unstoppable energy since their last release, TESTAMENT have taken their style to the next level and present an album that is loyal to the roots of traditional thrash metal while still including alluring, brilliant, and progressive ingredients they are known for.
Pre-order your copy of ‘Titans Of Creation’, here: http://nuclearblast.com/testament-toc
Pre-save the album on Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer: nblast.de/TESTAMENTpreSave
‘Titans Of Creation’ track listing:
Children Of The Next Level
WWIII
Dream Deceiver
Night Of The Witch
City Of Angels
Ishtar’s Gate
Symptoms
False Prophet
The Healers
Code Of Hammurabi
Curse Of Osiris
Catacombs
Also watch “Night Of The Witch” lyric video:
TESTAMENT will head on their North American 2020 tour, and the 30-date trek will kick-off in Phoenix on April 20th and will make stops in Austin, Mexico, and Toronto before concluding in Anaheim on May 28th. Joining them on the tour are THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, label mates MUNICIPAL WASTE and MESHIAAK.
4/20/2020 Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
4/21/2020 Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey
4/23/2020. Houston, TX @ House Of Blues
4/24/2020 Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues
4/25/2020 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
4/26/2020 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
4/28/2020 Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
4/29/2020 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
4/30/2020 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
5/02/2020 Mexico City, MX ^ Festival – TESTAMENT only
5/05/2020 Silver Springs, MD @ The Fillmore
5/06/2020 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
5/07/2020 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
5/08/2020 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
5/09/2020 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
5/10/2020 Montreal, QC @ M’Telus
5/11/2020 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Hall
5/13/2020. Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre
5/14/2020 Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall
5/15/2020 Columbus, OH ^ Festival – TESTAMENT only
5/16/2020 Joliet, IL @ The Forge
5/17/2020 Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
5/19/2020 Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
5/20/2020 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
5/22/2020 Portland, CA @ Roseland Theater
5/23/2020 Vancouver, BC * w/o MUNICIPAL WASTE
5/24/2020 Seattle, WA * w/o MUNICIPAL WASTE
5/26/2020 Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades
5/27/2020 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
5/28/2020 Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
* – MUNICIPAL WASTE not appearing
^ – Festival – TESTAMENT only
+ – Festival – MUNICIPAL WASTE only
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As previously announced, the brand new group QUADVIUM was founded by Steve Di Giorgio (TESTAMENT, SADUS, DEATH) and Dutch bass player Jeroen Paul Thesseling (SALAZH TRIO, OBSCURA, PESTILENCE) both globally renown for their fretless signature playing, have completed their line-up with French guitar virtuoso Raphael De Stefano (NONSENSE). As earlier revealed, also talented Dutch fusion-metal drummer Yuma van Eekelen (OUR OCEANS, EXIVIOUS, PESTILENCE) joined the group as permanent member. Stay tuned for more news! More information at https://www.facebook.com/Quadvium
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Please Note, STEVE DI GIORGIO is available for studio sessions as well as session bassist for tours. For further information, please contact via email: alexalphaomega@gmail.com – robertoalphaomega@gmail.com.
The fretless guru, STEVE DI GIORGIO doesn’t need any longer introductions, as he is widely renowned as a pioneer on the fretless bass in heavy metal music, being the bassist of TESTAMENT, QUADVIUM, DEATH and SADUS, among others. Within his genre, STEVE DI GIORGIO is respected for his playing skills, versatility and incredible technique. He has more than 40 studio album recordings and over 20 years of touring the world.
Watch Steve Di Giorgio LowDown: Bass Playthrough | Terra Odium – Crawling:
