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New Testament album: TITANS OF CREATION (released April 3)


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Track listing:

 

1. Children of the Next Level 6:13

2. WWII 4:48

3. Dream Deceiver 4:58

4. Night of the Witch 6:32

5. City of Angels 6:43

6. Ishtars Gate 5:09

7. Symptoms 4:37

8. False Prophet 4:54

9. The Healers 4:23

10. Code of Hammurabi 4:52

11. Curse of Osiris 3:24

12. Catacombs 2:01

 

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According to a product listing on Apple.com, San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have set "Titans Of Creation" as the title of their new album, due on April 3 via Nuclear Blast. The long-awaited follow-up to 2016 album "Brotherhood Of The Snake" was once again recorded with Juan Urteaga and mixed by veteran British producer — and current JUDAS PRIEST touring guitarist — Andy Sneap. The cover artwork for "Titans Of Creation" was created by artist and longtime collaborator Eliran Kantor, who has previously worked with ICED EARTH, SODOM, HATEBREED, SOULFLY and THY ART IS MURDER, among many others.

 

"Titans Of Creation" track listing:

 

01. Children Of The Next Level

02. WWII

03. Dream Deceiver

04. Night Of The Witch

05. City Of Angels

06. Ishtars Gate

07. Symptoms

08. False Prophet

09. The Healers

10. Code Of Hammurabi

11. Curse Of Osiris

12. Catacombs

 

A snippet of the song "Night Of The Witch" is available on Apple.com.

 

In a recent interview with Heavy New York, TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy was asked if the band's new disc is a musical continuation of "Brotherhood Of The Snake". He responded: "You're always trying to top your last record, and I thought 'Brotherhood', up to that point, was a pretty strong record. This one, it definitely stands on its own — all the songs have their own identity. Eric [Peterson, guitar] somehow came up with a way to make it be TESTAMENT but feel fresh and new still TESTAMENT, so that's pretty awesome."

 

He continued: "It was a quicker process than the last time, but I think at the end, the mix is awesome, the songs came out awesome, and the process wasn't as painful as it was the last time. So, it's a good record. I can't wait for everybody to hear it."

 

Asked if he waits for music for new TESTAMENT songs to be completed first before he starts working on lyrical ideas or if he has lyrics in mind before even hearing a note of music, Chuck said: "I have some concepts before I hear music and apply 'em to what I feel when I feel the song. So usually, a lot of it, the riff is first — it's a riff; it's not even a song yet, so it's usually just a riff. And then, from there, I just kind of feel it out and just kind of find my way through it.

 

"On this record, we didn't get to work and do any demos, so a lot of it was a lot of riffs going into the studio with ideas and then fine-tuning it, which I think put the pressure on ourselves," he explained. "Sometimes when you're under pressure, I think you work a little harder and you give it a little more. So I think, again, us forcing ourselves in the studio — 'Let's go. We're gonna record this record now' — it paid off, 'cause the record came out great. Everybody's performance — Steve [DiGiorgio, bass] and Gene [Hoglan, drums] just killed it on this record. It's an awesome record. TESTAMENT fans, I think, are gonna dig it."

 

Last year, Billy told the WSOU radio station that the new TESTAMENT album would "definitely" contain "some different elements. I think Eric definitely stepped back into little of his — I don't know — maybe, MERCYFUL FATE shoes," he said. "There's a lot of MERCYFUL FATE kind of stuff. Eric does some black metal stuff. There's some blast beats, which he's kind of mixed in there, which that's not the norm for us. So it's a little different again. I think all the songs definitely have their own identity and stand on their own."

 

Chuck said that he is using his "melodic tone of a voice and less of a death metal voice" on the new TESTAMENT LP. "It's just kind of where the songs took it," he said. "There's a song on here that was kind of one of the last ones that came around — it's one of the slower-tempo songs. And I kind of was shying away from it 'cause the pace of the rest of the record was pretty quick, so I wasn't sure it was the right fit. But in the end, once we wrote it and finished it, it turned out to be a great song. But I'm doing some stuff on there — I've never sang a three-part harmony on a TESTAMENT song ever. And on this one, there's a situation where I tried it and did it, and it sounds really cool for the song. So it was just something different — challenging again that was different notes to use and different challenges, and I kind of dug it. And it actually was cool, and it actually made the experience on those songs, of creation, just kind of fun."

 

Billy went on to discuss two of the tracks that will appear on TESTAMENT's new disc, saying: "On this record, there's a song called 'Children Of The Next Level', and that's one that really came together, musically, and came together lyrically. There's another one on the record that, actually, the first time I heard the song, I kind of mimicked the vocal pattern and actually we wrote it the next day. So that was a song that was, like, 'Wow!' I got inspired and laid down the first gut feeling of what it felt like. And it ended up being a keeper, and we ended up molding it right into a killer song. And lyrically, the timing, the melody, the lyrics — everything just really kind of fell into place."

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I can't wait!!!!!!!

 

Love this band more and more and more every time I replay literally anything they have ever done.

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I can't wait!!!!!!!

 

Love this band more and more and more every time I replay literally anything they have ever done.

An early candidate for metal album of the year maybe. Or even just album of the year overall.

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I can't wait!!!!!!!

 

Love this band more and more and more every time I replay literally anything they have ever done.

An early candidate for metal album of the year maybe. Or even just album of the year overall.

 

We will see, new Nightwish for me, and their last album was my album of the decade, lol.

 

But Testament released a new song today and I loved it

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I can't wait!!!!!!!

 

Love this band more and more and more every time I replay literally anything they have ever done.

An early candidate for metal album of the year maybe. Or even just album of the year overall.

 

We will see, new Nightwish for me, and their last album was my album of the decade, lol.

 

But Testament released a new song today and I loved it

Night of the Witch!

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I can't wait!!!!!!!

 

Love this band more and more and more every time I replay literally anything they have ever done.

An early candidate for metal album of the year maybe. Or even just album of the year overall.

 

We will see, new Nightwish for me, and their last album was my album of the decade, lol.

 

But Testament released a new song today and I loved it

 

I'm glad you brought up Nightwish because I have a small complaint. They announced their album a couple weeks ago and we still don't have a new single. In the days before the internet that made sense things moved slower. But today we know that everything is done by the time a new album is announced, so why not just give us the new single right away like Testament did? I don't see the point in waiting around for it.

 

The new Testament song kicks ass. Reading the comments, it was said that the higher pitched voice in the chorus is Eric Peterson. That's a bit different for them as I don't recall anyone else doing vocals in their songs before.

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I can't wait!!!!!!!

 

Love this band more and more and more every time I replay literally anything they have ever done.

An early candidate for metal album of the year maybe. Or even just album of the year overall.

 

We will see, new Nightwish for me, and their last album was my album of the decade, lol.

 

But Testament released a new song today and I loved it

 

I'm glad you brought up Nightwish because I have a small complaint. They announced their album a couple weeks ago and we still don't have a new single. In the days before the internet that made sense things moved slower. But today we know that everything is done by the time a new album is announced, so why not just give us the new single right away like Testament did? I don't see the point in waiting around for it.

 

The new Testament song kicks ass. Reading the comments, it was said that the higher pitched voice in the chorus is Eric Peterson. That's a bit different for them as I don't recall anyone else doing vocals in their songs before.

I've got one of the Eric Peterson black metal project albums actually it's quite good. The band is called Dragonlord, the album is the latest one called Dominion.

 

The new Testament song does kick ass as well!

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I can't wait!!!!!!!

 

Love this band more and more and more every time I replay literally anything they have ever done.

An early candidate for metal album of the year maybe. Or even just album of the year overall.

 

We will see, new Nightwish for me, and their last album was my album of the decade, lol.

 

But Testament released a new song today and I loved it

 

I'm glad you brought up Nightwish because I have a small complaint. They announced their album a couple weeks ago and we still don't have a new single. In the days before the internet that made sense things moved slower. But today we know that everything is done by the time a new album is announced, so why not just give us the new single right away like Testament did? I don't see the point in waiting around for it.

 

The new Testament song kicks ass. Reading the comments, it was said that the higher pitched voice in the chorus is Eric Peterson. That's a bit different for them as I don't recall anyone else doing vocals in their songs before.

 

They announced the day of the album details that the single and video will come out February the 7th, same day pre-orders start.

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I found a digipack box set of the first five Testament albums on Amazon for $17.98 and jumped all over that shit. I had never really listened to The Ritual before since I kinda lost track after Souls Of Black and only checked in on them once in a while. Holy shit if The Ritual isn't an unsung hero in Testament's catalog! I dig the song writing and the rhythm guitars are sick. Edited by GeddyLeeRoth
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I found a digipack box set of the first five Testament albums on Amazon for $17.98 and jumped all over that shit. I had never really listened to The Ritual before since I kinda lost track after Souls Of Black and only checked in on them once in a while. Holy shit if The Ritual isn't an unsung hero in Testament's catalog! I dig the song writing and the rhythm guitars are sick.

 

The Ritual is my personal favourite Testament album. Not saying it's their best ... Just that it's my favourite

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I found a digipack box set of the first five Testament albums on Amazon for $17.98 and jumped all over that shit. I had never really listened to The Ritual before since I kinda lost track after Souls Of Black and only checked in on them once in a while. Holy shit if The Ritual isn't an unsung hero in Testament's catalog! I dig the song writing and the rhythm guitars are sick.

 

The Ritual is my personal favourite Testament album. Not saying it's their best ... Just that it's my favourite

You're MAD!! Mad as a hatter!

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I found a digipack box set of the first five Testament albums on Amazon for $17.98 and jumped all over that shit. I had never really listened to The Ritual before since I kinda lost track after Souls Of Black and only checked in on them once in a while. Holy shit if The Ritual isn't an unsung hero in Testament's catalog! I dig the song writing and the rhythm guitars are sick.

 

Have you heard anything from The Gathering to what they've been doing now? I think the band is the best it's ever been. More aggressive songs, much better playing and Chuck's vocals are at a completely different level than they were in the early years. Older and wiser Testament is the best Testament.

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Here's a bigger picture of the album art:

 

Testament-Titans-Of-Creation.jpg

 

 

Yes Pat. I'm going to get this.

 

Really? I thought Testament would be too heavy for you since you love all that lame 80s party metal lol.

 

LOL!!

 

STEEL PANTHER BABY! "ASIAN HOOKER!"

Earl actually prefers the asian hookers to the bands!

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Here's a bigger picture of the album art:

 

Testament-Titans-Of-Creation.jpg

 

 

Yes Pat. I'm going to get this.

 

Really? I thought Testament would be too heavy for you since you love all that lame 80s party metal lol.

 

LOL!!

 

STEEL PANTHER BABY! "ASIAN HOOKER!"

Earl actually prefers the asian hookers to the bands!

 

Oh yeah baby!

 

I love fat girls too! "THAR SHE BLOWS!"

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