With A
Career
Spanning Two
Decades,
Pioneers Of
Thrash
Metal, The
Original
Line-up;
TESTAMENT Is
Back!!
Originally
conceived
from the Bay
Area in
1983; known
for bringing
metal to a
whole new
level of
class by
combining
melodies,
roars and
growls with
untouchable
guitar riffs
and
brutality,
the most
respected
thrash
metallers
around -
TESTAMENT
returns and
proves how
they simply
influenced
the
generation
of today's
metal and
hardcore.
With the
return of
guitar
legend, Alex
Skolnick,
Greg
Christian
(bass),
metals most
significant
rhythm
guitarist
Eric
Peterson,
enlisted
pummeling
drummer Nick
Barker (Dimmu
Borgir,
Cradle of
Filth), and
finally
Heavy
Metal's #1
and most
respected
vocalist
Chuck Billy,
who's
distinct
vocals
can be
recognized
across the
metal world
today and
for decades
to come;
will all be
working out
some new
TESTAMENT
songs. Riff
master Eric
Peterson
along with
Britain’s
cyclone-pounder
Nick Barker
are
currently in
Northern
California
locked down
in the
studio
beginning to
lay the
foundation
for whats to
come. Eric
Peterson
states,
"It's
feeling
pretty good
so
far...Nicks
playing has
sparked some
fire in me
like
Lombardo did
back in 99
when he
played with
us on “The
Gathering”!
Despite
being
sidelined in
2001 by a
rare form of
cancer,
Chuck Billy
has made a
full
recovery and
this will
surely be
the line up
that will
take over
2007!
TESTAMENT
has
confirmed a
warm up US
date in
their home
town of San
Francisco.
SATURDAY,
JANUARY 27th
at
Independent
they will
follow up
with a
bombardment
across
Australia
and Europe.
CONFIRMED
dates are as
follows:
USA
1/27 -
Independent
- SAN
FRANCISCO,
CA
AUSTRALIA
2/7 - Prince
of Wales
Hotel -
Melbourne
2/8 - The
Manning Bar
- Sydney
2/9 - The
Waterloo
Hotel -
Brisbane
EUROPE
3/23 -
Almassy MK
Hall -
Budapest,
HUNGARY
3/24 - Hala
Spodek -
Katowice,
POLAND
7/26 -
Hellwood
Fest -
Subotica,
SERBIA
8/25 - Up
from the
Ground Open
Air Fest -
Gemunden,
GERMANY