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The thirteenth full-length album by the legendary American Hard Rock guitarist/vocalist.
Kicking off with a classic Nugent riff and a basic, but enjoyable, chorus on the title track, one can hear what a fine job producer Jack Blades, in cooperation with Nugent, has done with the release. Good instrument separation and a biting guitar tone make a big difference. This time with bassist Barry Sparks (Blades plays some bass as well) and drummer Tommy Clufetos, there are numerous, up-tempo boogie scorchers, this time with a decidedly old R&B feel to the guitar work on several tracks. The driving and catchy "Still Raising Hell" and the frantic tempo and typical Nuge lyrical fare of "Funk U", as well as "Aborigine", "Bridge Over Troubled Daughters", "Stand", and "Broadside" all burn with Hard Eock fire and plenty of Nugent guitar histrionics. As for "Girl Scout Cookies", the down 'n' dirty rhythm is tolerable, but the lyrics are absolutely horrible. The 40-year-old tune is given a heavy makeover, but still sounds as melodically stimulating as the original. Rather than being butchered, the new rendition works exceedingly well. With a stuttering, R&B shuffle and a catchy chorus, "Geronimo & Me" is a keeper, as is the light 'n' bluesy "Spirit of the Buffalo". Always a master of the instrumental, the creeping tempo and slide licks of "EagleBrother", and the straight, slow-burn blues of "Lay with Me" rounds out the batch.
This is the same old Hard Rock that Nugent has been cranking out for over three decades now, and it sure sounds like he's been doing it that long, as the riffs are recycled, the production is too clean, and the performances too professional. All this sterile Hard Rock only draws attention to what Nugent is saying, and this collection of bad sex, hammy patriotism, and Wild West rhapsodies does indeed act as some kind of grenade - it explodes the myth that Nugent is some kind of reformed red state hero, revealing him just as the dirty old man he's always been!
Album sells 3600 copies in its first week, landing it at #186 on the Billboard 200.
For all his lunatic rants and self-delusional, right wing diatribes, Ted Nugent can still play a mean guitar in a way that only he can. Fortunately, he woke up some years ago and started realizing that an improvement in songwriting was necessary to make his albums anything more than guitar wankery with slapped-together songs. The bottom line is that "Love Grenade" is a good Hard Rock release!!
Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd., 2007 (ER 20121-2). Made in USA. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Love Grenade     5:04 
2. Still Raising Hell     3:22 
3. Funk U     4:01 
4. Girl Scout Cookies     4:03 
5. Journey To The Center Of The Mind     4:52 
6. Geronimo & Me     4:45 
7. Eaglebrother     4:39 
8. Spirit Of The Buffalo     7:30 
9. Aborigine     3:22 
10. Stand     2:43 
11. Broadside     3:36 
12. Bride Over Troubled Daughters     3:37 
13. Lay With Me     6:23
Total playing time: 57:57

Re-release of the eleventh full-length album by the legendary American Hard Rock guitarist/vocalist.
This album marked the return of Nugent's original sound of Hard Rock and not Pop Metal. "Spirit Of The Wild" ranks as one of Ted Nugent's finest moments because it cuts away the filler and keeps the wildman's tendency for indulgence in check. A fair amount of the material does concern itself with the wilderness, which fits right in with his '90s reinvention as a conservative family-values spokesman. That doesn't mean that it's a tame record - it means that Nugent sounds committed again, since that passion for hunting and family flows throughout his performance.
"Spirit of the Wild" is the theme song for Ted Nugent's hunting TV show Spirit of the Wild. "Fred Bear" is a tribute to the bowman Fred Bear.
Armoury Records/Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd., 1995/2009 (ARMCD508). Made in Germany.


Tracklist:
1. Thighraceous 3:48
2. Wrong Side Of Town 5:15
3. I Shoot Back 3:50
4. Tooth, Fang & Claw 6:49
5. Lovejacker 4:32
6. Fred Bear 7:41
7. Primitive Man 5:56
8. Hot Or Cold 4:31
9. Kiss My Ass 3:20
10. Heart & Soul 4:44
11. Spirit Of The Wild 4:22
12. Just Do It Like This 6:08
Total playing time: 60:56

Re-release of the seventh album ‘2001 from this cult Colombian Gothic Doom Metal band.
Invoices we’ll find an excellent effort of pure doom metal, plenty of strength and melody, sounding mature, personal and very well played and arranged; for this recording even they used a hall orchestra and the album has been mastered in New York at the Sterling Sound Studio by George Marino (Metallica, Aerosmith, Type O Negative).
A conceptual album with a history of love and war that goes around ten chapters of passion and misery, in short music full of life. Here we have brand new artwork, one live track, one video clip and two live videos as extras.
Among their influences we could name to diverse bands such as Moonspell, Metallica, Paradise Lost, Rammstein, Pink Floid or Black Sabbath. If you are into doom or melodic rock-metal in general don’t miss this, cause is an album worthy of being near the classics of the genre.
Mondongo Canibale Records, 2006 (MCR-006)


Tracklist:
1.Search
2.Voices
3.Rites
4.Traveler
5.Battle
6.Sadness
7.Visions
8.Tears
9.Enlightenment
10.End
11.*
12.Traveler (Live)
13.Battle video
14.Mar de zozobra/Godess video
Total playing time: 55:43

"Epoch Of The Fifth Sun" is debut album for doom, ethno & ambient music lovers.
This virtual project is born after four Russian musicians
(who are all in their own bands) decided to write an album
about the Incas' and Aztecs' civilizations.
American Line Prods., 2010 (La-123)


Tracklist:
1.Venus Rising 01:51
2.The Winds of the Sun 08:59
3.1 366 560 01:28
4.Secrets of Pakal and Viracochi 05:20
5.Ye Cham-El A-Em-Aan 04:35
6.Teotihuacan 07:03
7.Tikal Morning Spirits 04:05
8.All Ways Leads To Kopan 06:03
9.The Hymn of Huitzilopochtli 06:17

Official re-release of the debut full-length album by the American Drone/Doom Metal band.
Disturbing, gritty, utter heavy and dark Extreme Doom Metal.
This offshoot of the brilliant Ice Dragon dwells in the Lovecraftian abyss. 11+ minute opener “The Blackness of My Soul Will Be So Great as to Make the Night Weep” sets the mood immediately with lo-fi menace, tortured vocals and repetitive riffs that recall a slow death march. The songs never get boring because they suck you into the world they have created. Psychedelic flourishes weave their way throughout with bottomless reverb and echoes from another dimension.
This is the musical equivalent of a morbidly bad trip, but if you’re going off the deep end the soundtrack might as well kick ass! Now be very afraid!!
PRC Music, 2011/2014 (PRC31). Made in Canada.


Tracklist:
1. The Blackness of My Soul Will Be So Great as to Make the Night Weep 11:25
2. Dull Ache (I Hate Myself Today) 04:59
3. (Revenge) Dust for Blood 12:45
4. Our Serpent Mother’s Kiss 09:51
Total playing time: 39:00


Samples: http://prcmusic.bandcamp.com​​​​​​

The third full-length album by Dutch Raw Black/Death band.
Raw Black Metal with great wealth musical and deliberately unstructured riffs.
Terdor is a two-member band from the Netherlands, which exists since 2005 and they have released until today two EPs, two splits and three full length albums. "Levi II".
The first of the four tracks that are contained in the album, begins with a melodic introduction played by the piano, peaceful and melancholic, without portending what is going to follow. In the forty minutes that the album lasts, the band unfolds its war-talent by presenting harsh, frozen, violent and more than anything else warlike Black Metal, clearly inspired by the Scandinavian scene. The riffs mainly are of fast speed, harsh and frozen, tremolo riffs, but of course with the passages of medium and slow speed being present too, some of them heavy and harsh, else more atmospheric. The sound that Terdor puts out as also the style of their compositions is warlike and violent sometimes it reminds of Immortal, some other times of Marduk but it has the personal elements of the band and that makes the result very interesting.
The tracks are long regarding their duration exemplified by the epic "Levi II" which last nineteen minutes. Despite their size, the tracks are very interesting and not tedious at all. The most important thing in order to achieve that is the structure of the tracks, with the changes in the riffing, in the speed and in the atmosphere they achieve not to tire the listener and to maintain his interest at the same level throughout the entire album. The guitars have a harsh but clean sound and they put out the passion and the intensity of the compositions. The bass is clearly audible, it has beautiful lines and it fills the sound well. The drums mostly hold the pace but without lacking in powerful turnings, fast outbursts or technical moments. The piano is used only in introductions and passages, it doesn’t participate actively into the compositions, but there also has been done a very serious work. The vocals are harsh whispering Black Metal vocals, quite monotonous, without many changes, they become somehow tedious in some parts. Very good production and mixture. All the instruments are audible and the sound is thick and solid.
"Levi II" offers forty minutes of well-played and inspired, warlike Black Metal. The band has worked enough for its compositions and has achieved to deliver a quite good result. The band shows its passion for music and for sure its talent by creating compositions that on one hand they don’t hide the band’s influences but on the other hand they have a personal identity and character. "Levi II" is a quite good album and it worth to listen and buy it!!
Pesttanz Klangschmiede/Hass Weg Productions, 2013 (PTCD5 / HWP023). Made in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Levi II 18:59
2. End Her Life 04:30
3. Dr. Chicogneau 07:19
4. De Nachwreker 10:29
Total playing time: 41:17


Samples: http://www.last.fm
http://pesttanzklangschmiede.bandcamp.com
https://hasswegproductions.bandcamp.com

The debut full-length album by the Polish Modern Progressive Metal band.
Terminal play an ambitious style of Progressive Metallic Rock with Industrial sounds, Fragile Pop hooks and big choruses. While executed with typical Polish flair and finesse "Tree Of Lie" sounds too calculated and market conscious to be labeled as spontaneous or enthusiast.
Obviously the instrumental skill of this outfit is high and advanced, but beyond this skill Terminal comes from the wrong background to break into mainstream market. For the mainstream Pop market this record will be too difficult to comprehend, for the Progressive Rock market this is too Metallic and Underground and for the Metal market Terminal just isn't extreme and brutal enough.
The album features guest appearance of Virgil Donati (Planet X, Derek Sherinian Band) on drums. Several songs also include saxophone, violin or cello sounds.
Cover artwork was designed by Mentalporn (Deathstars, Behemoth, Darzamat). CD version will be released in digipak format.
Fantastic Prog/Nu Metal hope!
Revolution Records/Witching Hour Productions, 2010 (REVOLT VH 004 CD). Made in Poland. First press.


Tracklist:
1. The Beginning 1:49
2. Afterlife 4:35
3. Mind Destruction 4:31
4. Together Apart 3:58
5. Behind The Mask 4:34
6. Brand New Sin 5:23
7. Deep Inside 6:16
8. The Maze 4:29
9. Evil Machine 4:42
10. Tree Of Lie 3:34
11. Game Of War 4:26
12. The End 1:39
Total playing time: 49:56


Samples: http://www.last.fm

Official release of the debut and only full-length album by German Progressive Metal band.
First time on CD never released before album of this Gothic/Heavy/Progressive Metal project.
This is the only album of the band and it was very hard to find before. Now you have a chance to get it ease!
Dreamy and cosmic Progressive Gothic with female lead vocal. Feel it, take it!!
Source Of Deluge Records, 1997/2000 (SOD 104). Made in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Prologue 1:55
2. Hieros Gamos 5:56
3. Satyr's Dance 4:03
4. Utopia's Price 5:18
5. Genius Loci 3:57
6. Anima Mundi 6:01
7. Time Flies - Earth Dies 5:46
8. Terra Mater 5:45
9. Hagia Sophia 5:59
10. Apophis 4:02
11. Osiris Be My Guide 5:48
12. Epilogue - Hymn To Orpheus 2:35
Total playing time: 57:05

Debut full-length album of russian Power/Heavy Metal band.
Voice of vocalist is very similar to Valerij Kipelov.
Recommended for fans of old ARIA and KIPELOV.
Metalism Records, 2011 (MR 070-11)


Tracklist:
1.Межмирье 01:46
2.По Краю 04:33
3.Изгой 03:21
4.Последняя Надежда 05:22
5.Земной 05:04
6.Звёздные Врата 06:44
7.Сон 04:11
8.Ноль 05:22
9.Судьба Война 03:11
10.Танец На Огне 04:09
11.Дождь 03:13
12.Last Lane 04:33
Total playing time: 51:34

Thrash Metal hurricane from Japan.
This album will make your ears bleed, turn you blood to ice,
and transform all your attire into leather, spikes and bulletbelts.
World Chaos Production, 1999 (KDM-001)


Tracklist:
1.Straight to Hell 03:39
2.Disco Bloody Disco 04:32
3.Order of the Lone Wolf 02:44
4.Chain of the Damned 04:49
5.Nightmare Rider 04:39
6.Blood Fire Metal 03:09
7.Wild Disorder 05:19

The third full-length studio album by legendary American Death Metal/Grindcore band.
US Grindcore legend is back with a brutal crack of skull and bones! "Hordes Of Zombies" are unleashed onto the world in a massive riff avalanche that leaves no doubt that this genre defining band originating from Los Angeles in 1987 is delivering yet another masterpiece of sonic destruction.
True to the American interpretation of Grindcore Terrorizer amalgamate the most forceful elements of Death and Thrash into a true juggernaut of Metal. Since their famed debut "World Downfall" (1989), this beast has been driven by the relentless and precise pounding of Pete Sandoval (Morbid Angel), who delivers yet another jaw-dropping barrage. Fans will be delighted to see Morbid Angel frontman David Vincent once more returning to play bass on this album. They will also be glad to hear that excellent singer Wolf aka Anthony Rezhawk (Resistant Culture), who already refined the highly acclaimed second album "Darker Days Ahead" (2006) is again adding his resonant and fierce growls as well. The new line-up is completed by Katina Culture (Resistant Culture), who is replacing the sadly late Jesse Pintado (August 28th, 2006) on guitar.
Terrorizer continue in the vein of their previous releases, but with added years of experience and musicianship. Their mature and effective songwriting is sonically refined by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios!
Get ready: the Godfathers of Grindcore are back from the undead!!!
Season Of Mist, 2012 (SOM 254). Made in France. Pressed in Austria. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Intro 1:52 
2. Hordes Of Zombies 3:28 
3. Ignorance And Apathy 2:10 
4. Subterfuge 1:59 
5. Envolving Era 3:24 
6. Radiation Syndrome 2:07 
7. Flesh To Dust 2:20 
8. Generation Chaos 2:09 
9. Broken Mirrors 3:08 
10. Prospect Of Oblivion 3:26 
11. Malevolent Ghosts 3:01 
12. Forward To Annihilation 2:01 
13. State Of Mind 3:18 
14. A Dying Breed 3:50
Total playing time: 38:13 min.


Samples:  http://terrorizer.bandcamp.com

Re-release of the third full-length album by the legendary American Death Metal/Grindcore band.
US Grindcore legend is back with a brutal crack of skull and bones! "Hordes Of Zombies" are unleashed onto the world in a massive riff avalanche that leaves no doubt that this genre defining band originating from Los Angeles in 1987 is delivering yet another masterpiece of sonic destruction.
True to the American interpretation of Grindcore Terrorizer amalgamate the most forceful elements of Death and Thrash into a true juggernaut of Metal. Since their famed debut "World Downfall" (1989), this beast has been driven by the relentless and precise pounding of Pete Sandoval (Morbid Angel), who delivers yet another jaw-dropping barrage. Fans will be delighted to see Morbid Angel frontman David Vincent once more returning to play bass on this album. They will also be glad to hear that excellent singer Wolf aka Anthony Rezhawk (Resistant Culture), who already refined the highly acclaimed second album "Darker Days Ahead" (2006) is again adding his resonant and fierce growls as well. The new line-up is completed by Katina Culture (Resistant Culture), who is replacing the sadly late Jesse Pintado (August 28th, 2006) on guitar.
Terrorizer continues in the vein of their previous releases, but with added years of experience and musicianship. Their mature and effective songwriting is sonically refined by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios!
Get ready: the Godfathers of Grindcore are back from the undead!!!
Limited Edition to 500 copies Picture Vinyl in Gatefold cover with partially gold print + Clear Flexi Disc with two bonus tracks.
Season Of Mist/Animate Records, 2012/2013 (AR044). Made in Germany.


Tracklist:

LP 1:
SIDE A:
1. Intro 
2. Hordes Of Zombies 
3. Ignorance And Apathy 
4. Subterfuge 
5. Evolving Era 
6. Radiation Syndrome 
7. Flesh To Dust 
8. Generation Chaos

SIDE B:
9. Broken Mirrors 
10. Prospect Of Oblivion 
11. Malevolent Ghosts 
12. Forward To Annihilation 
13. State Of Mind 
14. A Dying Breed

FLEXIDISK:
1. Wretched
2. Ignorance And Apathy (Demo)


Samples: https://terrorizer.bandcamp.com/releases

Re-release of the debut full-length album by the legendary American Grindcore band.
"World Downfall" is regarded as one of the most influential Grindcore albums ever: it showcases crunchy, heavily distorted guitar riffs and extremely fast and precise blast beats in addition to growling, harsh vocals and lyrics dealing with social issues, features that would become a standard among Grindcore music, as of the cover art, which is similar to Napalm Death's "Scum" depicting a collage of Islamic terrorists, nuclear power plant, dead bodies and Jesus rising.
The Los Angeles-based trio (vocalist Oscar Garcia, guitarist Jesse Pintado and drummer Pete Sandoval) existed for only a short period of time, roughly from 1987 to 1988, and though they played some local shows, they were most successful on the tape-trading network so integral to the Underground Metal scene of the time.
Via this tape-trading network, Pintado came into contact with fellow guitarist Mitch Harris, who passed along the Terrorizer demo tape to Earache Records. The British label, which was ground zero for the Grindcore movement, wanted to usher Terrorizer into a studio to record an album.
About a third of the songs were actually Nausea material, the previous band of vocalist Oscar Garcia. The band only existed long enough to record this one Earache release. The album was released in 1989 when the band had already split up, with Jesse Pintado joining Napalm Death, and David Vincent and Pete Sandoval joining Morbid Angel.
While Terrorizer was never well known, since the band barely existed, let alone toured or promoted itself, "World Downfall" has grown in stature over time and is regularly cited as a Grindcore classic!!
5018615101628 Earache Records, 1989/1995 (MOSH 16CD). Made in UK.


Tracklist:
1. After World Obliteration 3:29
2. Storm Of Stress 1:27
3. Fear Of Napalm 3:01
4. Human Prey 2:09
5. Corporation Pull-In 2:21
6. Strategic Warheads 1:38
7. Condemned System 1:22
8. Resurrection 2:59
9. Enslaved By Propaganda 2:14
10. Need To Live 1:17
11. Ripped To Shreds 2:52
12. Injustice 1:28
13. Whirlwind Struggle 2:16
14. Infestation 1:56
15. Dead Shall Rise 3:06
16. World Downfall 2:37
Total playing time: 36:12

The ninth full-length studio album (and the first acoustic) by legendary American Hard Rock/Glam Metal band..
Tesla was the best of the end of the ’80s, and helped us to support those that followed with the help of many (often-underestimated) albums such as "Bust A Nut" (1994) or "Into The Now" (2004), which are a few rare pearls.
Somebody have criticized for the pace of cruise (the last real album, "Forever More", dates back to 2008) and, probably, too many compilations or live albums can irritate the strongest fans. But unlimited artistic potential and inspired musicians in the service of the love of the music may not be ignored. And if they have sold to date more than 14 million albums in the United States, this is perhaps not the fruit of chance…
"Twisted Wires & The Acoustic Sessions…" features two new tracks ("2nd Street" and "Better Off Without You") as well as re-recordings of ten previously released tracks. Five of the tracks were recorded in 2005 with Tommy Skeoch on rhythm guitar.
Tesla proves that they are pioneers of the genus acoustic when the period to make-up with consumerism, bastards in a matrix Glam, too Bluesy to be dishonest, too Grunge for leather & Spandex of the bleached of the neighborhood… Blues in the heart of the stone to the wave nature of a precious Metal, here is the perfect conversion of energy into electrical and sensual jolts melodies… Tesla is the precious Metal, now available to all with "Twisted Wires & the Acoustic Sessions".
This album is a true-false compilation of old and new revisited pieces, with great intelligence by a band, in total fitness with his art, perfectly overpowering the senses, innate melody and light compositions. The bias of dust in the releasing of a straitjacket metal leaves explode the talent of a totally free band up with his artistic vein to dare the extreme flaying.
Imagine the Rolling Stones or Aerosmith, scraping their skin to touch finally the bone, a Robert Johnson revived again, preaching the good word, an intoxicated Faces or a more Black Crowes' hungry, guided by the excellence of the voice of Jeff Keith, real guide in this journey to sometimes nostalgic scents. 
A feat here!
Tesla Electric Company Recordings/Scarlet Records, 2011 (SC 210-2). Made in Italy. Pressed in Austria. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Into The Now 4:27
2. Hang Tough 4:43
3. 2nd Street 4:40
4. Edison's Medicine 5:50
5. What You Give 7:28
6. Better Off Without You 4:25
7. Shine Away 7:07
8. I Love You 4:05
9. Changes 6:05
10. A Lot To Lose 5:21
11. Caught In A Dream 4:55
12. Song And Emotion 6:20
Total playing time: 65:26 min.

The first re-release of the sixth full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
Very heavy, sounds like Death Metal album. Wonderful mix of past and future, combining the original sound of Testament with heaviest and rawer material. Dark and deep growling vocals, side by side heavity, slowness with the gloom of songs, inspiring passion tirades about war, cruelty to a child, falsity of the gods..., drive and aggression, some darken, and sometimes generating anger.
It’s the first Testament release not to feature lead guitarist and founding member Alex Skolnick. The record was recorded with original band members Chuck Billy (vocals), Eric Peterson (guitar) and Greg Christian (bass). It also saw the first of two Testament album appearances by artist John Tempesta (drums), and three for artist James Murphy (guitar). Long time Testament collaborator Del James is given composer and vocal credits on the album.
"Low" was Testament's last album with Atlantic Records, leading band members to create their own label, Burnt Offerings Inc. as part of the change. Additionally, a music video was filmed for the title track.
In July 2014, Guitar World placed Low at number 40 in their "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list.
All in all, Testament's sixth album is probably their most consistent offering. The band doesn't fall prey to their age-old clichés that dragged the band back and have finally found their stride. This is an effort that is to be respected, and deservedly so. A potent mix of Thrash Metal with a wide range of classic and modern influences coupled with good songwriting makes this an album a definite winner!!
Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Time Warner Company, 1994 (7657-82645-2) Made in Germany.


Tracklist:
1. Low 03:33
2. Legions (In Hiding) 04:18
3. Hail Mary 03:32
4. Trail of Tears 06:07
5. Shades of War 04:44
6. P.C. 02:51
7. Dog Faced Gods 04:02
8. All I Could Bleed 03:37
9. Urotsukidoji 03:41
10. Chasing Fear 04:56
11. Ride 03:16
12. Last Call 02:42
Total playing time: 47:21 min.

The fourth re-release of the eighth full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
Originally released in 1999, the album came at a time when the Metal’s winds were shifting: Nu-Metal had peaked, Death Metal was on the rise, and every classic band under the sun seemed to be reuniting. Testament, always capable of weathering any industry storm, faced the challenge by creating one of the most brutal and relevant albums in its career.
Co-produced by the last original remaining band members at that time Chuck Billy and Eric Peterson, this is the first album featuring new artists James Murphy (Death, Obituary), Steve DiGiorgio (Death, Sadus, Autopsy) and Dave Lombardo (Slayer). Billy, Peterson and Lombardo, along with long time Testament collaborator Del James, are also given composer credits on the album.
The album was reissued in 2008 with an instrumental bonus track, increasing the new track total to twelve.
"The Gathering" reached #48 on the German album charts.
This is one of the most furious and inspired modern Thrash Metal albums ever, and one of Testament’s best. This is a brilliant Thrash Metal album. Fans of the genre should own this album, if only because good Thrash Metal albums were a rarity back in the late 1990s. But even if that wasn’t true, this is a quality album that deserves to be heard by anyone who has a heart for this genre!
Remastered re-release with a new cover art.
Nuclear Blast Records, 1999/2018 (27361 42272 | NB 4227-2). Made in Germany.


Tracklist:
01. D.N.R. (Do Not Resuscitate) 03:32
02. Down For Life 03:22
03. Eyes Of Wrath 05:26
04. True Believer 03:36
05. 3 Days In Darkness 04:41
06. Legions Of The Dead 02:7
07. Careful What You Wish For 03:30
08. Riding The Snake 04:13
09. Allegiance 02:37
10. Sewn Shut Eyes 04:15
11. Fall Of Sipledome 04:47
12. Hammer Of The Gods 03:13
Total playing time: 45:49 min.

The third full-length studio album by the legendary American Thrash Metal band.
As the last installment of Testament's "big three" albums, a series of well-done Thrash Metal classics, "Practice What You Preach" comes in the last years of Thrash's Golden Age. With great production, clever riffs and astounding solos, as well as decent vocal work, this album is probably one of the best Metal albums of 1989 and a certain classic of the band. It also has a distinctive place at the frayed ends of Testament's prowess; before they turned into a less interesting and less creative style followed from "Souls of Black" through "Demonic".
This album has also had lots of impact on the Thrash community back then and one can see why. Of the most obvious reasons, you have Alex Skolnick. This god of a guitarist pretty much plays some awesome solos that sound very memorable and very technical at the same time. But, aside from that, Eric Peterson also delivers with well-done, memorable riffs and shredding; for example, the riffs of "Practice What You Preach" and "Sins of Omission" can attract you to the song from the first listen and hook you on to the rest of the album. Top all of that guitar work with Chuck Billy's decent vocals, add to it Greg Christian's great bass lines, and finally enjoy Louie Clemente's somewhat distinctive drumming style, and you get a Testament album at its finest.
Also, the originality is certainly a factor here, and one who is not experienced may actually mistake this album for Metallica. The Metallica imitation is at its best in this album, obviously, take Chuck's Hetfield-voice and listen to the guitars and drums in "The Ballad", as if it is "Fade to Black II". Still, though, the riffs and solos remain solid and original, and the sound is still a bit different, but this is perhaps the least original work Testament has put out.
Overall, this album is a great listen and a definite recommendation for Thrash Metal fans!!
"Practice What You Preach" entered the Billboard 200 album charts in September 1989, a month after its release. The album peaked at number 77 and remained on the chart for twelve weeks. By June 1992, album had sold over 450000 copies in the U.S.
Megaforce Records Inc./Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Communications company, 1989 (7567-82009-2). Made in Germany. Re-press.



Tracklist:
1. Practice What You Preach 04:54
2. Perilous Nation 05:50
3. Envy Life 04:16
4. Time Is Coming 05:26
5. Blessed in Contempt 04:12
6. Greenhouse Effect 04:52
7. Sins of Omission 05:00
8. The Ballad 06:09
9. Nightmare (Coming Back to You) 02:20
10. Confusion Fusion 03:07
Total playing time: 46:10 min.

The first re-release of the fourth full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
By 1990, Testament was one of Thrash Metal's Premier acts, easily standing tall with the Big Four of Thrash. An early Bay-area contender, the band has made three solid albums and were poised to make it big with their forth effort, "Souls Of Black".
The band certainly had found their signature sound by the time this album was recorded, and the band managed to capture that sound even without former producer Alex Perialas (this is the first album of Testament recorded without him). "Souls Of Black" unites the Thrashers with the better-known Michael Rosen. With Perialas having served Testament so well, many headbangers wondered how great an impact this change would have on the unit. But they needn't have worried - Testament sounds very much like it did on its three previous albums, and is as heavy as ever.
Although the band recorded this album without the usual producer, the line-up remained unchanged. By this point in the band's career, each member had made their talent known. Alex Skolnick as always managed to crank out some really impressive and melodic guitar solos, and a few of the riffs were extremely memorable. The drums and bass remain solid. The vocals sound very nice, with Chuck Billy giving some of his best performances in tracks like "The Legacy" and "Falling Fast".
In order to promote "Souls Of Black", Testament supported Megadeth, Slayer and Suicidal Tendencies in Europe on the Clash Of The Titans Tour.
The album entered the Billboard 200 album charts on November 3, 1990, peaking at number 73 and remaining on the chart for eight weeks. "Souls Of Black" is also seen as an influential guitar album, being ranked number nine on Guitar World Magazine's top ten list of guitar albums of 1990.
"Souls Of Black" did moderately well, but was not the huge success the band was hoping for. This album would be a precursor to more traditional styles of Metal found on its follow-up "The Ritual", and this release marked the end of an era for Testament. Though it did not introduce anything new and nowhere near as good as "The New Order" the music found here is still powerful and heavy as hell. "Souls of Black" is an acceptable effort for long-time fans of the band!!
Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Time Warner Company/Megaforce Records, Inc., 1990/1999 (7567-82143-2).  Made in Germany. Repress. 


Tracklist:
1. Beginning Of The End 00:36
2. Face In The Sky 03:53
3. Falling Fast 04:05
4. Souls Of Black 03:22
5. Absence Of Light 03:55
6. Love To Hate 03:40
7. Malpractice 04:43
8. One Man's Fate 04:49
9. The Legacy 05:30
10. Seven Days Of May 04:41
Total playing time: 39:17 min.

The fourth full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
By 1990, Testament was one of Thrash Metal's Premier acts, easily standing tall with the Big Four of Thrash. An early Bay-area contender, the band has made three solid albums and were poised to make it big with their forth effort, "Souls Of Black".
The band certainly had found their signature sound by the time this album was recorded, and the band managed to capture that sound even without former producer Alex Perialas (this is the first album of Testament recorded without him). "Souls Of Black" unites the Thrashers with the better-known Michael Rosen. With Perialas having served Testament so well, many headbangers wondered how great an impact this change would have on the unit. But they needn't have worried - Testament sounds very much like it did on its three previous albums, and is as heavy as ever.
Although the band recorded this album without the usual producer, the line-up remained unchanged. By this point in the band's career, each member had made their talent known. Alex Skolnick as always managed to crank out some really impressive and melodic guitar solos, and a few of the riffs were extremely memorable. The drums and bass remain solid. The vocals sound very nice, with Chuck Billy giving some of his best performances in tracks like "The Legacy" and "Falling Fast".
In order to promote "Souls Of Black", Testament supported Megadeth, Slayer and Suicidal Tendencies in Europe on the Clash Of The Titans Tour.
The album entered the Billboard 200 album charts on November 3, 1990, peaking at number 73 and remaining on the chart for eight weeks. "Souls Of Black" is also seen as an influential guitar album, being ranked number nine on Guitar World Magazine's top ten list of guitar albums of 1990.
"Souls Of Black" did moderately well, but was not the huge success the band was hoping for. This album would be a precursor to more traditional styles of Metal found on its follow-up "The Ritual", and this release marked the end of an era for Testament. Though it did not introduce anything new and nowhere near as good as "The New Order" the music found here is still powerful and heavy as hell. "Souls of Black" is an acceptable effort for long-time fans of the band!!
Atlantic Recording Corporation/Warner Music Benelux B.V., A Warner Music Group Company/Music On Vinyl B.V., 1990/2016 (MOVLP1635).  Made in Netherlands. 


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Beginning Of The End 00:36
2. Face In The Sky 03:53
3. Falling Fast 04:05
4. Souls Of Black 03:22
5. Absence Of Light 03:55
6. Love To Hate 03:40

Side B
1. Malpractice 04:43
2. One Man's Fate 04:49
3. The Legacy 05:30
4. Seven Days Of May 04:41

Total playing time: 39:17 min.

The eighth full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
Originally released in 1999, the album came at a time when the Metal’s winds were shifting: Nu-Metal had peaked, Death Metal was on the rise, and every classic band under the sun seemed to be reuniting. Testament always capable of weathering any industry storm, faced the challenge by creating one of the most brutal and relevant albums in its career.
Co-produced by the last original remaining band members at that time Chuck Billy and Eric Peterson, this is the first album featuring new artists James Murphy (Death, Obituary), Steve DiGiorgio (Death, Sadus, Autopsy) and Dave Lombardo (Slayer). Billy, Peterson and Lombardo, along with long time Testament collaborator Del James, are also given composer credits on the album.
The album was reissued 2008 with an instrumental bonus track increasing the new track total to twelve.
"The Gathering" reached #48 on the German album charts.
This is one of the most furious and inspired modern Thrash Metal albums ever and one of Testament’s best. This is a brilliant Thrash Metal album. Fans of the genre should own this album, if only because good Thrash Metal albums were a rarity back in the late 1990’s. But even if that wasn’t true, this is a quality album that deserves to be heard by anyone who has a heart for this genre!
Reissue from 2022 with a back cover, that differs in barcode and label info from the reissues in 2018 and 2020. This is supposed to be a misprint, because the catalogue number NB 4277-1 on both labels already belongs to the three versions of In Flames “Down, Wicked & No Good”. The correct catalogue number is NB 4227-1.
Nuclear Blast Records, 1999/2022 (NB 42771 | NB 4227-1). Catalogue number misprint.


Tracklist:

Side A
01. D.N.R. (Do Not Resuscitate) 03:32
02. Down For Life 03:22
03. Eyes Of Wrath 05:26
04. True Believer 03:36
05. 3 Days In Darkness 04:41
06. Legions Of The Dead 02:7

Side B
01. Careful What You Wish For 03:30
02. Riding The Snake 04:13
03. Allegiance 02:37
04. Sewn Shut Eyes 04:15
05. Fall Of Sipledome 04:47
06. Hammer Of The Gods 03:13

Total playing time: 45:49 min.