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	Video Interviews w/ Full Metal Jackie + HardTimes.ca	Il y a 156 jours
	TESTAMENT - VIDEO INTERVIEW w/ FULL METAL JACKIE + HARDTIMES.CA Full Metal Jackie of Altitude TV conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT on June 11, 2009 backstage at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. Watch the chat w/ Full Metal Jackie in two parts by clicking below: Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRoxV... Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxJJO... HardTimes.ca recently interviewed TESTAMENT on May 21, 2009 at Metropolis in Montreal, QC - Canada. Watch the chat w/ HardTimes.ca by clicking below: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu... http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu... TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick will make an appearance at the National Guitar Workshop between June 27 and July 2 in McLean, Virginia. The National Guitar Workshop is dedicated to bringing the best in music education to guitarists, bassists, keyboardists, drummers and vocalists regardless of style of music or level of ability. The NGW acclaimed faculty and world-renowned guest artists, combined with highly developed courses and supportive learning environment, foster meaningful experiences through performance instruction, jamming and master classes. For more information, click here: http://www.guitarworkshop.com/guest.... Away-Team.com senior staff writer Jim Keller recently conducted an interview with guitarist Alex Skolnick. Read the interview by clicking here: http://www.away-team.com/index.php?s... Purchase The Formation of Damnation at: BUY CD - NB USA: http://store.nuclearblastusa.com/Art... BUY CD - NB EUROPE: http://www.nuclearblast.de/index.php... BUY - NB MP3 SHOP: http://www.nuclearblast-musicshop.de... BUY - eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/album/Testamen... BUY - Napster: http://free.napster.com/view/album/i... BUY - Rhapsody: http://www.rhapsody.com/testament/th... BUY - iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M... BUY - Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw... BUY - FYE: http://www.fye.com/The-Formation-of-... BUY - Barnes and Noble: http://music.barnesandnoble.com/sear... Testament MySpace Page:http://www.myspace.com/testamentlegions Testament Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/testamentlegions
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	TESTAMENT - CHECKS IN FROM NORTH AMERICAN TOUR	Il y a 170 jours
	Guitarist Alex Skolnick of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT — who launched a North American headlining tour in early May with support from UNEARTH and LAZARUS A.D. — has issued the following update: "We're in the homestretch of the tour and it's hard to believe it's almost over. This one really whizzed by, as we've hit a lot of places we were long overdue to play, such as Atlanta, New Orleans and St. Louis. Despite the fact that TESTAMENT, UNEARTH and LAZARUS A.D. are three different generations of bands, there is a strong sense of camaraderie. Highlights include Sayreville, New Jersey, where we were joined on stage for 'Disciples Of The Watch' by Sirius XM Liquid Metal host Jose Mangin [see video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0u70..., proving that he can sing metal, as well as spin it. At that same show, Buzz from UNEARTH did a stage dive, causing the wrath of a security guard who, not realizing who he was tried to throw him out unsuccessfully, as we watched from the stage (it was a wild night). More and more fans have been participating in the VIP packages, and it's been fun to get to know them better and let them in on the set up process with the shows. We're in the great state of Texas now, working our way west. Just over a week to go before we wrap in California for the last three gigs, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Thanks to all the fans for making this a great tour for all three bands!" TESTAMENT Guitarist Eric Peterson talks about next studio album in a recent interview with Metal Asylum. Click here to read interview: http://www.metalasylum.net/interview... Metal Mark of SkullsNBones.com (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVfg6... conducted an interview with Eric Peterson on May 30, 2009 prior to TESTAMENT's concert in Atlanta, Georgia. Watch the eight-minute chat here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVfg6... Purchase The Formation of Damnation at: BUY CD - NB USA: http://store.nuclearblastusa.com/Art... BUY CD - NB EUROPE: http://www.nuclearblast.de/index.php... BUY - NB MP3 SHOP: http://www.nuclearblast-musicshop.de... BUY - eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/album/Testamen... BUY - Napster: http://free.napster.com/view/album/i... BUY - Rhapsody: http://www.bebo.com/BlogPost.jsp?Mem... BUY - iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M... BUY - Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw... BUY - FYE: http://www.fye.com/The-Formation-of-... BUY - Barnes and Noble: http://music.barnesandnoble.com/sear... Testament MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/testamentlegions Testament Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Testam...
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	TESTAMENT - ON HEADLINING TOUR NOW IN NORTH AMERICA!	Il y a 203 jours
	Presented by Revolver Magazine and sponsored by DEAN Guitars, MusicSkins.com, and Dark Star Skateboards, TESTAMENT’s North American headlining tour HAS BEGUN and features Unearth and Lazarus A.D. as support. TESTAMENT is offering fans special VIP packages that includes a special meet and greet opportunity, as well as access to sound check, ticket to the show, merch items, autographed poster, collectible laminate, personalized Music Skins ,http://www.music-skins.com/store/ind... + a grand prize raffle for a DEAN Guitars Eric Peterson "Old Skull" Flying V Signature guitar, http://www.deanguitars.com/dean_wint..., a Dark Star TESTAMENT skateboard, and more… Links to purchase your tickets (and VIP tickets) are provided on the bands MySpace page. http://www.myspace.com/testamentlegions Guitarist Alex Skolnick commented on the upcoming tour: "This is the first 'proper' Testament tour since our reunion a few years ago. It is our best routing of North American cities yet, including places such as Philadelphia and Atlanta, which we haven't been able to hit since reuniting. As a band, we've never sounded better. With our full-length set, reasonable ticket prices and show that is going to knock you out, now is the time to get out of the house and come see us!" Purchase The Formation of Damnation at: BUY CD - NB USA BUY CD - NB EUROPE BUY - NB MP3 SHOP BUY - eMusic BUY - Napster BUY - Rhapsody BUY - iTunes BUY - Amazon BUY - FYE BUY - Barnes and Noble
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	TESTAMENT - Confirmed For Wacken Open Air	Il y a 301 jours
	Bay area trash metal legends TESTAMENT are confirmed for Wacken 2009. They will play there with their labelmates IN FLAMES, KORPIKLAANI, EPICA, CALLEJON and many more. Furthermore TESTAMENT will be on tour with JUDAS PRIEST and MEGADEATH TESTAMENT w/ Judas Priest & Megadeth * Headlining Show ** Without Judas Priest & Megadeth 10.02. IRL Dublin - O2 11.02. IRL Belfast - Odyssey Arena 13.02. GB Sheffield - Arena 14.02. GB Birmingham - LG Arena 16.02. GB Glasgow - SECC Hall 4 17.02. GB Manchester - Apollo 18.02. GB Newcastle - Academy ** 19.02. GB Oxford - Academy ** 20.02. GB Cardiff - International Arena 21.02. GB London - Wembley Arena 22.02. GB Nottingham - Rescue Rooms ** 24.02. D Dortmund - Westfalenhalle 25.02. D Bamberg - Jako-Arena 26.02. D Berlin - Max-Schmeling-Halle 28.02. S Stockholm - Globen 01.03. S Gotheborg - Scandinavium 02.03. DK Copenhagen - Vega ** 03.03. DK Horsens - Forum 04.03. S Malmo - Arena Malmo 05.03. D Karlsruhe - Festhalle Durlach * / ** 06.03. D Hamburg - Sporthalle 07.03. D Offenbach - Stadthalle 08.03. D Stuttgart - Porsche Arena 09.03. D Nürnberg - Hirsch * / ** 10.03. I Milan - Palasharp 11.03. D Wettingen - Sportzentrum Tagerhatd 13.03. E San Sebastian - Velodromo Andromo Anoeta 14.03. E Zaragoza - Zaragoza Arena 15.03. E Madrid - La Cubierta 17.03. P Lissabon - Atlantic Pavillon 19.03. E Barcelona - Badalona 21.03 F Paris - Le Zenit 22.03. B Brüssel - Forest National 23.03. NL Amsterdam - HMH 25.03. GB London - Islington Academie ** www.myspace.com/testamentlegions www.testamentlegions.com www.nuclearblast.de
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	EXCLUSIVE BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT TESTAMENT’S NEW VIDEO	Il y a 543 jours
	Full Metal Jackie of Metal Edge TV was on location in Burbank, California when TESTAMENT hooked up with video director/producer Thomas Mignone (Megadeth, Superjoint Ritual, Slipknot) to shoot the video for “More Than Meets The Eye,” a track from the band’s latest Billboard-charting album, The Formation Of Damnation. View the interview at: www.metaledge.tv/ Photos from the “More Than Meets The Eye” video shoot and from the band’s Hot Topic signing in Lakewood, California can be viewed here: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde... http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde... (MySpace account required to view both links.) TESTAMENT – featuring Chuck Billy on vocals, Eric Peterson & Alex Skolnick on guitars, Greg Christian on bass, and Paul Bostaph on drums - were recently featured on MTV’s 52/52 Artist Of The Week. Watch aired footage at MTV.com. Exclusive unaired footage can be viewed on the Headbangers Ball Blog. Currently playing the festival circuit in Europe, TESTAMENT will play eight shows with Judas Priest in late July before kicking off the Metal Masters Tour on August 6th in Camden, New Jersey with Judas Priest, Heaven & Hell, and Motörhead. For tour dates, visit www.myspace.com/TESTAMENTLEGIONS
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	TESTAMENT Signing Session In Los Angeles!	Il y a 561 jours
	Be there and THRASH!! Sunday, May 18, 2008 Hot Topic 317 Lakewood Center Mall Lakewood, CA 90712 www.hottopic.com
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	Release Date	Il y a 620 jours
	The Formation Of Damnation In Stores April 29th 2008 GO GET IT!
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	Official page transfer	Il y a 625 jours
	Hi everybody, Our sincere apologies to all of you who weren't contacted, before they were removed as a band member, moderator or before their band profile was removed. In advance Bebo checked the respective profiles that were being taken over by Nuclear Blast Records for inactivity. The policy of Bebo prohibits taking over active profiles without contacting the creator. So any profile, which was taken over without any notice to the creator, has not been accessed in a period longer than 3 months. In case our assumptions concerning the inactivity of your profiles were wrong, again our apologies to everybody, affected by this step. We hope you can understand the label's obligation to our artists, to maintain their copyrights and publicity. Hands down, you have made the biggest step of all, by creating really successful and beautiful Bebo profiles. Thank you very much, as well on behalf of our artists. We really appreciate your time and efforts you have spent in creating and maintaining the profiles. Thanks. Multiple unofficial band profiles, however, are quite confusing and not helpful for fans to get an update on the most recent news about the band. Finally, we hope that you will continue to stay active on Bebo and enjoy the music of your favourite bands. Cheers, Nuclear Blast Records \m/
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	history	Il y a 928 jours
	Testament was formed in the San Francisco area in 1983 by guitarist Eric Peterson and his friend, Derrick Ramirez, also a guitarist, originally using the name Legacy. The band soon recruited bassist Greg Christian, drummer Mike Ronchette, and vocalist Steve Souza. Ramirez was subsequently replaced by young guitar prodigy Alex Skolnick, who had studied under the legendary bay-area guitarist Joe Satriani. The band released one self-titled 4 song demo in 1986. Ronchette left shortly after the recording and was replaced by Louie Clemente. Steve Souza subsequently left the band to join Exodus, and suggested that Chuck Billy should replace him on lead vocals. While recording their first album, the band was forced to change their name to Testament because another band held a trademark for the name "The Legacy". Testament's first album, The Legacy, was released in 1987 on Megaforce Records. It is a concise and technical album of vintage thrash metal, still referred to as a classic by many fans of the genre. Testament received instant fame within thrash circles and were often compared with fellow bay-area thrash pioneers Metallica. The band quickly managed to increase their exposure by heading out on a successful tour of America and Europe with Anthrax, who were then touring in support of their Among the Living album. On this tour the Live at Eindhoven EP was recorded. The next album, The New Order, was released in 1988, and found the band continuing in a similar vein. After another successful world tour the band headed back into the studio to record Practice What You Preach. Released in 1989, Practice was an extremely focused effort that minimized the occult and gothic themes found on their first two albums, instead focusing on real-life issues such as politics and corruption. The album was the band's most popular to date and even MTV took notice, giving the title track extensive airplay on Headbanger's Ball. However, Testament would never be able to equal the success they found with Practice. In 1990, Souls of Black was released to mixed reviews and slow album sales. Attempting to reconnect with an audience distracted by the growing grunge movement, Testament released The Ritual in 1992. The Ritual saw a stylistic move away from thrash to a slightly more traditional heavy metal sound. Sales were poor and the band began to implode. Billy stated in an interview for the sound of the record was by conflicting decisions on what sound the album should have been recorded. [1] Lead guitarist Alex Skolnick had long been frustrated by the stylistic limitations of the band and left soon after The Ritual's release to temporarily join Savatage. Drummer Louie Clemente soon split with the band as well, moving towards a more stable non-musical career, whereas Peterson and Billy wanted Testament to become more metal, not less. In 1993, Skolnick and Clemente were temporarily replaced by Glen Alvelais and Paul Bostaph respectively, both of the thrash band Forbidden. This lineup released the 1993 live EP, Return to Apocalyptic City. Soon after, Alvelais quit the band and Paul Bostaph departed to join Slayer. 1994's Low, featured John Tempesta on drums and death metal guitarist James Murphy, formerly of Disincarnate, Death, Cancer, and Obituary. Low was a diverse album, featuring various influences such as death metal, groove metal, and as well as a ballad: "Trail of Tears". The band's remaining fans reacted favorably to Low although it did little to expand Testament's fanbase. Some fans, however, viewed Testament's move away from the mainstream as a liberation that allowed them to expand artistically, not being pressured by sales and success as they once were. After their 1994-1995 tour, Greg Christian, John Tempesta, and James Murphy departed the band. The band's follow-up album, Demonic, released in 1997, took a new approach, and found Testament experimenting with death metal more. The album featured Eric Peterson on both lead and rhythm guitar, early member Derrick Ramirez on bass guitar, and former Dark Angel drummer Gene Hoglan. By 1999, Hoglan had departed and James Murphy had returned for the release of The Gathering. The rhythm section on The Gathering was highly respected, consisting of metal fretless bass pioneer Steve DiGiorgio (formerly of Death and Sadus) and original Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo. The sound of the album was largely a combination of death metal, thrash metal, and a minor black metal influence from Eric Peterson's side project, Dragonlord. Soon after the release of The Gathering, lead guitarist James Murphy was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Through various fundraisers, Murphy was able to afford surgery and eventually made a full recovery. Nevertheless, he now cannot recall anything from the recording of The Gathering. In 2001, Chuck Billy was also diagnosed with cancer which was treated successfully. In August of 2001, friends of Billy organized the Thrash of the Titans benefit concert, featuring seminal Bay Area thrash bands Vio-Lence, Death Angel, Exodus, Heathen, and others. The show was headlined by a Legacy reunion, featuring Steve Souza on vocals, and former guitarist Alex Skolnick, who had not played with the band since 1992 and Greg Christian. Late in 2001, Testament released First Strike Still Deadly, a compilation of songs from their first two albums. The album featured the lineup of Billy, Peterson, DiGiorgio, the return of Alex Skolnick on guitar and John Tempesta on drums. By 2003 Chuck Billy had completely recovered, and the band began performing live again with a new drummer, John Allen of Sadus. In 2004, the band changed their lineup once again for their summer festival live appearances, and John Allen was replaced by Paul Bostaph, returning to the band for a second stint after a decade's absence. Lead guitarist Steve Smyth also departed to join Nevermore, and was replaced by ex-Halford guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak. Ironically, shortly after Steve Smyth's departure, Eric Peterson fell down a flight of stairs, breaking his leg, and was unavailable for some dates. He was temporarily replaced by Steve Smyth. In May 2005, it was announced that Testament would be doing a brief Europe-only reunion tour - known as the "10 Days in May Tour" - featuring the original lineup of Billy, Peterson, Skolnick and Christian, with drum duties shared between John Tempesta and Louie Clemente. After the success of the initial tour dates, Testament announced more dates in the US, Europe and Japan with the classic lineup. Alex has also been touring the East Coast with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Testament played for the first time in the Middle East at the Dubai Desert Rock festival in May, 2006. Other notable bands that performed for the Desert Rock Festival were Megadeth and 3 Doors Down. A new album is expected sometime in 2007, and interviews on the Live In London 2005 DVD suggest that there may be an album written with the classic album lineup after this. Eric Peterson did say that Skolnick has been writing songs for the new album, which confirms this
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