Testament Win Album Of The Year At Golden Gods Awards.
Testament won the Metal Album Of The Year Award at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. Um…we’re not even half way through the year and there is a plethora of other great shit coming out the second half of 2008.
But anyway, that’s cool and good for them because The Formation Of Damnation is a great album. Now if you wonder how they won just take a look at the bands they were up against. Bullet For My Valentine, Children Of Bodom, Down and Atreyu. The only band that in my opinion had a chance is Children Of Bodom, with the release of Blooddrunk.
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Thrash Pioneers Testament Prepare Ninth Studio Album
April 8, 2008 by Scott
“JESUS!!! HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEW TESTAMENT!!!???? IM ABOUT TO SMASH MY COMPUTER!!! FUCKING SIIIIIICCK!!!!!”
- Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed
Quite the endorsement for the latest offering from Bay Area thrash pioneers Testament, whose ninth studio album, Formation of Damnation, is slated for release on April 29th. The proper follow-up to 1999’s deafening fan-fave The Gathering, Damnation features the original Testament line-up of vocalist Chuck Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, and bassist Greg Christian, with the addition of friend and former member, Paul Bostaph. Read more
Testament’s Chuck Billy Interview
November 5, 2007 by Scott
The Wormwood chronicles recently conducted and interview with Testament Frontman Chuck Billy. Click the link at the bottom to read the entire interview.
“Wormwood Chronicles: You grew up in the Bay Area during the most exciting period ever in heavy metal.
Chuck Billy: Right.
Wormwood Chronicles: What was it like in those times? It seems like a legendary period in history?
Chuck Billy: Well, there were a lot of parties. Everybody was pretty tight with each other, there was a lot of camaraderie. Everybody was young, it was a new scene. METALLICA was up and coming with their sound and they sort of gave the Bay Area scene the flavor it had. They played a lot of New Year’s parties and a lot of gigs at their house. It was a time when everybody was close and the same people were at the same shows and the same parties all the time.It was this whole community that was really cool. We came from Dublin, which is about an hour from the San Francisco/Berkeley area where everything was happening. The Stone, the Keystone Berkeley…”