The Gathering is one of the best Testament album. Now here is an aptly named title for the veteran thrash band, as this is truly the definitive "gathering" of musicians for Testament's lineup. Joining the ranks of vocalist Chuck Billy and guitarist Eric Peterson is guitarist aficionado James Murphy (Death, Cancer, Obituary), bassist Steve DiGiorgio (Death and Sadus), and the human drumming machine himself, Dave Lombardo (Slayer). Testament, for the first time in many a full moon, is a complete, well-oiled musical machine. An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Testament in the early 90s. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a globally comprehensive metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... Rate Your Music is a metadata database where musical albums, EPs, singles and bootlegs are rated and reviewed by users. ... Description: Rating stars. ... Testament in the early 90s. ... Sings of Chaos is a compilation released by Testament in 1997. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Testament in the early 90s. ... Chuck Billy (Born June 23, 1962), U.S. vocalist, best known for his work with the thrash metal band Testament. ... Categories: Canadian people stubs | 1946 births | Canadian actors ... James Murphy is the name of several notable figures, including: James Edward Murphy - Cartoonist James Murphy (footballer) - Association Football player & manager James Murphy (musician) - Member of the band Death Jimmy Murphy - Former racing driver This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Death logo Death was an influential death metal band from North America, which was founded in 1983 and dissolved in 1999. ... If you are interested in the death metal band, see Obituary (band) An obituary is a notice of the death of a person, usually published in a newspaper, written or commissioned by the newspaper (rather than written by relatives), and usually including a short biography. ... Steve DiGiorgio (born November 7, 1967, Waukegan, Illinois) is an American musician. ... Death logo Death was an influential death metal band from North America, which was founded in 1983 and dissolved in 1999. ... Sadus is a highly technical thrash metal trio from the United States. ... Dave Lombardo Dave Lombardo is a drummer, best known as a founding member of Slayer. ... Slayer in Augusta, Maine on July 11, 2004. ...
Testament, along with Exodus were the founding fathers of the so-called Bay Area thrash movement of the mid-eighties (other bands in this league include Dark Angel, Heathen, Defiance, Vio-lence, Vengeance Rising, Forbidden, Death Angel, Deliverance, and others).
Since I have all but one of their albums, I would not have needed this disc except for the fact that the brilliant marketing execs at Atlantic decided to include two exclusive cover songs, "Sails of Charon" (originally by the Scorpions) and "Draw the Line" (another Aerosmith song.
Unlike Metallica, who were at one time considered the same style as Testament, they have continued to earn the respect of their fans for staying true to the music style despite trends.