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Testament - The Formation Of Damnation



8.3 | 852 votes |
Release date: 25 April 2008
Style: Bay Area thrash metal

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Disc I
01. For The Glory Of...
02. More Than Meets The Eye
03. The Evil Has Landed
04. Formation Of Damnation
05. Dangers Of The Faithless
06. The Persecuted Won't Forget
07. Henchmen Ride
08. Killing Season
09. Afterlife
10. F.E.A.R.
11. Leave Me Forever

Disc II [Special Edition DVD]
+ The Making of "The Formation Of Damnation"
+ Photo Gallery

The Best Thrash Metal Album Of 2008

Staff review by
Baz Anderson
Rating:
9.0
Nine years has passed since these legends of thrash metal last released a studio album, and so after an undeniably long wait Testament return in glorious form with "The Formation Of Damnation", picking up where "The Gathering" left off almost a century ago. The album has the Testament stamp all over it, this is thrash metal like Testament always deliver with both more melodic and modern elements as well as a slight peek back to how things were done in the late-eighties.

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published 22.04.2008 | Comments (47)

Guest review by
Hermann Langke
Rating:
9.3
Testament is the biggest band to emerge form the second wave of thrash metal in the mid 80's and is also perhaps the only band from that wave still making superb music for its dedicated fans. Testament is the only band that I know that's still making convincing thrash metal not to mention that they are also a Semi-Death Metal band. I say so because they are perhaps the only band that I know (apart from Trivium) that combines death and thrash metal elements to near-perfect harmony(although Trivium are not yet that good at it).

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published 17.10.2009 | Comments (59)

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28.12.2009 - 18:00
Holy Man
STEEL DEFENDER
Just listening to it for the first time after getting it for Christmas... wow... I'm super impressed... these guys are tearing it up... I love it...
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LIGHT THE FUSE ON THAT VAGINAMITE!!!
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29.12.2009 - 06:10
Rating: 8
Dangerboner
Lactation Cnslt
I think the length hurts this album, but I think it's a good comeback after such a hiatus.

I initially gave it a 7, then bumped it to an 8. I don't know how to rate this because it's awesome when I'm driving or working on the computer, but giving it a solo listen bores me sometimes.

We need to be able to rate by .5!!
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03.11.2010 - 16:29
Rating: 8
qlacs
"The Quaker"
I was expecting a lot more from TFOD, it disappointed me a little bit
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20.11.2011 - 09:26
Rating: 9
Metalex

Great albulm \m/
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04.02.2012 - 05:32
Rating: 10
RottingDeathHead
kingnothing_92@yahoo.com
I actually use to hate most of the songs on this album, but that all changed when I saw testament play The Formation Of Damnation Live at the Cow Palace
This is in my opinion their best album hands down.
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04.07.2012 - 20:44
John Shock

Fucking great indeed! More Than Meets The Eye is awesome, and The Formation Of Damnation has a riffage insanely awesome!
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06.07.2012 - 20:23
John Shock

This album is amazing!!! Just amazing...this week i heard it around 5 times, since tuesday!
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07.12.2014 - 23:03
Rating: 9
Toxik

My favorite Testament album The Formation Of Damnation is awesome and that riff in Henchmen Ride...
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10.12.2014 - 06:24
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Totally forgettable and boring in most of the cases.
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Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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31.12.2020 - 05:41
Rating: 9
JavierPaper

Endgame, Tempo of the Damned, Sodom and this album defines the return of thrash metal in the late 2000'
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23.03.2022 - 14:55
Rating: 8
nonZero

If more of the album was as good as the first 4 songs then I would give it a 9/10.
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