Testament - New Album Details Revealed
Bay-area thrash legends Testament have revealed more details about their upcoming full-length titled Dark Roots Of Earth, including the album cover, tracklist and release date.
The artwork was created by Eliran Kantor, who has worked with such bands as Sodom, Atheist, Sigh. Dark Roots Of Earth was produced, mixed and mastered once again by Andy Sneap (Arch Enemy, Nevermore, Accept, Exodus). Special bonus tracks were recorded, mixed and mastered by Juan Urteaga (Cattle Decapitation, Heathen, Vile, Sadus) at his Trident Studios. The follow-up to their 2008 release The Formation Of Damnation will be released on July 27th (Europe) and July 31st (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records.
Dark Roots Of Earth CD/DVD tracklist:
01. Rise Up
02. Native Blood
03. Dark Roots Of Earth
04. True American Hate
05. A Day In The Death
06. Cold Embrace
07. Man Kills Mankind
08. Throne Of Thorns
09. Last Stand For Independence
10. Dragon Attack [Queen cover] [bonus]
11. Animal Magnetism [Scorpions cover] [bonus]
12. Powerslave [Iron Maiden cover] [bonus]
13. Throne Of Thornes [extended version] [bonus]
+ Bonus DVD
The artwork was created by Eliran Kantor, who has worked with such bands as Sodom, Atheist, Sigh. Dark Roots Of Earth was produced, mixed and mastered once again by Andy Sneap (Arch Enemy, Nevermore, Accept, Exodus). Special bonus tracks were recorded, mixed and mastered by Juan Urteaga (Cattle Decapitation, Heathen, Vile, Sadus) at his Trident Studios. The follow-up to their 2008 release The Formation Of Damnation will be released on July 27th (Europe) and July 31st (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records.
Dark Roots Of Earth CD/DVD tracklist:
01. Rise Up
02. Native Blood
03. Dark Roots Of Earth
04. True American Hate
05. A Day In The Death
06. Cold Embrace
07. Man Kills Mankind
08. Throne Of Thorns
09. Last Stand For Independence
10. Dragon Attack [Queen cover] [bonus]
11. Animal Magnetism [Scorpions cover] [bonus]
12. Powerslave [Iron Maiden cover] [bonus]
13. Throne Of Thornes [extended version] [bonus]
+ Bonus DVD
[Also thanks to kual21 and Kincaid for sending in this news!]
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675  |
It feels like I've already been waiting forever for this album to come out! lol  Very nice artwork, though the classic logo would look better with it. Love the choice of songs they've decided to cover as bonuses too!
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Most probably can do without this Testament album just like that all the ones after The New Order (and half of that one even) were redundant as hell.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Daniell _爱情_ Elite Posts: 6061  |
Testament is like McDonald's. Not tasty at all, but lots of people love it. I doubt the new album will change it. The release will suck, but fans will lap it up like they wolf down all the crap in McDonald's.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Daniell on 16.05.2012 at 13:52 PLease not again after yesterday. Once again we agree, this is getting creepy  I like your McDonald's comparison. Shitty burgers that people love, only the fries are quite good (which can be compared to half of The New Order and the entire The Lagecy) 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
Written by Daniell on 16.05.2012 at 13:52 I've heard lots of people asserting very similar sentiments about many of the bands on your favourites list, not that I would ever do that of course. But then again, that's because I'm not a..... 
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Angelic Storm on 16.05.2012 at 13:58 a what? 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Angelic Storm on 16.05.2012 at 14:37 Jesus H. Christ, woman, just say the word, or phrase, you wanted to say. As if we can somehow guess what it was you wanted to type. But Daniell is right concerning Testament.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.05.2012 at 14:39 But that was what I was wanting to say. I left that open to interpretation, because it could mean a lot of different things. But "something not very nice" encompasses all the possibilities. If he's "right" concerning Testament, then he can prove it. Or you can, seeing as you agree with him. If you can't prove it, I'm sticking by my statement.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Angelic Storm on 16.05.2012 at 14:44 Like the Testament fangirl you are  SImple the sales numbers of the first two albums compared to the rest prove it. Plus all people without an inkling about thrash think their current stuff and crap Practice and Souls is great.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.05.2012 at 14:45 I am a Testament fan, but I'm not a "fangirl". lol At least not in the way you're meaning anyway. So does that mean you think the Black Album by Metallica and Countdown To Extinction by Megadeth are those bands' best albums? Both of those albums are their best selling, so going by the logic you've just used, TBA and CTE must be those bands' best works. No, liking those albums isn't "proof" that someone has no inkling about thrash.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Thinking that anything by Testament after The New Order is proof such a lsitener is totally deaf and has no taste when it comes to good music
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Daniell _爱情_ Elite Posts: 6061 |
Written by Angelic Storm on 16.05.2012 at 13:58 Whatever people say about many of the bands on my favourites list is okay, because I can live with other people's opinions, no matter how different from mine. Can you?
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
Written by Daniell on 16.05.2012 at 14:57 Of course I can. Insulting bands themselves is one thing though, insulting their fans, is quite another. Have you never argued with anyone who's had a different opinion on a band you like to you? I'd be amazed if you haven't. I myself of course, have said negative things about bands I don't like... I never put down the fans of those bands though.
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.05.2012 at 14:56 I just heard my cat meowing from another room, so no, I'm not totally deaf... you've been proved wrong I'm afraid.
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Isn't that a bit like saying Slayer were once a 3 star Michelin restaurant, and are now a greasy spoon on the side of a highway?
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
Written by Guest on 16.05.2012 at 15:05 It is exactly like saying that.
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| Iron Nostarion Maiden Whore Posts: 289  |
I love McDonald's and I love Testament. Fuck all. \m/ This will be awesome.
---- To their tombs the people are immured, There is their gold, treasure and wealth, The only condition is to ignore them, Those who feed on corruption and weave death
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Hoping for a better release after the solid 'The Formation Of Damnation'. All this talk about McDonald's is making me extremely hungry 
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
Looks like I might be alone in being a Testament fan who doesn't like McDonalds.... hehe
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
McDonald's is crap. So many people like that crap apparently but even objectively speaking it is crap. There is no denying it.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Daniell _爱情_ Elite Posts: 6061 |
Written by Angelic Storm on 16.05.2012 at 15:02 It was not my intention to offend any fans. You may be the most wonderful person in the world, but if you listen to, say, "The Formation of Damnation", you listen to crap. But the crap doesn't make you any worse. So how exactly are you offended?
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
Written by Daniell on 16.05.2012 at 15:23 Me dismissing your assertion that I "listen to crap" because I like Testament, does not mean that I am offended by you saying that. @Marcel: Although it is going off-topic, I agree with what you said about McDonalds.
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Elite Posts: 5941  |
First of all, it's funny that I see a lot of the staffers bashing Testament and calling their stuff cheap and redundant, yet I've seen a lot of staffers praising the recent Overkill album as well. Most of the old-school thrash bands recycle their material. What else can they do? Either sell out, and piss off their fanbase, or keep writing music in the vein they always have been to please their sycophantic fans. The latter option seems more desirable, at least from a monetary standpoint... anywho... album cover looks badass, it'll be interesting to see what Gene Hoglan brought to the music for drumming. And a Testament cover of Powerslave sounds awesome! 
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. ~ II. VII
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Auntie Sahar on 16.05.2012 at 15:43 Mediocre the last one if you ask me.l Overkill never ever released anything near the quality of the first Testament. Feel The Fire and Taking Over were enjoyable but everything after was crap to mediocre
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 |
I was going to say to be fair to Marcel, he doesn't like Overkill either, and thinks they're even worse than Testament. lol
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Written by Auntie Sahar on 16.05.2012 at 15:43 You can mark me down as someone who will likely end up feeling the same about this album and Overkill's latest. It's weird to bash one band and not the other for doing what they're doing.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.05.2012 at 15:20 You can't say "objectively" when you're being subjective. That's like trying to pass off your opinion as fact, which is pointless.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Absak Posts: 189  |
I don't get thrash purists, it's all mostly the same old with non-suck ass production. I love Bonded By Blood but I like Tempo Of The Damned more. I also think that Rust In Peace is a pile of mediocre crap. I've seen purists bash the newer Onslaught albums but praise their first ones, which have probably the most retarded production in the history of thrash metal (to the point I can't even listen to the damn things), not that I think production is the most important thing in thrash metal. I just don't get it. 
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 16.05.2012 at 16:07 there is such a thing as objectively good and bad when it comes to food. Too much salt, too much grease, flavours not balanced etc.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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