Reviewing EVERY Testament Album!

Indeed, Electric Crown is a bona fide, certified BANGER. One of Skolnick’s greatest moments

I know the general consensus on Demonic. But... Look at where the big 4 were in 1997. Metallica shat out Reload, Megadeth had put out Cryptic Writings, Anthrax was smack in the middle of their "diet Pantera" phase, and Slayer decided to be a punk cover band for one album. Then we have Testament, who looked around and said "fuck all that... Let's just get HEAVY". In an era where many other thrash bands were going for a mainstream sound they went ahead and put out an almost death metal release when that genre was in a bit if a slump, commercially. I've got to respect them for that. I mean... It didn't work. But still. 😂

Testament is truly the best 80s Thrash band. Theyve managed to stay around and make great music since the 80s. Fantastic video.

Back when I got the album the Gathering was probably the heaviest album I owned. I love the consistency of this band.

The Legacy is absolutely brilliant! Saw them here in Germany on their first Tour, together with Anthrax back in 1987!!! Just love them! Greetings from Stuttgart, Germany!

Amazing band, such a killer discography. The Gathering has to be #1 for me!

Great list, I keep going back to Testament over and over again they are such a consistent band. Maybe just one sliver below Slayer for consistency? But that sliver they make up for with some amazing creativity that I think makes for some better songs. I might have liked to see your take on First Strike Still Deadly.. yep it's a re-recording and normally I would skip it too but it helps catalogue the change in the band over the years Chuck's voice, the production etc.

To be honest I had lost interest in Testament after their first three records. But I still remember my mother banging on my door after the first few seconds of "Over The Wall". :) I'm listening to "The Formation of Damanation" at the moment - wow, what a great record. Now I'm thrilled on the outlook of discovering more great records by the band. Thanks!

I decided to take the plunge into this band with “Dark Roots” right after this video. This makes me like Metallica’s “Hardwired” even less now, as there’s a lot on here that Metallica seemed to rip for their album. Pretty fantastic and underrated band.

Testament is one of my all time favorite thrash metal bands and they are super consistent. Here would be my scores of each album: - The Legacy: 9/10 - The New Order: 9.5/10 - Practice What You Preach: 9/10 - Souls of Black: 10/10 - The Ritual: 8.5/10 - Low: 8/10 - Demonic: 7.5/10 - The Gathering: 8.5/10 - The Formation of Damnation: 9/10 - Dark Roots of Earth: 9.5/10 - Brotherhood of the Snake: 9.5/10 - Titans of Creation: 9.5/10

One of the best and most consistent thrash bands out there 🤘

Great delivery of the testament album’s. I’ve been a fan of these guys since ‘The New Order’. The New order is the best album they have. Metallica’s Master of puppets, Megadeth’s Rust n peace & Slayer’s Seasons in the abyss are the best trash albums of all time. From 🇦🇺🤘

Great video! I'm beginning to think that Testament is what Metallica would sound like if they didn't sell out and stayed metal. Both bands also have interesting parallels: Chuck Billy and James Hetfield have similar singing styles, Alex and Kirk were both taught by Joe Satriani (but Alex progressed while Kirk regressed,) Eric is as much a master riff writer as James and both can play leads sometimes, Steve and Cliff are iconic bass players (not really sure about previous bassists in Testament,) and Testament has always had amazing drummers (Louie Clemente, Dave Lombardo, Paul Bostaph, Gene Hoglan. I'd say Lars was once good, but like Kirk, he also greatly regressed at his craft.)

If you think about it. Testament's The Gathering along side Sodom's Code Red and Destruction's All Hell Breaks Loose laid the ground work for thrash to see a revival in the mid 2000's. holy hell The Gathering is awesome.

The most annoying thing about this video is that it reminds me that I don't own one single fucking Testament album on vinyl! I need to change that!

Amazing band. And their "Demonic" album is my favorite. Brutal,heavy as fuck and Chuck's growling is amazing. The only moment in their carrer when they sounded like a fucking,ass-ripping death metal band! And I could never understand why so many Testament fans hate this album. Is it too heavy for them,or what??????

Testament: still getting the job done after all these years! Practice What You Preach is one of my all time favourite tracks and there is no better guitar solo in any thrash song. I appreciate your rankings.

Only recently sat down and listened to a nice little chunk of they're discography loving them so far always new them but after listening to strapping young lads discography I realised hey gene hogan's one of my favorite drummers and I have only listened to like 10 testament songs can't wait to listen to more of them they're amazing

Testament is just so underrated. Just an unbelievably consistent band with an absolutely killer discography. Not to mention all of the talent in their lineups throughout the years. I just started really listening to them and they’re already one of my favorites.

Testament has the most solid discography of all the original thrash pioneers. I have to put "Practice What You Preach " at the very top. The New Order at number #2. Brotherhood of the Snake is absolutely killer and is definitely number #3 for me.