Death metal sure moved on from the days of gore and guts, and Pestilence were no exception, applying technical wizardry to this concept album. Sure, there's alot of influence from Death, especially in the Chuck Schuldiner-type vocals, but back then for death metal bands to survive they certainly had to come up with the goods and over-ride the cheese and Pestilence did that with ease on 'Testimony...'. there is some superb playing on offer here and an atmosphere created as it is segmented by various interlude's of horror-film injections, the weirdest of these being 'Blood' which melts into the face-ripping 'Land Of Tears. with warped riffs and trigger drumming.
Sixteen tracks on offer and well worth every penny, again, probably better on vinyl if you can track it down, this is intelligent death metal.
8/10
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