This is one album I should have reviewed when I first started this blog. Testament, still going strong, began life as Legacy, and who'd of thought back then that this bunch of upstarts would be considered one of the best thrash acts of all time. And that they certainly are. The first clutch of albums were of a time when the Bay Area seen was foaming, great production, crisp chugging guitars and Chuck's distinctive bellow. 'The Legacy' is a superb debut album featuring timeless thrash classics such as 'Over The Wall', 'Apocalyptic City', 'The Haunting', 'Burnt Offerings' and 'Do Or Die'. Fresh, ferocious and fearsome, Testament came out of the blocks and certainly had more vigour than say Overkill or Exodus and they were always a step ahead in the beefy vocal department as well as Skolnick's guitar wizardry. Again, who would have thought that such tracks would become anthems to our youth, fist-pumping chants to rebel to, and to make us proud to be metalheads. Many years later 'The Legacy' still bites hard and sits in history as an important record, not just because it summed up that Bay Area crunch, but because it offered so many great cuts. If you call yourself a thrasher then you MUST own a Testament album, but one is never enough and thankfully most of what these guys have released over the years has been spot on, but the old ones are always the best...if you ask me anyway.Thursday 27 January 2011
Testament - The Legacy (1987)
This is one album I should have reviewed when I first started this blog. Testament, still going strong, began life as Legacy, and who'd of thought back then that this bunch of upstarts would be considered one of the best thrash acts of all time. And that they certainly are. The first clutch of albums were of a time when the Bay Area seen was foaming, great production, crisp chugging guitars and Chuck's distinctive bellow. 'The Legacy' is a superb debut album featuring timeless thrash classics such as 'Over The Wall', 'Apocalyptic City', 'The Haunting', 'Burnt Offerings' and 'Do Or Die'. Fresh, ferocious and fearsome, Testament came out of the blocks and certainly had more vigour than say Overkill or Exodus and they were always a step ahead in the beefy vocal department as well as Skolnick's guitar wizardry. Again, who would have thought that such tracks would become anthems to our youth, fist-pumping chants to rebel to, and to make us proud to be metalheads. Many years later 'The Legacy' still bites hard and sits in history as an important record, not just because it summed up that Bay Area crunch, but because it offered so many great cuts. If you call yourself a thrasher then you MUST own a Testament album, but one is never enough and thankfully most of what these guys have released over the years has been spot on, but the old ones are always the best...if you ask me anyway.
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This is a fantastic album. The production is weak, but that was the norm back then.
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