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Title: Testament
Post by: Crazy_Joe on February 12, 2007, 09:27:34 PM
Always liked Testament, but they sound even better live, check out this recording of Souls of Black. The solo from Alex Skolnick is amazing!!! Such an underated guitarist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jju0UVGZPK4
Title: Testament
Post by: Simon D on February 12, 2007, 10:28:09 PM
Skolnick is a fantastic player, his solo on Return to Serenity from The Ritual is one of the best I've ever heard - melodic, powerful and highly technical.
Title: Testament
Post by: BloodMountain on February 12, 2007, 11:07:00 PM
i love the solo to Hatred's Rise.... cool scale is used, and sounds badass at the same time! that song is just awesome...
Title: Testament
Post by: HTH AMPS on February 12, 2007, 11:24:35 PM
always liked Testament - one of the under-rated thrash bands and they still sound GREAT.  wish I had've got off my arse and travelled to see 'em now, never did get to see them in their prime.

Live At Eindhoven was always my fave disc back in the day - still got all my Testament vinyl  :D
 :twisted:
Title: Testament
Post by: Dennis on February 13, 2007, 09:50:13 AM
I saw them once with Steve DiGiorgio on bass....now that was cool!
Title: Testament
Post by: Antag on February 13, 2007, 02:12:33 PM
Unless I'm mistaken, that's from the "Live in London" DVD which is well worth buying.

I've always liked Testament - I first saw them supporting Anthrax on the "Among the Living" tour in '87, one of the better thrash bands IMO...
Title: Testament
Post by: Kepu on February 13, 2007, 03:40:27 PM
Testament is my favourite thrash band right after Metallica

and Alex Skolnick one of my biggest influences, his legato playing style is awesome, just check out the song The Legacy off Souls Of Black album and listen to all of the solos
Title: Testament
Post by: Muso on February 13, 2007, 03:47:04 PM
My fave solo is over the wall, very cool playing indeed.

I do like Testament but I think they lack the catchy tunes which Metallica and Megadeth had which is why they never got that big. The song "Master of Puppets" in my opinion is what thrash is all about, the closest Testament would come to such a great song would be "into the pit"
Title: Testament
Post by: dave_mc on February 13, 2007, 03:59:12 PM
Quote from: Kepu
Testament is my favourite thrash band right after Metallica

and Alex Skolnick one of my biggest influences, his legato playing style is awesome, just check out the song The Legacy off Souls Of Black album and listen to all of the solos


didn't he take lessons from satch?
Title: Testament
Post by: Kepu on February 13, 2007, 04:13:18 PM
^He indeed did
Title: Testament
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on February 13, 2007, 04:33:39 PM
My band was one of the headliners for the Louder Harder Faster festival last year, on the same day as Jag Panzer. (We went on right before JP) The night after us, Testament was the headliner, and we got to hang out with them at the hotel. (There were a lot of shennanigans going on that weekend ... I'll post a couple of pics soon) Anyway, Chuck Billy & company were great ... very down to earth and just plain fun! And they slaughtered when they played live that weekend!!
Title: Testament
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on February 13, 2007, 05:35:25 PM
Oh, yeah, I also forgot to mention that Skolnick lives 10 minutes from my house, and I run into him with some degree of regularity.
Title: Testament
Post by: Sekhmet on February 13, 2007, 06:02:14 PM
Quote from: TwilightOdyssey
My band was one of the headliners for the Louder Harder Faster festival last year, on the same day as Jag Panzer. (We went on right before JP) The night after us, Testament was the headliner, and we got to hang out with them at the hotel. (There were a lot of shennanigans going on that weekend ... I'll post a couple of pics soon) Anyway, Chuck Billy & company were great ... very down to earth and just plain fun! And they slaughtered when they played live that weekend!!


You lucky bugger heh.

Testament are one of my favourite bands, Alex Skolnick has a "betcha can't paly this" section in Guitar World, which has some really cool licks.
Title: Testament
Post by: Crazy_Joe on February 13, 2007, 09:22:01 PM
Quote from: TwilightOdyssey
Oh, yeah, I also forgot to mention that Skolnick lives 10 minutes from my house, and I run into him with some degree of regularity.


Lucky! I would love to meet Testament. You should ask if you can go to one of their shows and play with them on a song or something hehe, that would rock!
Maybe Alex will be generous enough to let you play a solo on the new Testament record!
Title: Testament
Post by: Dennis on February 13, 2007, 09:24:19 PM
Quote from: Crazy_Joe


Lucky! I would love to meet Testament. You should ask if you can go to one of their shows and play with them on a song or something hehe, that would rock!


Well I would ask if I could have their gear  :D
Title: Testament
Post by: gingataff on February 14, 2007, 01:43:42 AM
My fave song is Trial By Fire, I remember buying the 7" single back in the day. For me it's got one of the really great thrash riffs. Skolnick's solo on the re-recorded version (First Strike Still Deadly) is amazing, he slips some Pat Metheny phrases in there as well and they work really well.
Title: Testament
Post by: maliciousteve on February 14, 2007, 09:26:50 AM
I was at that show!  :D  You can even see me in some shots on the DVD.
Title: Testament
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on February 14, 2007, 10:09:33 AM
That was pretty cool - solo was pretty tasty

I saw testament at the Astoria way back in 1988, but haven't followed their work as such - nice to see how they are now