Dude I listen to this album almost daily. I can't get enough of it. Funny trivia, I live near Chuck and Steve and about 3 weeks ago i ran into Chuck at Home Depot where he and his buddy were buying tile for a home project. He's a real cool and nice guy.

Still waiting for Warbringer WOT, by far my favorite thrash album this year.

My personal big four has always been Exodus, Overkill, Testament, and Death Angel.

Personally, I think I liked Titans of Creation more than anything since The Gathering. Best album since Skolnick has returned imo.

I disagree. I feel Titans is a better album than Brotherhood imo.

"Titans..." is pretty damn good, but if it was 40 or 45 minutes it would be great!

I got to see them with Exodus and Death Angel in Dublin back in March, it was an absolutely killer show.

I first saw Testament after The New Order, a fan ever since. Their last 3 albums, IMO, are their best. The addition of, without question, one of the most talented, most skilled, most accomplished, and most creative and tasteful, rhythm sections in the history of rock and metal, makes Testament a can't miss band, live or on albums. I was excited like a 14 year old, holding my first guitar, when I heard one of my favorite bassists and one of my favorite drummers had joined one I've my favorite bands. The addition of Dirk Verbeuren into Megadeth (I've been a huge Soilwork fan since 2002), has me anticipating a new Megadeth album in the way I was after Rust in Peace. Dirk is, again, IMO, the most complete, most skilled, and definitely most creative drummers in the world. I agree, this Testament album doesn't reach the top shelf quality of the last two albums, but how many albums do? I do think I like this album a little more than you. The great albums released in the past 4 to 5 years, by bands with histories that reach back to the 1980's, is so fucking phenomenally pleasing.

Love this album! Great review. You says "Lets talk about the riffs" and then skip over the riffs and Eric Peterson (who writes 95% of the riffs) and talk about Skolnick and his solos (which are obviously amazing). Skolnick is my favorite guitarist, but Peterson is severely underrated.

I love the bass drop in WWIII.

Great review. I really like the pace Daniel has.

Love Testament🤘 I was lucky enough to party with them after a show on the riding the snake tour. I still have the hooded sweatshirt Jon Allen gave me off his back. He was the touring drummer at the time from Sadus. I haven't seen another one like it and I've looked everywhere

I want Danny to review more records. I said it once and I’ll say it again, he the best reviewer on this channel besides Sam. Review Body Count, Warbringer, Trivium, and Xibalba please!

The Healers had a sick guitar riff. One of my favorite songs on this album.

TESTAMENT 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘!!!!!! Dekay- Love that shirt where did you get it?? Agree with your review.

Agreed. Saw them in London just before lockdown and the new stuff was killer! Brotherhood is still my fav ‘new’ Testament album, but just wait till Children of the Next Level kicks in and you’re caught in a mosh 😁 cheers dude 🤘

love the shirt! going to order one. Also good Testament album. Production by Sneap never disappoints. It is a bit slow and same-y at times though

I saw Testament and clicked right away 🙂 Edit: Yes! I remember seeing that amazing Practice What You Preach episode. Alex has always been been one of my favorite shredders and that solo is one of my all time favorite solos.

wow this review came out so early

Thanks for putting out this content. I was a little disappointed Children of the Next Level didn’t earn any praise, my favorite track but we like what we like. I’ll listen to the shout-put albums, looking forward to those. Peace

Damnit I REALLY want that shirt dude !!

Hell Yes! Daniel, you are Banger 2020 my friend!🤟🏾🤘🏾🤟🏾🤘🏾

That is a killer shirt, where did you get it? Thx! And I love Testament!!!

Good review Daniel - I agree with your rating. BotS is a very tough act to follow.

Great review for this album and they still put out some good thrash!!!

Dekay army represent!

The fact they can still release this banger of an album this late in their career shows how well Testament has stood the test of time.

Testament in my opinion is the best Thrash Metal band ever. I love every album they have done including The Ritual and Demonic. Titans Of Creation in my opinion is the best Testament studio album since Alex Skolnick has returned to the band. It is a MASTERPIECE!!!! I got the Japanese import version because it came with a bonus live show from the Brotherhood Of The Snake tour. Testament is a supergroup because every member is a MASTER at their instrument. Testament in my opinion is very underated still. In my eyes they should be headlining arenas all around the world.

Gotta love the t shirt dude

I'm new to Testament & I love their recent stuff. Songs of the album for me are 'Children of the Next Level' 'Night of the Witch' & 'The Healers'

Dude. Dekay. This review was fucking incredible. 👍🏻 - Jymbo

Damned I didn't know you are exciter's guitar player, will the album be done for this year?

Brotherhood of the Snake is a PERFECT album for me, im very excited to listen to this new one. Testament never disapoints

The mix on this album is 10/10

great video

I hate myself for being a pedant but I really wish your t-shirt had an ampersand at the end of each line.

I really hope you guys do a review on Warbringer or Raiders new record

Literally saw them yesterday and Children of the next level was played absolutely perfectly like note for note

No, that’s not correct. The album itself is 5 out of 5 skulls and the bass tone is another 7. So that makes a total of 12 out of 5 skulls.

I played Hypnosis at 16 in front of my high school. Absolutely loved that band in the early 90s. Joe taught Alex and Kirk in the Bay Area

my childhood favourite band, people think i'm so cool when I show them their music lol a rock genre for everyone, from soft to heavy... love them so much

Man I love watching Dekay geek out.

Love this record. Wasn't expecting it to be their best since the Gathering. 4.5 skulls with Pentagrams

so where do i get one of those t-shirts?

Ya, predicted the lyrical content criticism. The same way you critiqued it haha. Though yes, great album. Maybe doesn't have that hook that will keep me listening to it for a long time after.

I'm hoping for an Onslaught review in August...

Symptoms is awesome!

I think three stars is too low, but to me that is a Testament(Pun Intended) to how awesome and diverse the albums have been since Skolnik came back/Chuck's recovery from cancer. Each one is a bit different. BOTS was pure Thrash, DROTE was pretty melodic, I can't quite put my finger on what was different about FOD, but that one did have Paul Bostaph and I enjoyed his performance on that more than anything he did for Slayer(not that his stuff with Slayer isn't good). This new one kinda feels like a bit of a show off record with trying some new things here and there(Don't recall anything like Night of the Witch before on a previous record.). In conclusion I think everyone would rank their last four records differently and I think that's beautiful.

Hands down one of the best records that’s going to be out this year

So you guys decided to review this album 4 months after its release ? Why the rush ?

Where'd you get that shirt? I want one...

Very good review. The mid tempo has been the Achilles of this band forever. Not only do they often dedicate too much of an album or song to the mid tempo riff, even live they are oblivious to a change in sound palate, and will stack such songs together. Testament is awesome! But Let’s go fast!

This is my favorite album of the year so far

where do i get a shirt like that?

Dekay reviews are the best reviews

Wow. I’m a tough grader, I reserve five for absolute masterpieces. That said, I give this a four. Excellent album. I thought three was too low. But we all have our own opinions. Good stuff.

This is the best Testament lineup and it is not even close

Favorite Testament record? For me, it's The Ritual. Nice review, I loved Titans; but I REALLY love slow Testament.

I love Dark Roots, and was initially sceptical about Brotherhood. However, after extensive listening, I am certain that Brotherhood of the Snake is the best Testament album ever. I love every single track on that one😎

That's exactly the score that I gave this one in my review. I still think that "Dark Roots of Earth" is their best record. Maybe even the best one of their entire career, the initial 4-song onslaught of that album is unmatched thrashing madness.

I was fucking waiting for this!

where can i get that shirt??????

one year anniversary of alex killing it at the mod club with stu hamm in toronto, got to share the experience with Dekay and fuck what a night of insane guitar work...excellent musicianship all night...

The only negative about the simplistic riffing is kinda how I felt about the self titled Lamb of God album on some of the songs. My favorite band, but sounded like they played it safe.

Do you review new bands ? There's a band called orphvn from the UK that rocks they only have 2 songs at the minute but there both bangers check them out

This album has some cool shit going on but what amazes me is Chucks vocals.. He still sounds like he did 30 yrs ago

Testament has really evolved over time, these last four albums are otherworldly, especially brotherhood of the snake

My big issue with this album and the last one is the album length. Way too long and mid-paced and could do with a whole lot of trimming. Dark Roots of Earth excelled in how consistent it was, with a great balance between thrashers and mid-paced songs, while still being memorable. I still feel that's the best album of the post-Skolnick reunion era.

the album is a straight banger, very classic sounding yet blends their newer 4 albums in as well. the only downside is, like he said, the lyrical content is quite juvenile at times. Some of the songs have a little too much cheese to them like Ishtar's Gate, and False Prophet. But when they are on, they are ON. Night of the Witch, WWIII, and Children of the Next Level are brutal. on par with Brotherhood, but I think Brotherhood had more interesting riffs and progressions (but it also had more cheesy songs too)

Why not Warbringer - Weapons of Tomorrow review?

I didnt even know about this album. As soon as i heard the first audio clip i was like "yep thats testament" XD

They’re all in their 50s how fast do you want them to play???...

The solo off Practice What You Preach is one of the best of all time, incorporating the melody of the song into the solo was epic. Even back then I knew I was listening to something special.

There's so much content in regards to the names of songs and what they mean...there's alot of occult/ Illuminati references which makes this album even more special.

4 skulls

Hit the nail on the fucking head, Dekay!

Well, I've just listened to the entire album. Have those guys stuck to "the formula"? Perhaps they did.... yet guess what happens when I love that "formula"? (Neck hurts a bit).

Agree....it's a very same same safe album. How can an all star band release an album that's not more dynamic? Spot on...tempo was set and then they pressed record. Not a bad album....but left me wanting more.

I agree, Brotherhood of the snake is just that good that anything else would be B list in comparation. Titans of creation was very good however, since their return testament surprises me every 4 years with a masterfull album and even if it wasn't the best of the four albums of their new era, it is still superior to a lot of other works (even good ones) from the year.

He has this incredible ability. Yep. He sure does.

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Chuck Billy still winning the vocalist race. Zero surprise there. \m/

Great album 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

This is one of the best and most fair reviews I've ever listened to and viewed. Dekay, killing it, brother!

Love Testament and obviously their current rhythm section is world class, but I miss the unique bounce that their classic tracks had. That connection and feel that the original lineup had is tough to duplicate. I feel similarly about Death Angel.

Thank you for finally doing this review. I love the album and to me it blows away the disappointing "Brotherhood of the Snake" album.

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Where are all the thrashers man ..lol 🎸🥁🎤

00:30 So we should literally stand by for Exciter.

I THOUGHT THIS ONE WAS BETTER THAN BROTHERHOOD OF THE SNAKE. JUST MY OPINION

great job Dan, totally agree, too many mid-tempos, quite boring, 20 minutes less was better. Brotherhood still on the next level.

The record is good, all the songs are good but it just feels like it's missing something, a solid album but just very great or special imo

Such a tight sounding album it is.

Perfect review because that's exactly what I think ! 😂

Testament is the best fucking metal band in my opinion. And this album sure was no let down !

This album was disappointing for me, I think it should have just been an EP with Night of the Witch, Dream Deciever, City of Angels, and Children of the Next Level on it. That would have been a perfect EP instead of what I consider to be a mediocre album. Testament has been my favorite band for the last 5 years or so by the way

Daniel is great at highlighting the standout moments on albums. it always makes me excited to listen to a record (I'd already heard this one, but I totally agree with his highlights)

Dobre

Absolutely an excellent interview, you touched on all the points that I thought were relevant when I listened to this in April and May. This is a good album but it’s not a great, it has a very tired feeling to the back half of the album. generic in a sense. I thought your mention of maybe you’d listen to this a couple more times or just specific songs are exactly how I felt. I have tried to like this album it’s honestly just a OK album.

It is honestly unfair how much talent is packed into this group. It is truly absurd.