Testament - The Formation of Damnation

I still haven't heard this album...but I have yet to not like a TESTAMENT album...the closest I came to not liking one was Demonic...but even it grew on me.

Killer album and they were killer at the Masters of Metal (although the setlist was WAY too short-of course they were the opening band, so I understand).

Saw Testament last night and they absolutely annihilated! If t-shirts weren't $45 I would have had one! They played two songs from the new CD and they sounded as good as the old stuff IMO. Alex Skolnick was on-fire, although he looks like a skunk with that grey streak running through his hair.

ultmetal wrote:

Saw Testament last night and they absolutely annihilated! If t-shirts weren't $45 I would have had one! They played two songs from the new CD and they sounded as good as the old stuff IMO. Alex Skolnick was on-fire, although he looks like a skunk with that grey streak running through his hair.

$45 for a shirt? SHEESH...

detuned wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Saw Testament last night and they absolutely annihilated! If t-shirts weren't $45 I would have had one! They played two songs from the new CD and they sounded as good as the old stuff IMO. Alex Skolnick was on-fire, although he looks like a skunk with that grey streak running through his hair.

$45 for a shirt? SHEESH...

Ouch. I paid $40 for an Iron Maiden shirt back in June, my wife wanted to kill me when she found out how much I paid for it too!

The only way I'm paying $45 for a t-shirt is if it comes with a free lap dance from a gorgeous girl not wearing a t-shirt.

detuned wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Saw Testament last night and they absolutely annihilated! If t-shirts weren't $45 I would have had one! They played two songs from the new CD and they sounded as good as the old stuff IMO. Alex Skolnick was on-fire, although he looks like a skunk with that grey streak running through his hair.

$45 for a shirt? SHEESH...

They were $35 where I was at (I got 4).

detuned wrote:

The only way I'm paying $45 for a t-shirt is if it comes with a free lap dance from a gorgeous girl not wearing a t-shirt.

ultmetal wrote:

Saw Testament last night and they absolutely annihilated! If t-shirts weren't $45 I would have had one! They played two songs from the new CD and they sounded as good as the old stuff IMO. Alex Skolnick was on-fire, although he looks like a skunk with that grey streak running through his hair.

He's always had that grey streak.

troublezone wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Saw Testament last night and they absolutely annihilated! If t-shirts weren't $45 I would have had one! They played two songs from the new CD and they sounded as good as the old stuff IMO. Alex Skolnick was on-fire, although he looks like a skunk with that grey streak running through his hair.

He's always had that grey streak.

He saw Cthuhlu and his hair turned grey overnight.

detuned wrote:

troublezone wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Saw Testament last night and they absolutely annihilated! If t-shirts weren't $45 I would have had one! They played two songs from the new CD and they sounded as good as the old stuff IMO. Alex Skolnick was on-fire, although he looks like a skunk with that grey streak running through his hair.

He's always had that grey streak.

He saw Cthuhlu and his hair turned grey overnight.

I thought the grey streak was from the first time his mutant abilities manifested themselves and he accidentally stole someone's powers and memories by touching them.

No, wait, that was how "Rogue" from the X-Men got the gray streak in her hair. Never mind.

detuned wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

Saw Testament last night and they absolutely annihilated! If t-shirts weren't $45 I would have had one! They played two songs from the new CD and they sounded as good as the old stuff IMO. Alex Skolnick was on-fire, although he looks like a skunk with that grey streak running through his hair.

$45 for a shirt? SHEESH...

That's because the venue & the headliners get a cut of merch on big tours like that...when I saw Motley Crue/King's X, KX shirts were $26 (1994)...when KX played alone in a club a week later, the same shirt was $18...

I'm still on the fence about this one. I have their Rhino comp and it was decent, but I don't usually venture into thrash outside of Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth...

Metal Misfit wrote:

I'm still on the fence about this one. I have their Rhino comp and it was decent, but I don't usually venture into thrash outside of Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth...

I'd be happy to give you a shove. BUY THIS ALBUM!

Yeah, you need to add Testament to that list.

This album is very good. I say that to myself every time I listen to it.

Metallica should be taking note of bands like Testament.

yeah but how long has it been since metallica been a thrash band....25 years!

Listened to this last night....KICK ASS record!!!! TESTAMENT never disappoints!

TheGooch wrote:

yeah but how long has it been since metallica been a thrash band....25 years!

They're a thrash band every night that the play the old songs at the concerts. They are obviously trying to recapture some of that past sound and no it's been 20 years since Justice (thrash).