This tenth studio album by Testament shows how good this band is. After all those experimental albums(Demonic, The ritual, The gathering) they returned to their roots-thrash metal. They know their house. Connection of fast, heavy thrashing riffs with melodic lines is so fascinating here. This album is successful like The legacy or The new order. Of course here are newer ideas. Atmosphere is sensational during all album. No one place is weak. Structure of songs is strong like steel wall. It's very surprising how good they are. Still making good music.
Alex Skolnick and Eric Peterson created so much great melodies, thrashing riffs. Chuck Billy's voice is better than before. His vocal performance is admirable. Also Greg Christian(bass) and Gene Hoglan (drums) made great atmosphere. Gene's drum work is pretty good for Testament.
The most known songs are "Rise up", "Native blood", "Dark roots of Earth", "True American hate", "Throne of thorns". "Native blood" has music video with full of emotions. And another song with nice emotions is "Cold embrace". This album is masterpiece in every opinion.
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