Testament – The Legacy
Album Information
This was the first album from Testament and this album sounds very good for being their first.
Testament was at the first time named The Legacy but they changed the name to Testament. This album has a ghost, creepy evil feeling to it but it is still classic thrash metal sections too.
The instrumental part is excellent and so is Chuck’s vocals but the most of the songs dosen’t have any unique features that makes them special except a few which I will explain in this review.
The Line Up
Chuck Billy – vocals
Alex Skolnick – lead guitar
Eric Peterson – rhythm guitar
Greg Christian – bass
Louie Clemente – drums
Track Information
Over The Wall
This may be one of the album standout tracks, it contains intensive and ferious riffing and has this headbang chorus. It is a heavy and fast song but I think you have to get used to the verse. Very good solo section but the solo is a bit to long according to me but it is a great song to kick off the album with. 4.5/5
The Haunting
This song start with a spooky horror sound and afterwords the guitars enter with some cruel riffing. The verse is not the greatest but the chorus saves the song. The bridge is heavy somewhat melodic and the solo sounds perfect and so does the rest of the song. 4/5
Burnt Offerings
Starts with acoustics and a calm short solo and later the main riff is kicked off. It is not catchy and it sounds a bit strange, it sounds childish to me. Like the previous tracks this song has a fine solo but it dosent make this song better. 3.5/5
Raging Waters
The intro riff sounds a bit heroic and Chuck’s vocals does not a good job here. The song itself has a fast tempo and it has also a good example of Skolnick’s awesome guitar skills. This song is a boring song to me and does not make it to the top. 3/5
C.O.T.L.O.D
Opens with intensive riffing which will remain throughout the whole song. C.O.T.L.O.D means ¨Curse Of The Legions Of Death¨, very cool headline for the song but the songs structure makes it difficult to listen to. 3/5
First Strike Is Deadly
The intro is two voices speaking, one dark voice and one squeaky voice. The song sounds very death metal but the riffs in this song is great, Chuck sings very good in this song and the solo is awesome. The solo sounds very heroic and Eric also seems to play along with Skolnick. This is deffinetly the albums second standout track. 5/5
Do Or Die
Half-melodic riffing in the start and fast drums, the chorus is catchy and so is the rest of the song. The song is kind of melodic in its structure and is one of the albums best songs but I think it deserves a high rating. 4/5
Alone In The Dark
This is the albums most melodic songs, it starts with this cool intro solo and later comes the main riff. It is not as fast as the previous songs and it is heavy, both verse and chorus is great and the solo is one of the best. This song is deffinetly worth your time! 5/5
Apocalyotic City
Starts with a sad acoustic intro followed by bass and soloing guitar, but the song dosent song sounds as apocalyptic as it seems. It sounds like most of the other songs and is not a standout song. 3.5/5
This is a great album but it is not perfect, to me it is almost to much thrash but the band shows alot of skill in their material, to bad that Greg’s bass is not to hearable on this album. This is not a album that I would recommend to anyone except those who love intensive thrash metal. But I can recommend Alone in the Dark and First Strike Is Deadly. Overall album rating will be: 4/5
