Who could have predicted that Testament could experience a second musical renaissance nearly forty years into their career, but that is what has happened. The band are back with the same giant leap in quality they experienced back when they released The Gathering. Para Bellum is the kind of album that is not only going to make die hard Testament fans take notice, it?s one of those releases (much like The Gathering) that will garner the attention of people that have never bothered with Testament. The entire band have somehow managed to find a new gear, allowing them to release one of the most visceral, high quality, and consistent albums of their career. Very few bands even manage to last forty years, let alone release one of the peak albums, but with Para Bellum that is exactly what has happened.
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