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I discovered them with 'souls of black' and I was immediately hooked by their music. Recently, I listened to 'the legacy' which is killer thrash. Chuck Billy is one of the best vocalist in the thrash circles. In the later albums, he also "growls" but honestly I think it spoils the songs. And Alex Skolnick proved with Attention Deficit and Michael Manring he is a first class guitarist, on a par with the underappreciated Coroner's Tommy Vetterli.
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It's great thrash to me, it's one of my favourite metal bands; their first 5 albums are great to me (although Practice What You preach is the weakest out the first 5, but Skolnick still saves the album). Demonic and The Gathering are my least favourite, it's too "death metal" for me as I can hardly tolerate growls these days.
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I'm not a big fan of "Demonic" wither - it's not so much because of the growling though.
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I like Testament.

Don't like all of their stuff, but that is the case with a lot of bands, but they are some awesome old thrash.
The Legacy, The New Order, and the Gathering are great!
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^That would be the 3 albums I would mention as highlights too.
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^ Why the little appreciation for Souls of Black? I for one thought it was great. What's wrong with it?
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I keep jumping around when it comes to determining what my favorite Testament album is.  If I had to choose today, I'd probably say "The Ritual".  Skolnick sounds amazing on that record.  Some thrashy songs, some catchy/radio-friendly songs, a good variety.
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testament is my 3rd favorite band
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Testament are great.
I dont really have anything further to add.


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Originally posted by Stooge Stooge wrote:

I keep jumping around when it comes to determining what my favorite Testament album is.  If I had to choose today, I'd probably say "The Ritual".  Skolnick sounds amazing on that record.  Some thrashy songs, some catchy/radio-friendly songs, a good variety.

What was I thinking when I said that???  I must have been on a big Return To Serenity kick. LOL  There's still a good variety on the album, but I think their mainstream-ish songs are far better than the thrashier ones.  

I can't think of which is my favorite now.  They're very consistent, but I'm honestly not sure if I'd rate one of them 5 out of 5.  However, it's been too long since I've listened to The Gathering.  I definitely need to buy a copy of that one.
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