TESTAMENT — The Legacy (review)

TESTAMENT — The Legacy album cover Album · 1987 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
Warthur
Testament's The New Order left me cold because it felt like a slickly produced but ultimately slightly vacuous Metallica rip-off. Imagine my delight, then, to discover in The Legacy a rough and ready thrash album with a substantially more distinctive character. It's evident from the sound that the band couldn't get a top-flight studio and a big budget for this one, but they didn't need one - not when they had a slate of songs this strong from their days as The Legacy to assault the listener with. It's a shame that what (to me at least) was their sophomore slump put me off exploring this album for as long as it did, because this is great.
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Unitron wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I love this one too, although out of Testament's early albums Souls of Black is probably my favorite.
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
The leads on this one though...mmm..mmmmm. Yummi....
Vim Fuego wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Ah, that's the thing. I like rough production!
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I guess I´m the odd one out then, because I think "The New Order" is the stronger of the two. The sound production always was a bit too rough on the ears on "The Legacy".
Vim Fuego wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Not just you. I also thought The New Order was a turd, but The Legacy is an absolute ripper!

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