TESTAMENT — The Legacy (review)

TESTAMENT — The Legacy album cover Album · 1987 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
Kingcrimsonprog
Testament’s 1987 debut album The Legacy is one of the most respected and highly regarded records to emerge from the Thrash Metal movement.

The album contains many of the band’s most enduring and popular songs which are still present in the band’s live repertoire to this day, proof if it was needed of the album’s relevance and staying power. The Legacy is not a flavour of the week release that you will play a few times and then discard forever, but rather an album which you will return to time and again.

Musically; Testament were never as direct and ferocious as on The Legacy, delivering harder, darker and more energetic songs than on their subsequent albums and what the album lacks in variety it makes up for in intensity. Don’t let that statement confuse you however, Testament still manage to pack in a surprisingly diverse collection of musically interesting songs on this album.

The band are proficient in all areas, the guitars and bass are excellent, the vocals and drumming are superb and the production is of a surprisingly high quality for a Thrash band’s debut album.

The album contains the memorable ‘Raging Waters,’ ‘The Haunting,’ and ‘Over The Wall,’ all of which are classic songs. The highlight of the album is the catchy and interesting album closer ‘Apocalyptic City,’ which covers a lot of ground in its five minute run time.

To summarise, The Legacy is a very strong album that deserves its strong reputation. If you have any interest in the band whatsoever, or even just Thrash in general, then this is something you’ll want to be listening to.
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