I find CL quite boring. Always the same teams in the play-offs and the always the same teams winning. Europa League and Conference League are way more interesting with a bigger variety of teams reaching far in the tournaments.
@Nejde - CL is an interesting league amalgamation of all elite teams from different leagues competing for being the best euro football club in the world. I'm watching since my adolescent.
Disc I 01. Rise Up 02. Native Blood 03. Dark Roots Of Earth 04. True American Hate 05. A Day In The Death 06. Cold Embrace 07. Man Kills Mankind 08. Throne Of Thorns 09. Last Stand For Independence
[Limited CD/DVD and vinyl edition bonus] 10. Dragon Attack [Queen cover] 11. Animal Magnetism [Scorpions cover] 12. Powerslave [Iron Maiden cover] 13. Throne Of Thorns [extended version]
[iTunes bonus] 14. A Day In The Death [feat. Chris Adler]
Additional info The album is available in three configurations: CD, CD/DVD and vinyl with the latter two versions including four bonus tracks.
Recorded in the fall and winter of 2011 through 2012 at Driftwood Studios, Oakland, CA & Backstage Studios, Derby, UK.
Recorded and engineered by Andy Sneap.
Additional recordings by Juan Urteaga at Trident Studios, Martinez, CA.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap with Testament.
Cover art and booklet by Eliran Kantor.
Cover art concept by Eric Peterson.
Unfortunately the era of Bonded By Blood, Pleasure To Kill, and Agent Orange is long gone, but luckily Testament took a stab at nostalgia with their newest album Dark Roots Of Earth. And while The Formation Of Damnation, their 2008 release after an almost 9 year hiatus, was definitely a step into the right direction, it was a bit too modern sounding, and I actually didn't care for Chuck Billy's vocals on it.
I've been playing both songs quite a bit and im loving both of them! Right now im liking 'Native Blood' more than 'True American Hate' but both are absolutely killer. I'm hoping the rest of the album will be at least as good if not better. Seeing them at Bloodstock in a few weeks so pretty excited to see what new stuff they'll put into the set.
Okay I'm ready to be anally played for this to be released now.
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To their tombs the people are immured,
There is their gold, treasure and wealth,
The only condition is to ignore them,
Those who feed on corruption and weave death
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.
Well, this is quite meh; repetitive, overproduced and simply uninteresting
Just heard it in its entirety for the third time and I totally agree with you, this one makes the previous one seem like a masterpiece (and that one was already immensely average)
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal
Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
Just heard it in its entirety for the third time and I totally agree with you, this one makes the previous one seem like a masterpiece (and that one was already immensely average)
hmmm,...i don't know man; 4 years in the making I think the new album is pretty good. Review pending
Just heard it in its entirety for the third time and I totally agree with you, this one makes the previous one seem like a masterpiece (and that one was already immensely average)
Haven't heard the entire thing yet, and I don't really think I will. Previous one was ok, but what I've heard of this one is really boring.
Brace yourselves, Testament fan boys overrating this album are coming ...
DRoE lacks lot of aggression that was presented tFoD ... its a good listenable album in general, but when you compare it to other Testament albums, it fails .. I was so much looking for this to be thrash album of the year, now it looks like it barely can be called thrash
Played it through a couple of times now. Was expecting a little more but overall is still a great album and worth the wait. The cover of Powerslave was pretty sweet.
I love the album now after a few listens, but it's definitely a grower, and most of the songs didn't blow me away when I first heard them. It's defintely better than TFOD which was a great album, but also dragged at times. There's not a lot of thrash on the album, so people hoping there was going to be a lot of that, will certainly be disappointed. But I love the Ritual, which is more commercial and less thrash than Dark Roots, so I don't have a problem with that. It's not a great thrash album, but it is a great heavy metal album.
Rise Up however, could have came off The New Order, that one's a great thrasher!
Quote: You're calling another user here lousy and mediocre because he posted his opinion? Please teach me how to be as cool as you.
Well said I was wondering that too ! and expecting Reza to say something in retort ......
mmyeeaah...this coming from the man with probably the least credibility in the history of the internet with regard to metal music (per reviews)...It was not a nice comment that he made, yet you have bolstered his arguement simply by disagreeing. fail