| Testament |
| Genre(s) |
| Thrash Metal |
| Lyrical theme(s) |
| Religion, society, suffering |
| Origin |
Formed in |
Current label |
Status |
|
United States of America
(Oakland, California) |
1986 |
Nuclear Blast |
Active |
| Current line-up | Chuck Billy - Vocals (1986-) (Legacy, Dublin Death Patrol)
Eric Peterson - Guitars (1986-) (Legacy, Dragonlord)
Alex Skolnick - Guitars (1986-1993, 2001-) (Legacy, Savatage, The Skolnick Trio, Attention Deficit, Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
Greg Christian - Bass (1986-1996, 2003-) (Legacy, HavocHate)
Paul Bostaph - Drums (1993, 2007-) (Slayer (US), Systematic, Forbidden (US), Exodus) | | Former/past member(s) |
Vocals:
- Steve "Zetro" Souza (2001) (Legacy, Dublin Death Patrol, Exodus, Tenet, F-Bomb)
Guitars:
- Metal Mike Chlasciak (Halford, Bludgeon, Painmuseum, Michael Aaron, Ian Parry, John West, Cans, MVP, Sebastian Bach & Friends, Michael Vescera)
- Glen Alvelais (1993, 1997) (Tenet, Forbidden (US)/Forbidden Evil, Bizarro (US))
- James Murphy (1994-1996, 1999) (Disincarnate, Death, Obituary, Cancer, Agent Steel, Konkhra, Explorers Club)
- Steve Smyth (Nevermore, Vicious Rumors, Dragonlord, The Esseness Project, Chaoswave (Guest), Forbidden (US), Seven7)
Bass:
- Derrick Ramirez (1997) (Legacy, Dragonlord)
- Steve DiGiorgio (1999, 2001) (Autopsy, Scariot, Freak Neil Inc., Funeral (US), Sebastian Bach & Friends, Artension, Suicide Shift, Vintersorg, Death, Sadus, Iced Earth, Control Denied, Quo Vadis (Can), Dark Hall, Dragonlord, James Murphy, Charred Walls of the Damned, Futures End)
Drums:
- Louie Clemente (1986-1993, 2005) (Legacy, Gallery of Suicide)
- John Tempesta (1993-1994, 2001-2005) (Helmet, Exodus, White Zombie, Prong, Black Label Society, The Cult)
- John Dette (1995) (Evildead, HavocHate, Terror (US), Temple of Brutality, Pushed, Chaotic Realm)
- Gene Hoglan (1997) (Daemon (Dnk), Dark Angel (US), Death, Dethklok, Devin Townsend, Forbidden (US), Just Cause, Meldrum, Naphobia, Old Man's Child, Phantasm (US), Pitch Black Forecast, Strapping Young Lad, Tenet, Unearth, Wargod (US), Zimmers Hole, Mechanism (Can), Fear Factory)
- Dave Lombardo (1999) (Slayer (US), Grip Inc., Fantômas, Voodoocult, Philm)
- Jon Allen (Sadus, Dragonlord, Futures End)
- Steve "Horse" Jacobs
- Chris Kontos (Machine Head (US), Konkhra, Exodus, James Murphy, Verbal Abuse, Hell's Kitchen, Attitude Adjustment)
- Nicholas Howard Barker - Drums (2007) (Atrocity (Ger), Leaves' Eyes, Lock Up, Catalepsy (UK), Monolith (UK), Benediction, Driven By Suffering, Dimmu Borgir, Old Man's Child, Brujeria, Anaal Nathrakh, Ancient (Nor), Winter's Thrall, Nightrage, Noctis Imperium, Cradle of Filth, Exodus) | | Additional notes | The band was known as Legacy from 1983-1986. Steve "Zetro" Souza from Exodus was the lead singer from 1985-1986, and he has done vocals for Testament at some points. There was precisely one show played as Legacy with Chuck Billy on vocals, in July of 1986.
Chuck Billy in early 2002 has been diagnosed with germ cell seminoma; a rare kind of cancer in Chuck's case because this is usually in the testicular region of a man's body, but [...]
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