First Strike Still Deadly

Thrash metal legends "Testament" keep the painting in the golden frame by producing this awesome release of re-recorded classics.

"First Strike Still Deadly", the title of their new album. When I first read about it, I was thinking; "Why would they touch those master pieces?' But then when I saw the line-up for this record...Alex Skolnick, Steve Souza, John Tempesta..and well, my expectations instantly grew into a huge metal boner.

All the re-recorded songs come off their first two albums, "The Legacy" and "The New Order".

What a great way to start off the record with "First Strike Is Deadly", the drum-intro obviously being done by Tempesta this time, instantly capturing attention. The guitars sound greater than ever, and Chuck did a fantastic job with the vocals, his screamy, clean thrash-takes from the early days mixed with his death-metal growls that make Testament what they are today.

Ofcourse, the entire record is filled with awesome classics, but there's this one song that really made me all excited about the whole thing. "OVER THE WALL" .. What more can you want?! In my opinion, Testament's best song, and it's being re-done with the superb production that they have nowadays. Alex's solo raping your stereo system!

Steve Souza (Exodus) put in his share aswell on the last two tracks "Alone In The Dark" and "Reign Of Terror". It's great to see the old foundation-members getting back into the room and producing this great fucking metal piece.