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The Formation Of Damnation

TestamentMP3 Music
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  • Original Release Date: April 29, 2008
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Eric/Chuck, the Page/Plant of Thrash April 30, 2008
By say 10
Format:Audio CD
With The Formation of Damnation, Testament delivers the thrash album of the year, hands down. Eric Peterson and Chuck Billy are rejoined by Alex Skolnick, Greg Christian and drummer Paul Bostaph to bring us the metal. Along side Slayer and Exodus, no other band has been as consistent and downright dedicated to give the fans what they want. Eric and Chuck, the heart and soul of this band, and as sadly underrated as they are portrayed, completely shine here. Old school, new school, it doesn't matter. Coming up with an album of this magnitude, takes some skill. And how Eric comes up with some of his riffs(heavy and hooky) is just amazing. Chuck, considering the past couple of years have been pretty rough, turns in an amazing performance as well. Its also really good to have Alex and Greg back in the fold. Having said that, both seem to have a renewed spirit on this one, considering Alex has not been on an album of new material since The Ritual in '92 and Greg since Low in'94. And finally, they could not have picked a better replacement than Paul Bostaph. Considered by many as just a fill in, he owns the drums here, and fits the band like a glove. I received my copy a day early, which was an additional bonus to my already anticipated excitement. In conclusion, I was eagerly awaiting this release and it lived up to my expectations ten fold. Thrash metal fans, check it out, raise the horns, and bang til your dead.
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25 of 31 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A solid release that will please long time fans. April 29, 2008
Format:Audio CD
For once it's refreshing to see a band's promise about a forthcoming release actually live up to how they hype that it will sound like.

Testament's 1st album of all new material in 9 years was billed by the band of having the songwriting style of their classic 80's material while featuring the much more aggressive playing style/production of 1999's The Gathering (which is still a most amazing album.) Well, that's what we got with The Formation of Damnation.

To be honest, this isn't as great of an album as The Gathering was, and this is coming from a long time fan who has been listening to the band since 1987. I still greatly appreciate their classic material but I felt that with The Gathering the band really reached their apex (depsite the fact that Chuck Billy and Eric Peterson were the only 2 original members left in the group by that point). But The Formation of Damnation is still a very good release that will please long time fans (of Bay Area thrash in particular) while not being quite as earth shattering as it needed to be to convert current audiences into new fans.

Song wise the album isn't as thrashy or as brutal as the Gathering with maybe the exception of the crushing title track. Writing wise a lot of this sounds like The New Order and Practice What you Preach styles with a more brutal guitar/drum attack. Chuck Billy still occasionally dips into his 90's death metal growl at times, but he doesn't do it nearly as much as he did during that period. He sings here much more in his older style and while his range isn't what it used to be he still turns in a tremendous performance. Returning original lead guitarist Alex Skolnick does his usual brilliant guitar work and drummer Paul Bostaph (who played on their Return to Apocalyptic City E.P.) does his always solid and fantastic drum work. Original bass player Greg Christian returns and I was a bit disappointed by how root oriented his playing was on this album, but it still does fit, just don't expect some of his memorable bass lines from yesteryear (with the exception being the final track Leave Me Forever which features a fantastic bass line throughout and was co-written by Greg Christian ironically enough). Eric Peterson still remains one of the most criminally underrated rhythm guitarists (who also can rip great leads) in all of metal and his riff work here is great as always.

Seeing as this is basically a new fresh start for this band, it should be interesting to see how they are able to build on this release as while not being their best work is still much better than a lot of people are probably expecting out of it.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars For The Album, Not For The Tour Edition March 6, 2010
By Michael
Format:Audio CD
When The Formation Of Damnation first came out in '08, I was very excited. It showed the Testament that fans of The Legacy, The New Order, and Practice What You Preach really wanted to hear. Not saying that fans didn't want to hear another Gathering sounding album or that it was a bad album. I loved The Gathering. But Alex Skolnick was back in the band, and his presence was heard on Formation. It was like old and new. Now we have the tour edition, and I must say....don't waste your time if you already own the album. They basically took the standard cd (original artwork and all), put a cardboard sleeve over it, and put a bonus cd inside the sleeve. Now, I'll admit that Metal Blade did the exact same thing with Unearth's The March, and I bought into that. But at least it had a bonus dvd with a lot more cool stuff than what you'd get here. What you get with this edition of Formation is a bonus cd with three live tracks, and as a cd enhancement (for those that don't know, there's a logo that says enhanced cd on some cd's you buy. That means you put the cd in your computer for additional content like video content and such.), the music video for "More Than Meets The Eye," and the video footage of the same three songs you hear on the same disc. I was at least expecting a bonus dvd of some sort, like the one that came with the import version of the album that has the making of it. That would have been better, or if it was a full live concert dvd or cd, that would have been great too. Anyway, I'm a big fan of the album, not this edition though. If you don't already have the cd, go ahead and get it. If you do, don't bother upgrading to this version.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A hugely successful comeback album
Anybody that knows heavy metal music already knows the story behind Testament's "The Formation Of Damnation. Read more
Published 2 days ago by A. Stutheit
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT ONE FROM TESTAMENT!!!!!
FORMATION OF DAMNATION is another great HEAVY THRASH album from the great TESTAMENT!!!!! All the songs are good, some are among TESTAMENT's best like THE HENCHMAN RIDE, AFTERLIFE,... Read more
Published 2 months ago by FLUMINENSE
5.0 out of 5 stars formation of damnation
Awesome album, great thrash metal for the 2000's. Arrived before expected time . Cd packaged extremely well from its journey from the states to australia.
Published 4 months ago by Avenger
4.0 out of 5 stars Testament joins the revival as well.
The year is 2008. We had Death Magnetic, Left For Dead by Laaz Rocket, so it was only a matter of time before the thrash legends Testament entered their next big album. Read more
Published 4 months ago by PeaceSells215
3.0 out of 5 stars Testament was a band I grew up with as a teenager
I hadn't listened to them in years but remembered their first album as being one I listened to in High School. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Kentucky Billhilly
5.0 out of 5 stars "GREAT DISC FROM THE MASTERS"
After almost 9 years Testament make this amazing disc.The sound is powerful,Alex and Eric play the guitar as only they know how to do,and Chuck Billy sing whit this guttural and... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Harold
4.0 out of 5 stars Formation of Damnation
Such a talented band. They sound better than ever. This and Dark Roots keep to their progressive sides, but not sacrificing on heaviness. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Victor Dimartino
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT ONE FROM TESTAMENT!!!!!!
FORMATION OF DAMNATION is one of the BEST TESTAMENT albuns!!!!!TESTAMENT got a lot of great METAL albuns like NEW ORDER, PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH and LOW, and this one is among... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Rio Fluzăo
5.0 out of 5 stars My 1st Testament Album But Not The Last
Where do I start how about the fact that I'm kicking myself for not checking these guys out sooner, I'd always heard the name through high school but never strayed past Metallica... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Zach
3.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Not Testament's Best Effort.
Testament should be classified as either speed metal, or progressive metal. I like that their vocalist does more than just the standard Cookie Monster voice. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Craig Nelson Hamilton
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bonus dvd edition?
Likely not. Nuclear Blast isn't known for reissuing albums with any digipack packaging or bonus dvd's. Usually if they didn't do it the first time, it won't happen later.
Apr 30, 2008 by Michael |  See all 4 posts
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Go here (to listen to the entire album):
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By the way, it rules!
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Apr 25, 2008 by Tor Anvil |  See all 4 posts
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It is incredible. Every single song on it is brutal. Up there with Practice What You Preach, Low, and First Strike Still Deadly.
Apr 6, 2008 by Jeremiah Tilley |  See all 2 posts
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