Testament News

Acclaimed guitarist-turned-producer James Murphy recently laid down two guest solos on the debut album STRUCTURE OF INHUMANITY , the band featuring PYRAMAZE keyboardist Jonah Weingarten .

Progressive Norwegian black metal band ULVER has been confirmed for this year's Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 6-8 in Pevnost, Josefov, Czech Republic.

"I Like It" , the new video from the Italian rock/metal outfit LACUNA COIL , can be viewed below.

Hot on the heels of their blistering US headlining tour Damnation Vacation with Unearth and Lazarus AD ; thrash gods Testament now hit Europe hard on a huge summer run throughout Europe, where they'll be playing the Metalcamp, Wacken Open Air, and the Brutal Assault festivals.

"The world's leading metal journalist," Johnny Orlando Jr. , has released his first roundtable interview featuring EXODUS and KREATOR .

Drummer John Tempesta can now be reached via TheLiveLine , a service launched by MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine that enables musicians to connect to their audience over the phone.

Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT will be the featured guest on this weekend's edition of Full Metal Jackie 's nationally syndicated radio show.

Away-Team.com senior staff writer Jim Keller recently conducted an interview with guitarist Alex Skolnick of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT .

Merrick here... John Grisham books are totally not my thing, so there's nothing I can say here- snarky, learned, or otherwise .

According to Sergi Ramos of The Metal Circus , the much-anticipated debut performance by the new band calling itself FEAR FACTORY a ' featuring original FF members Dino Cazares and Burton C. Bell alongside bassist Byron Stroud and legendary drummer Gene Hoglan a ' which was scheduled to take place earlier tonight at the Metalway Festival in ...

Influential '80s progressive NWOSFHM band ANVIL CHORUS has been confirmed for the resurrection of Terminator , once San Francisco's "rockingest" weekly dance club., on Friday, July 17.

Full Metal Jackie of Altitude TV conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT on June 11, 2009 backstage at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California.

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA a ' the dynamic Mexican duo who became international world-music superstars with their self-titled album of aggressive acoustic guitars and irresistible Latin rhythms a ' will release its new studio CD, entitled "11:11" , on September 8 through ATO Records .

Since their appearance in the December 2008 issue of GP, Testament, and their heavier-than-thou guitar duo of Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, have seen their latest record, The Formation of Damnation, sweep all the metal awards and lead to tour after tour in places the band never even played during their "heyday." Skolnick and Peterson enjoyed a ...

See more photos from Broadways at westword.com/slideshow . Havok, 12 p.m. This four-piece band sounded like classic Bay Area thrash, stuff reminiscent of Testament and Exodus with a splash of Anthrax.

Wallpaper , Friday @ Rickshaw Stop. $10/$15. 10 p.m. Wallpaper performs as part of Electro-Disco-Noir night at the Rickshaw.

The new version of FEAR FACTORY a ' featuring the band's original members Dino Cazares and Burton C. Bell alongside bassist Byron Stroud and legendary drummer Gene Hoglan a ' will embark on a tour of Australia in August.

German thrash metal veterans KREATOR will embark on a four-show tour of Russia in September.

Sometimes they come back, and by "they," we mean dudes in stretchy jeans and bullet belts, those overenthused longhairs allergic to clothes with sleeves.

Drummer John Tempesta has scheduled the following clinics while on the road with THE CULT : July 13 - Dave Phillips Music - Allentown, PA July 14 - Sam Ash - Springfield, NJ July 16 - Alto Music - Middletown, NY July 17 - Long Island Drum Center - Plainview, NY More infomation is available on the poster below.