Testament

For any other band, playing a show in the cramped basement of Brooklyn metal dive bar The Charleston would be just another night. For Acrassicauda, it was nothing less than revolutionary. The band's first show in two years was also their North American debut, and the circumstances that brought …

When it comes to music, Sigh frontman Mirai Kawashima doesn't believe in boundaries. Since he formed the band in 1990, Kawashima has explored elements of jazz, psychedelia, orchestral music and the avant-garde within a foundation of thrash and black metal...

We pulled all the stops for the first ''Creep Show' podcast of 2010. There's background animation, high-tech cameras and clip-on microphones for each panelist and pans and zoom courtesy of a full crew of union employees. It was almost like we were 'That Metal Show' for …

Thrash veterans Testament, who were scheduled to open for Megadeth and Slayer on the American Carnage Tour starting Jan. 18, have spoken out about the cancellation of the shows and the health of Slayer frontman Tom Araya. Yesterday it was announced that Araya will undergo back surgery at the end of …

With the American Carnage Tour -- featuring titans Megadeth, Slayer and Testament on one bill that is so metallic that it could crap iron ore, currently postponed -- extreme metal mag Decibel prepared for the tour by studding the cover of their February issue with Megadeth's Dave Mustaine, Slay…

Oh, the horror! The year and nascent decade's most anticipated metal tour package -- the American Carnage Tour, featuring Slayer, Megadeth and Testament -- has been postponed due to health issues being faced by Slayer vocalist/bassist Tom Araya...

For nearly every record of their 23-year career, San Francisco thrash band Testament have tried to create songs that were both a departure and a natural progression from their last batch. Sometimes they were more melodic (1989's 'Practice What You Preach'), occasionally they were way …

Considering that they had played nearly 200 shows to support 2008's 'The Formation of Damnation,' Bay Area thrash veterans Testament were looking forward to getting off the road and back in the studio to record their next disc. In early November, vocalist Chuck Billy, guitarist Eric Peterson, bassis…

For many musicians, 2009 wasn't a banner year. The economy took a nosedive, which affected ticket and merch sales. Plus fans continued to embrace file sharing with impunity, dramatically impacting the number of albums that were Soundscanned each week...

On Christmas Eve, with all the stores and restaurants closed (except Chinese restaurants, of course) and all the TV channels broadcasting lame holiday specials, what could be more heartwarming than metal? Gorgoroth and Cephalic Carnage are fine, but over the next two days we recommend you check out …