Watch: pro-shot footage of Testament’s full performance at Hellfest

There are albums that you don’t just listen to: you experience them. They introduce you to a new way of seeing the world of music, abandoning melody to embrace dirty palm-muted riffs and anger against the system that oppresses you! Metallica‘s “Kill ‘Em All” is one of those records that changed the way we understand...

Bay Area thrash metal icons Testament return with their fourteenth studio album, “Para Bellum“, which is out now via Nuclear Blast Records. The albumstands as both a battle cry and an observation of humanity’s uneasy alliance with its own creations. As technology accelerates and disconnection grows, “Para Bellum” sees Testament reflecting the modern chaos through music that’s urgent, sharp, and unflinchingly human.  The band’s latest single,...