A match made in Hell was made as Nuclear Blast Records has acquired the complete catalog from The San Francisco Bay Area band Testament! The band also signed for an additional three albums. The signing occurred before Testament's performance at Hellfest in France this past weekend. Fans will now be able to listen to the group's seminal albums "The Legacy" and "The New Order," among others, on any streaming platform.
On their socials, Frontman Chuck Billy stated, "After a long history of making music and Testament teaming up with Nuclear Blast in 2008 with 'The Formation Of Damnation' to the current release 'Titans Of Creation', we have taken it to the next level and have reclaimed our six albums from Atlantic Records and have delivered them to Nuclear Blast to be re-released. Along with the Atlantic catalog, Testament will sign a new 3-album deal with NB worldwide. We are so grateful to be with the Best Heavy Metal label in the world that will spread Testament's Legacy."
Guitarist Eric Peterson commented, "We signed with NB back in 2008 and it'd been a perfect fit for us ever since then. Incidentally, our older catalog with Atlantic Records — 'The Legacy,' 'The New Order,' 'Practice What You Preach,' 'Souls Of Black,' 'The Ritual,' and 'Low' — have returned to us and we feel it's a great new start to have Nuclear Blast release these albums again with some new unreleased artwork, photos, etc. Also, we will be signing a new three-album deal with them! So the future for metal is looking very, very bright! Cheers!"
Last weekend, Peterson spoke to Loud TV about the progress of the songwriting sessions for Testament's follow-up to 2020's "Titans Of Creation" album. He said, "There was a big gap because of COVID. But now we're getting ready — probably after this [European] tour to go start working on new material. So, yeah, I'm looking forward to that. We have about five, six songs written already, and [I'll] probably try to finish it up when I get home. And then hopefully record right after we go on tour to Japan. So '24 should look like a release for Testament.” Peterson also said that the new Testament material is shaping up to be "fucking killer." He added, "I'm a fan. For me, I wouldn't release anything unless I'm a fan of what I'm doing. I have to get goosebumps. When I hear it, I'm, like, 'Yeah.' And then, of course, I play it for friends. A few of them go, 'Ehh.' But most of them go, 'Fuuuck!' Except Chuck goes, 'Eh.' And then four years later, [he goes], 'That's the best song ever. Write more shit like that.' I'm, like, 'Yeah, but four years ago you said that sucked.'"
Testament doesn’t have any announced tour plans for the fall yet, but you can catch them Blue Ridge Rock Festival in September and on Lamb of God’s Headbangers Boat in October!
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