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Report: TESTAMENT Delivers Crushing Sold-Out Show At Jaxx

July 18, 2007

Sunday night, July 15, one of the best thrash metal acts of all-time delivered a crushing performance at the sold-out Jaxx nightclub in Springfield, VA. TESTAMENT, featuring four of its original members, played a 90-minute set and encore heavy on the band's older material. Favorites from "The New Order" to "Souls of Black" showcased the vocal talents of burly Chuck Billy, while guitarists Alex Skolnick and Eric Peterson shredded the hell out of the crowd. Bassist Greg Christian was an energetic beast. The band surprised the crowd with the presence of drummer Paul Bostaph (ex-SLAYER, FORBIDDEN),replacing Nick Barker (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH),who encountered visa problems getting into the U.S. from his native U.K. TESTAMENT also threw in a brand new song, titled "Afterlife", in between its regular crowd-pleasers. Local support for the show included KRASS JUDGEMENT and ABSOLUTE VENGEANCE. D.C.-area metal veterans DIVISION headlined the local talent, debuting songs from its upcoming CD.

HeavyMetalSource.com has posted a video interview with TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy, conducted on Saturday (July 14) at the Sayreville, New Jersey stop of the Sounds of the Underground tour. Watch the 10-minute clip at YouTube.

Fan-filmed video footage of TESTAMENT performing at this year's edition of the Waldrock festival, which was held on July 7 in Burgum (Bergum),in the northern region of The Netherlands, has been posted at YouTube:

"D.N.R. (Do Not Resuscitate)": Video
"The Haunting": Video

TESTAMENT recently inked a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The group will enter the studio late summer/early fall to record its long-awaited new album for a March 2008 release.

TESTAMENT parted ways with Spitfire Records earlier in the year (the Spitfire Records catalog was acquired last summer by Redux Records, the company formerly known as Sheridan Square Entertainment).

Spitfire released a TESTAMENT compilation, "The Spitfire Collection", in February. Consisting of tracks from such Spitfire titles as "The Gathering", "Demonic", "Live at the Fillmore", "First Strike Still Deadly" and "Live in London", the 14-track set chronicles an era that ultimately saw the original TESTAMENT reunite for a successful 2005 tour.

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