TESTAMENT Interviewed By SEVEN WITCHES/Ex-HADES Singer

March 20, 2008

SEVEN WITCHES/ex-HADES frontman Alan Tecchio recently conducted interviews with TESTAMENT members Chuck Billy (vocals) and Alex Skolnick (guitar) for Steppin' Out magazine. Check out the question-and-answer session at this location.

A brand new TESTAMENT track, entitled "More Than Meets The Eye", has been posted on the group's MySpace page. The song comes off the group's forthcoming album, "The Formation of Damnation", due in North America on April 29 via Nuclear Blast Records.

The band recorded the effort in part with producer Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE) at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California.

"The Formation of Damnation" track listing:

01. For The Glory Of
02. More Than Meets The Eye
03. The Evil Has Landed
04. Formation Of Damnation
05. Dangers of The Faithless
06. The Persecuted Won't Forget
07. Henchmen Ride
08. Killing Season
09. Afterlife
10. F.E.A.R.
11. Leave Me Forever

Prosthetic Records has just re-released TESTAMENT's "First Strike Still Deadly" album. Originally issued in 2001 on Spitfire Records, the updated version features new artwork.

"First Strike Still Deadly" is a compilation of early tracks re-recorded in 2001 by Chuck Billy (vocals),Alex Skolnick (guitar),Eric Peterson (guitar),Steve DiGiorgio (bass) and John Tempesta (drums) to give the songs a "modern, updated" feel. Also making an appearance on "First Strike Still Deadly" is the group's original vocalist in the days when TESTAMENT was known as LEGACYSteve Souza (EXODUS, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL),on "Alone In The Dark" and "Reign Of Terror".

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