TESTAMENT To Co-Headline Phillipines' PULP SUMMERSLAM 10

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT will make their live debut in the Phillipines as part of the Pulp Summerslam 10, set to take place April 17, 2010 at the Amoranto Stadium in Quezon City. TESTAMENT will co-headline the event with LAMB OF GOD.

The largest metal festival in the Philippines, the Pulp Summerslam is known for its unbelievably low ticket price of only 300 Philippines pesos (approximately $6.50). Included ib the price of admission are sodas, beer, pizza and free cell load.

Commented TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy: "We have played countless venues all over the world, but this is the first time ever that TESTAMENT will be playing in the Philippines.

"It is an honor for us to be bringing metal to a country that does not normally have many metal shows and we are stoked to be co-headlining alongside our friends in LAMB OF GOD.

"People of the Philippines, get ready to get into the pit with TESTAMENT."

TESTAMENT will join forces with MEGADETH and EXODUS for a month-long North American tour that will find these thrash titans crisscrossing the nation on the "Rust in Peace" 20th anniversary tour.

TESTAMENT, will perform its first-ever album, "The Legacy", in its entirety during the trek . In this monstrously massive celebration of metal, TESTAMENT felt it was time to throw down the gauntlet and bring people back to the roots of their visceral and vice-tight music, re-invoking songs which helped lay the foundation for a thrash generation. "We wanted to give the fans something different," said Chuck Billy. "We wanted to play these songs which have not been played since we've been touring [the latest TESTAMENT album] 'The Formation Of Damnation'."

"I can't believe that we wrote this stuff when we are 17, 18, and 19 years old," added TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson. "Although 'Formation…' stands on its own, we cannot even write music today like we did back then. 'The Legacy' will always be our legacy."

Refreshingly brutal, yet steeped in clever melodic twists, "The Legacy" was a scene-busting statement of intent by Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian and drummer Louie Clemente. And with classic pit-starters such as "Over The Wall", "Burnt Offerings" and "First Strike Is Deadly" creating human froth with genuine songwriting prowess, "The Legacy" set TESTAMENT up to take the thrash metal world by storm in the coming years.

"These are the first nine songs we put together," said Billy proudly. "This is what started the band, so we wanted to go back and give the fans a chance to not only get back to metal's roots, but to feel the force of TESTAMENT's roots at the same time." "And it's no wonder with a foundation like that we are still here today," adds Peterson.

Canadian guitarist Glen Drover (ex-MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND, EIDOLON) will fill in for Alex Skolnick on TESTAMENT's tour with MEGADETH and EXODUS. "My buddies in TESTAMENT called me up to see if I could help for the tour, as Alex will be away during this time," Glen wrote on his MySpace page. "It will be great to get back out for a little bit and see all my friends in those bands, as well as the fans, and of course being a part of playing 'The Legacy' album, which has always been one of my faves!"

The tour will kick off on March 1 in Spokane, Washington and will run through the end of the month.

(Thanks: NJthrasher)