TESTAMENT: Video Footage Of ERIC PETERSON's Phoenix In-Store Appearance Available

Guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT made an in-store appearance at Raptor Guitars in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday, January 23 between 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Video footage of the event can be viewed below.

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," says frontman 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," says 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," says 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 writes 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)