Friday, October 15, 2010

Testament - Low (1994)

This is Testament's sixth album and first without guitarist Alex Skolnick and Louie Clemente on drums. They were replaced with James Murphy from Death and John Tempesta whose played with various bands such as Exodus, White Zombie and more recently with The Cult. Low is a completely different ride as the other five released before it. I wouldn't call it thrash metal, more like heavy hard rock n metal. I never hear about people mentioning Low as it seems forgotten and unappreciated. It certainly doesn't get the recognition like Practice What You Preach got or Legacy for that matter. I remember doing the review on The Gathering which came out in 1999, a horrible spot for the band at the time because thrash bands were losing there ranking to other sub genres like nu metal. I just think in 1994, you have alternative rock taking over and Low got lost within time. I mean Testament wrote killer stuff and they still do, it's unfortunate they don't have the popularity of a Slayer or Megadeth. I can't speak highly enough about them as this is another Testament record that will make average heavy metal albums not sound heavy. Songs to check out "Dog Faced Gods", "Low" and "Ride".


1. "Low" – 3:33
2. "Legions (In Hiding)" – 4:17
3. "Hail Mary" – 3:32
4. "Trail of Tears" – 6:06
5. "Shades of War" – 4:44
6. "P.C." – 2:50
7. "Dog Faced Gods" – 4:02
8. "All I Could Bleed" – 3:37
9. "Urotsukidōji (Instrumental)" – 3:40
10. "Chasing Fear" – 4:56
11. "Ride" – 3:16
12. "Last Call" – 2:41

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