#257 - TESTAMENT Souls of Black: Album Dive

Often in life you have to “strike while the iron is hot” because more often than not, the “First Strike Is Deadly” and not striking may result in lost opportunity and success. And while TESTAMENT were riding the wave of success from their first three albums and the subsequent tours that followed, their fourth album within three and a half years, SOULS OF BLACK, might have been a step too far.

Granted, the October 9, 1990 release of SOULS OF BLACK was a prerequisite for the band’s inclusion on the European leg of the Clash of the Titans tour, and while it’s chock full of riffs, incredible guitar solos, and “eerie harmonies” that are all essential elements of the TESTAMENT sound, overall “the chugs are lacking”, and understandably so, because after 3 albums and 3 tours in less than 3 years’ time, the boys from Berkeley could have used a much-needed break before going back into the studio after such an intensive writing, recording, and touring cycle, back to back to back.

It’s time to indulge in some “debaucracy” as we accidentally included the latest episode of “The Triangle” within this episode (“because everybody’s offended by everything now”). Find out what everybody’s “I can’t get to the radio fast enough to turn it off” song is, discover why “Velma was a little bit hotter than Daphne” (and remember that “you can get a lot for $100”), contact “the help desk of medicine” for some “apple wrapped bacon”, and prepare to understand which song is “the one I’m gonna bang my chick to” when you JOIN US as we dive into the darkness of TESTAMENT’s fourth offering, SOULS OF BLACK.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): *What happens when the red button is pushed unknowingly…* / “It’s buried in a #Mauslim or #Mausoleum somewhere…”/ #dryjuly #nosociallube / “I had a great #AmericaDay did you?” / #RussellsReflectionsJulyFourthEdition #IndependenceDayASMR / “They all spent like $100 each…”/ #fireworks #ordnance / “Did they clean up or blow it into the yard across the street?” / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “Hold on…okay NOW…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / “It’s just the…it didn’t work out again…” / “Let’s try it one more time…” / #taketwo / “I can do it in post…” / “I feel better…”/ #OldSmokyRootBeer #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode vs #MrBlackCoffeeLiquer / “Root beer float or Coke float?” / “Enjoy your July, #fuckface …”/ #cokefloat #cokerim / ***IF YOU WANNA SKIP THE NONSENSE…*** / “Stick around for the appetizers…that’s where the fun is.”/ “That’s your ‘I can’t get to the radio fast enough to turn it off…’” / “I just had this feeling…”/ “Our listener count is going down as we speak…”

(09:40): #PatreonShoutOut / ***Check us out on the #Patreon at Patreon.com/MetalNerderyPodcast for #thehogstory and #Doomsicle and MUCH MUCH MORE for less than the price of a cocktail!!!*** / “My point is, Bob’s coming down…” / “Wear your #MetalNerderyGear which you can procure at metalnerdery.com/merch …” / “It’s kinda that color…”/ “Let’s do a #Kittie episode…”/ “I think it’s because she’s got a vagina…”/ “Dude, they might love #PatBenatar …”/ “Big M, little organ…”/ “Chicks with glasses, yay or nay?” / #VelmaVsDaphne / “That was more of an ogling, if you will…”/ “Is it weird if…?” / “Because everybody’s offended by everything now…”/ #allegedly / “We’re halfway through the year and heading into #Armageddon …”/ #debaucracy / #RussellsReflections #TheTriangleUnredacted #TheTriangleASMR #BenShapiroImpressionASMR / #GARM / #ThePartyOfNothing / #Project2025 / “I think both sides…will do anything to keep him from winning…”/ “Swallows well?” / “A woman is a bowling ball…” / #wolkfolk / “He’s not German…”

(23:33): “I don’t know how you’d do it…” / #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: TESTAMENT – SOULS OF BLACK / Released October 9, 1990 / “It’d be funny if we brought up our #seniorpictures …”/ “But I went to #dayandnightschool for 3…”/ “#SummerSchool was awesome…you would go to a campus with a #brandnewmarket …”/ #LMAO / “It’s a little darker…” / #SoulsOfDarkBlack / “A little poppier…”/ #tobefair / “They basically released an album every single year (from 1987 til 1990) AND toured (for every album!)…” / #burnoutASMR / Testament touring with #WrathchildAmerica and #Annihilator and #NuclearAssault back in the late 80’s / “Suddenly it was like the new thing…” re: #WrathchildAmerica / “Four albums, four years and four tours in a row…”/ “That was the #tourshirt I had when they opened for #JudasPriest …”/ #TheOmni

(31:31): “I love the intro because it’s total #guitarporn …”/ BEGINNING OF THE END / FACE IN THE SKY / “It’s a little anemic…”/ “It’s very #Hetfieldish …”/ “Do it like #Epstein…” / FALLING FAST / “Everything needs to come up a little more…”/ “It’s not as whatever as ‘Practice’…”/ Michael Rosen vs Alex Perialas / “The chugs are kinda lacking…it’s a little #chugless …”/ SOULS OF BLACK #creepythunder #killerbassline #TestamentCreepy / “Don’t be insensitive…”/ “Isn’t it the same as #5?” / “Sounds like a shitty Italian dish…”/ “Remember…the loudness button? It sounds like they forgot to hit the loudness button.” / ABSENCE OF LIGHT #CreepyHarmonies / “There’s no bad #Testament …”/ “They’re like one step away from writing hits…”/ “It’s their Enter Sandman…”/ #ClashOfTheTitans / “That’s yesterday 33 years ago!” / “That’s a #Police song…” #synchronicityASMR / LOVE TO HATE / “The Preacher!!!” / “Sounds like you need more projection…”

(46:49): “Have you noticed…?”/ #burppower / “You know when you feel empty after?” / MALPRACTICE / “I did not set that up btw…it was magic…”/ “I think this was my favorite song on this album…”/ “Yeah the #guitarmix bothers me…”/ “Not to get on a tangent or anything…have you noticed…? / #TheHelpDeskOfMedicine / #TierOne / “It’s fine…” / “If your 50…”/ “Eat more apples…eat less bacon…don’t have apple wrapped bacon…” / #applewrappedbacon / #dontworryaboutit / ONE MAN’S FATE / “It was more #eviler …”/ “It was like Fade To Black…”/ “You can’t be a thrash band and do unplugged stuff…”/ “What is Slayer’s ballad? 213? Spill The Blood?” / “Where’s the line?” / “And that’s the way they all talked…”/ #gaffing / “I would vote for you for President…”/ “I’d like to see #DonaldTrump talk like #GordonRamsay …”/ “Oh it’s not, it’s the next one after this…/ “This is the one I’m gonna bang my chick to…” / THE LEGACY (“I never understood the ‘Why?’”) / “In the back of my old Chevy pick-up truck…she needs some A/C…” / #LMAO / #gothim / #thosewerethedays / #killercloser (“Also about China…”) / SEVEN DAYS OF MAY / “If I ever start getting pains…I’ll start naming names…” / “Y’all know some of ‘em…”/ “Oh that’s so worth it…and he’s sober!” / “Remember when you used to get angry…”/ “The Fuck Wagon? The Poon Mobile?” / #allegedly / “I’ve had dreams about that truck…”/ “It only had like 36,000 miles on it when we bought it…” / #pussymobile / “You didn’t have to have a degree from MIT to work on it…”/ “You can almost smell the vagina from here…”/ “Not their finest hour…just not our favorite, that’s all.” / “Everything can’t be awesome, all the time.” / “I wanna go back and have virtual reality memory of you in high school…” / #StrangeDays / “It’s kinda like #TheMatrix …”/ ***THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!!*** / #getashirt and #JOINUS on #Patreon #MetalNerdery / #loveyoumeanit / #outroreel / ***COME PICK UP YOUR METAL NERDERY GEAR AND MERCH AND SHIRTS AND SUCH AT metalnerdery.com/merch!!!*** #laughtrackASMR #outroreel #sobriety