022: Album Dive: Testament The Legacy

Testament. Every thrash enthusiast is already very familiar with the band and their groundbreaking catalog. If you’re unfamiliar with Testament, think of it this way: If there were a Big 5, Testament would be part of it! JOIN US as we dive into their first (not so burnt) offering, “The Legacy” and discuss the artwork, the production and the “eerie inhabitants” on this record that gives it the perfect amount of “spooky”. Plus we get into the tracks and some nerdtastical Nuggets of Nerdery (along with our usual brand of hysterious ludicrosity)

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00.00: Intro/MNPSA/Testament: The Legacy (the beginning of the 2nd wave of The Big 4)/The eerie factor

05.55: The album cover and the story of the name change to Testament/Testament classic lineup

11.27: Alex Perialas (aka Alex Paralysis)/The album cover and production create the mystical badassery that is Testament

15.00: 04/21/1987: Atlantic Records (WEA)/ more from Alex Paralysis (solid thrash pedigree) including a band name that’s even more exciting than Exciter (Metal Nerdery Foreshadowing…)

18.37: Johnny and Marsha Zazula (HAIL!!! Kudos and commendments…and more Metal Nerdery foreshadowing…)/Tom Coyne’s masterful mastering mastery and the magic of “a different set of ears” (he also worked with Exciter!)

22.32: Metal Nerdery pop quiz moment that’s tangentionally tangential to Tom Coyne/The album artwork/ If there was a Big 5… #softintro

27.39: Chuck Billy: The Shaman of Metal (can you imagine…?)

30.38: The story of Testament’s label deal and Johnny Z

33.03: The Legacy track listing and Testament show memories

35.36: The technicality of the Testament sound and the progression of the next wave of The Big 4

38.26: The tracks: Over The Wall/a true Chuck Billy Shaman story/This episode brought to you by…

42.47: The Haunting (engage spooky factor)/going off on being tangentionally accentuated

45.55: Burnt Offerings (more evil evility)/glorious thrash perfection!/COTLOD (2.5 minutes of brutal brutality!)/A perfect John Carpenter movie title (Curse of the Legions of Death)

51.37: Moving to side 2 of the cassette and the tracking (tapes vs CD’s)/First Strike is Deadly/ foreshadowing pun and getting shutdown (by buttholes)

55.40: Do or Die (could that riff BE any faster!?)

58.55: Alone in the Dark (continuing with the creepy, mystical vibe)/The Loincloth of “Destiny Unknown” (coming soon at www.metalnerdery.com/merch)

01.01.31: Apocalyptic City/Texodustament/Kudos and Condiments/a Sauce, or a rub?

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