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	CD Gallery - Testament
		Testament, along with Exodus were the founding fathers of the so-called Bay Area thrash movement of the mid-eighties (other bands in this league include Dark Angel, Heathen, Defiance, Vio-lence, Vengeance Rising, Forbidden, Death Angel, Deliverance, and others).
		Since I have all but one of their albums, I would not have needed this disc except for the fact that the brilliant marketing execs at Atlantic decided to include two exclusive cover songs, "Sails of Charon" (originally by the Scorpions) and "Draw the Line" (another Aerosmith song.
		Unlike Metallica, who were at one time considered the same style as Testament, they have continued to earn the respect of their fans for staying true to the music style despite trends.
	ultmetal.tripod.com /testament.htm (1349 words)

	The Gathering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gathering (album), by psychedelic trance duo Infected Mushroom
		The Gathering (Testament album), by the band Testament
		The Gathering, the contest between immortals in the Highlander storylines
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Gathering (189 words)

	Testament (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Testament was formed in the San Francisco area in 1983 by drummer Louie Clemente, guitarist Eric Peterson and his friend, Derrick Ramirez, also a guitarist, originally using the name Legacy.
		Testament received instant fame within thrash circles and were often compared with fellow bay-area thrash pioneers Metallica.
		A new album is expected sometime in 2006, and interviews on the Live In London 2005 DVD suggest that there may be an album written with the classic album lineup after this.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Testament_(band) (1063 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : New Testament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The New Testament, sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures is the name given to the part of the Christian Bible that was written after the birth of Jesus.
		The earliest of the books of the New Testament was 1 Thessalonians, an epistle of Paul, written probably 51, or possibly Galatians in 49 according to one of two theories of its writing.
		Greek New Testament This is a Greek text of the New Testament, specifically the Westcott-Hort text from 1881, combined with the NA26/27 variants.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /New_Testament (4400 words)

	Funeral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The only prescribed aspects of this gathering are that frequently the attendees sign a book kept by the deceased's survivors to record who attended and that the attendees are expected to view the deceased's body in the coffin.
		The viewing typically takes place at a funeral home, which is equipped with gathering rooms where the viewing can be conducted, although the viewing may also take place at a church.
		Once the final ceremony has taken place, the march proceeds from the cemetery to a gathering place, and the solemn music is replaced by loud, upbeat, raucous music and dancing where onlookers join in to celebrate the life of the deceased.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Funeral (4833 words)

	Blistering.com :: Music :: Reviews :: Testament - "The Gathering"
		Someone might have told Testament long ago that it was powerfully uncool for an '80s thrash band to cling to life in the '90s, survive crippling and constant lineup changes and up the ante in modern heaviness with each ferocious release.
		That Testament has thus far failed to garner deserved recognition as a pioneering heavy act is frightening, considering the derivative, overhyped Korns and Limp Bizkits that saturate the scene and typically get the most publicity.
		Cuts on The Gathering spin faster, definitely, and smoke grooves the way Demonic, as a death/doom hybrid, was not built for, and the morph is nothing short of electrifying: 11 distinctly unique numbers covering power thrash to multi-tempoed, creeped-out death rock, and all points in between.
	www.blistering.com /reviews/album.php3?ID=106 (407 words)

	Testament Biography / History
		After the 5th album it became clear that Alex and Louie were having creative differences with the rest of the band.
		Many of the fans considered it their best album, however, it was not promoted by Atlantic, their record company at the time.
		It was said from the beginning that the album would be a combination of sorts between the variety found on the Low record and the brutality found on Demonic.
	members.tripod.com /TheMurkyWaters/info.html (1193 words)

	Testament - The Gathering Review - sputnikmusic
		This album is a lot heavier than previous noteable releases, and you can really hear a difference in the vocals and guitar especially.
		As with lots of the songs on the album, the vocals fade blanky into the rhythm guitar's blare, which is disappointing due to the great lyrics.
		Testament ere and are one of the better thrash bands out there; masters of riffs and great solos, with awesome drumming.
	www.sputnikmusic.com /album.php?albumid=498 (745 words)

	Testament - Satan Stole My Teddybear
		Testament is definitely a trooper when it comes to longetivity, but their mistake was in playing the shadow of a better known Bay Area band (no, not Huey Lewis) and compromising the elements that made this record so fun.
		Although Testament has existed essentially since the day of time (well, since around 1983 when they were known as Legacy), it only their first three albums that are utterly and completely necessary for any afficianado of thrash metal to own.
		In the period of time between 1987 and 1990, the band actually retained the same lineup from album to album and their chemistry is unmatched in the band's history.
	www.ssmt-reviews.com /db/searchrev.php?artistID=1116&showReview=true (1850 words)

	Testament Biography / History
		After the 5th album it became clear that Alex and Louie were having creative differences with the rest of the band.
		Many of the fans considered it their best album, however, it was not promoted by Atlantic, their record company at the time.
		It was said from the beginning that the album would be a combination of sorts between the variety found on the Low record and the brutality found on Demonic.
	themurkywaters.tripod.com /info.html (1193 words)

	AMZ - July, 1999 - Testament
		With a sinister CD cover, and song titles like "Down For Life" and "Legions Of The Dead," the latest release from "Testament" is neither subtle in its presentation, and doesn't beat around the bush about its content or direction.
		Barely one song into this album, it's clear the listener is in for a full-on assault lyrically and musically, but don't make any plans on singing along to this one or learning the lyrics.
		Lyrically, "True Believer" reveals the ultimate shortcoming of the album, of "Testament" and of bands that are forever stuck in the mid to late 1980's death metal mode.
	www.music-reviewer.com /07_99/metal23t.shtml (781 words)

	The Gathering - Testament - Music Downloads
		Testament, for the first time in many a full moon, is a complete, well-oiled musical machine.
		Demonic suffered because it lacked vision, however, The Gathering is pure focused aggression, which is why it is such a monumental release for Testament.
		Testament will be unconquerable if they can maintain this lineup, but for the time being, The Gathering serves to quench anyone's parched metal thirst.
	www.mp3.com /albums/368438/downloads.html (888 words)

	THE METAL OBSERVER - Review - TESTAMENT - The Gathering
		The album is a Thrash Metal album, but a good deal of the tracks have elements from other subgenres of Metal.
		The music of the album is pretty complex, containing some pretty technical riffs (although not to the extremity of CRYPTOPSY, THEORY IN PRACTICE and their ilk, but compared to the band's peers, the riffs on this album are a lot more complex), and not one second is a waste on the album.
		He wrote all the music on this album, and he made an album that is not one-dimensional at all, with every song having its time in the sun.
	www.metal-observer.com /articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=2180 (471 words)

	Testament
		In death metal circles, the players on this album are nothing short of superstars.
		As for the record, combining all the best elements of death metal with strong melodies and hook-laden grooves, The Gathering proves that death metal can be catchy, with no loss of power, speed or darkness.
		To say the songs are epic is an understatement, as the general synopsis the group tends to describe the album with is Billy's remark that "everybody dies." Songs about world destruction, drug abuse or even old age surface throughout, and Billy's vocals are the perfect parry to Peterson's infectious riff thrusts.
	moravamedia.com /smash/testament.htm (752 words)

	Heavy Metal and Hard Rock News 1999
		The album is a seven-song suite, which includes the theme from one of Vivaldi's most famous works, Four Seasons.
		album supposedly will be finished in two months and a world tour will begin in May. They'll start in Europe then hit the US and Canada in the summer.
		Self-described as "a car crash between Liberace and the Sex Pistols, if the Beatles were the paramedics", STA have been kicking for a little over a year and were briefly signed to MCA/Universal, but are now looking for a new label.
	www.hardradio.com /1999news/news0208992.html (970 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Gathering - Testament (Thrash) at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Gathering is a fast, heavy, and all around stellar metal record that shows heavy metal was anything but dead in the late-90s.
		The eleven songs featured on this album show everybody involved playing to the best of their abilities, along with probably the band's most mature and consistent songwriting ever.
		Chuck's vocal performance is probably his weakest on the entire album, and the whole song just fails to really captivate me save for the "Heeey, we live in a f*cked up world!" lines.
	www.epinions.com /content_184915496580 (891 words)

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		Most all of these bands are still together and putting out albums, but as much as I’ve liked their new albums (By the way I stopped talking about Metallica a long time ago), all of these bands’ glory years are well behind them.
		Testament, however, has weathered the evolution into the 90s much better than their peers.
		Testament has fully recaptured the sound and the furor of the most glorious of mid-to-late-eighties Bay Area thrash bands.
	www.metaljudgment.com /albums/testament_gathering.html (2178 words)

	Testament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Testament is perhaps the best--and most consistent--of the Bay area thrashers.
		That being said, this album is not quite five stars.
		The two things keeping this from being a five-star album are: the drumming is too generic, and Chuck Billy falls into the same patterns for his vocals in almost every song (the major exceptions to this are "Do or Die"--my favorite song--and "Alone in the Dark").
	www.angelfire.com /va/jsorenK/testament.html (104 words)

	VH1.com : Testament : Biography - Urge Music Downloads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Testament were the biggest thrash metal band never to reach the platinum plateau.
		Recorded on that tour, the Live at Eindhoven EP cemented Testament's standing as champions of thrash's second wave, and despite lacking the consistency of their debut, 1988's sophomore The New Order maintained their forward momentum and led to yet another lengthy world tour that took the band as far as South America.
		Testament truly seemed to be poised on the verge of greatness when everything started to unravel.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/testament/bio.jhtml (920 words)

	Albums of the artist singer songer: Testament - album albums songs work works
		Testament's third release "Practice what you Preach" is a superb metal effort that is under-appreciated and often overlooked.
		This is not a horrible album, but compared to any other Testament album, it is easily their worst.
		Testament was probably the most overlooked thrash band of the 80's and 90's with none of their albums ever reaching a platinum status.
	www.poemhunter.com /lyrics/testament/albums (4475 words)

	The Gathering: Mandylion - PopMatters Music Review
		In 1995, heavy metal, shunned from the mainstream in the wake of the grunge craze, was undergoing an explosion worldwide, the likes of which had never been seen, as bands tested the limits of the genre, pushing the sound to different, yet equally thrilling extremes.
		The first two albums by The Gathering, while sporadically interesting, seemed lost, as it felt like the band was feeling their way around too furtively.
		The album itself still sounds incredibly fresh ten years later, a testament to both the band’s songwriting, and especially their prescience, as Mandylion still makes all of today’s popular goth bands, from Evanescence to Lacuna Coil, sound stiff by comparison.
	www.popmatters.com /pm/music/reviews/the_gathering_mandylion (851 words)

	gathering - OneLook Dictionary Search
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	www.onelook.com /?w=gathering&ls=a (250 words)

	Testament : iSOUND.COM™
		Testament was one of the first thrash metal bands to emerge from the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980's.
		The band became known as 'Testament' 3 years later, while recording their debut album in Ithaca, New York.
		After the successful "Riding The Snake" world tour to promote "The Gathering", vocalist Billy was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called 'germ cell seminoma' in March 2001.
	www.isound.com /testament (637 words)

	ALTARS OF METAL REVIEWS: TESTAMENT - "The Gathering" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Testament are back with their best lineup ever and an album, which is capable of competing with Bay Area's best moments.
		This album is one of the best releases for this year.
		When all these musicians are gathered, the result can be nothing but a dynamite LP, full of power and rage.
	www.truemetal.org /altarsofmetal/reviews/t-tg.htm (255 words)

	Album Review GATHERING, THE-Sleepy Buildings :: Maelstrom :: Issue No 19 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The tag "a semi-acoustic album" is attached to the title, and after the blatant fabrications of Finntroll’s last, "acoustic" album, and true acoustic records that were promising but merely so-so (Autumn Blaze), it’s great to have a disk that tells the truth and is utterly spellbinding.
		It is the highest testament to the quality of this record that we mention as an aside that it is a live record.
		However, what turns out to be the surprise contribution of this record is the way Van Giersbergen’s melodic singing gives old Gathering songs — from the band’s early days when it was a growling, male vocal-fronted doom metal band — new life.
	www.maelstrom.nu /ezine/review_iss19_1598.php?sid=aed517df86b0ff41b895050e3754cb01§ion=3 (455 words)

	Testament - The Gathering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		With their eighth studio offering, Testament unleash "The Gathering," an album the band describes as combining the best of all their different styles on one recording.
		True to form, "The Gathering" is a powerful combination of thrash, death, and melodic metal.
		As one final note, it's worth mentioning the stellar lineup for this particular album: Chuck Billy on vocals, Eric Peterson and James Murphy on guitars, Steve DiGiorgio on bass and Dave Lombardo on drums.
	dynamitemetal.com /reviews/testament-thegathering.htm (239 words)

	Metal Rules!!: Interview with Eric Peterson of TESTAMENT!!!!
		On June the 8th Testament release their new CD "The Gathering." I was given the opportunity to chat with Eric just one week before it's release.
		Eric who?" "Peterson..."...I was like "Testament!!" Dave was then like "Oh yeah, hey what's up??" So I asked him if he was available to tour, he said he wasn't.
		Testament is open to let people do what they want to do but I would say he's in Testament now.
	www.metal-rules.com /interviews/Eric_Peterson.htm (3768 words)

	TESTAMENT - The Gathering /First Strike Still Deadly
		This album is an ugly son of a bitch - if it were a baby, its parents would only take it out with a bag over its head (and at night).
		While others of their time went off course long ago, Testament's always stayed true to their roots and does not disappoint their loyal fan base.
		Few could argue that the original Testament was in peak form-even though we're not hearing the band in its completely original form, the music they created stands amongst the best in their history.
	www.stormbringerwebzine.co.uk /Reviews/T/Testament.html (453 words)

	Testament Rundown
		Most of the aggression is still there from the debut, but Testament found a way to constrain it into a more mature sounding album.
		The Gathering: Everyone's been praising the hell out of this album and though I think it's good, I still prefer their older stuff.
		This is the best of the post-Skolnick albums and probably on par with SoB, but not as good as the first three.
	www.geocities.com /capt_capone/rundowns/testament.html (747 words)

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