Nut Suite. Mini reviews of albums old and new. Minimum words. No fuss. No spoilers [?]. Occasional smugs.

Saturday, July 7, 2012

TESTAMENT / The Legacy (1987)

I've never understood why The Legacy album didn't achieve the same attentions critically as early Metallica and Megadeth releases did. It's certainly got the power and the technical proficiency to keep it in the best of 80s Thrash lists. The sound is a mix of early Metallica and Exodus, what's now the classic Bay Area Thrash sound. The production could be better but the enthusiasm and the urgency with which its delivered is faultless. Testament matured and changed on subsequent albums, but they never bettered it for pure in-your-face entertainment.

Songs of Note: Over The Wall; Burnt Offerings

4 shadow plays of grief and pain out of 5

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