Testament - The Ritual (1992)
FLAC-IMG+CUE+LOG | 54:36 min | Complete Scans | 542 MB
Thrash Metal | Japan 1st Press - MMG/WEA Japan # AMCY-412
FLAC-IMG+CUE+LOG | 54:36 min | Complete Scans | 542 MB
Thrash Metal | Japan 1st Press - MMG/WEA Japan # AMCY-412
The Ritual is the fifth album released by Testament in 1992. It is to date the last studio album to feature drummer Louie Clemente, and was also the guitarist Alex Skolnick's last album before rejoining the band in 2005. On The Ritual, Testament began exploring slower, heavier territory for their music while still maintaining their thrash metal roots.
Once on the verge of breaking the platinum sales barrier and transforming the "Big Four of Thrash" (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth) into the "Big Five," the members of Testament were trying to simply stay afloat by the time they released this, their fifth album. In fact, The Ritual is a microcosm of the entire thrash metal scene. Once seemingly indestructible, by 1992 the group was crumbling towards an ignominious end, and despite possessing the genre's most technically gifted guitarist in Alex Skolnick and one of its most fearsome growls in vocalist Chuck Billy, Testament was obviously going down with the ship. Yawn-inducing, production-line moshers like "Electric Crown," "So Many Lies," and "Deadline" dominate the album; brief flashes of inspiration, such as the intro riffs of the title track and "As the Seasons Grey" are few and far between. Ironically, the disc's most uncharacteristic track, "Return to Serenity" is also its best. With its beautifully ethereal melodies, the song is one of the band's greatest achievements. Alas, it was also one that arrived too little, too late to save Testament's classic lineup, which would splinter immediately after The Ritual's release.
– Review by Eduardo Rivadavia, allmusic.com
Tracklist:
01. Signs Of Chaos
02. Electric Crown
03. So Many Lies
04. Let Go Of My World
05. The Ritual
06. Deadline
07. As The Seasons Grey
08. Agony
09. The Sermon
10. Return To Serenity
11. Troubled Dreams
Produced and Engineered by Tony Platt.
- Chuck Billy – Vocals
- Alex Skolnick – Lead Guitar
- Eric Peterson – Rhythm Guitar
- Greg Christian – Bass
- Louie Clemente – Drums
Original non-remastered Japanese 1st pressed CD.
Manafactured in Japan by MMG Inc., in May 1992.
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EAC extraction logfile from 4. July 2010, 19:48
Testament / The Ritual (Japanese - AMCY-412)
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