Testament - Powerslave

[vampire dark]

I've read at the greek metal hammer during an interview with eric peterson that the new guy at drums is really incredible.....even eric did things with the drum machine that are really impossible to happen with the one hand -as he said- and gene not only played them ,but improved them too

[xenophobe]

If you see him drum live, you'll never forget it.

[toejam]

I did see Gene playing with Testament back in November with Anthrax and Death Angel, and it was awesome. John Tempesta was at other shows before that, but Gene happened to be on that one date.
I guess Gene is permanent now since Paul Bostaph got injured and has another project.

[toejam]

Was?? One album I don't mind listening to again and again is 'Time does not Heal'. Killer! One of the best metal albums of all times!! :HeadBang:

I still listen to Leave Scars and Time Does Not Hea; every once in awhile... but I have them on cassette. I really should get them on CD.

[toejam]

Been a Testament fan since I was 14 (I'm 34 now ).

I've been a fan of them since I was like 14... and I'm 40 now!

[emperor_black]

I still listen to Leave Scars and Time Does Not Hea; every once in awhile... but I have them on cassette. I really should get them on CD.

CD?? MP3 is the new "thing". Actually even MP3 is old. Everything's on the "cloud" now. All you need is a smartphone and access to the cloud and you can listen to the voice of the Gods.

[toejam]

I don't own a smartphone. LOL I do actually have an iPod someone gave me last year, but I hardly use it.

[markD]

toe, i am with you - the CD is still the way for me as well. the terminators will not ass-rape me because of my reliance on "i" products!!!!!!!!

[toejam]

The terminators will not ass-rape me, either! I still enjoy cassettes (at least the ones that aren't warped yet), as well as the occasional vinyl LP. I like the fact that some bands are still putting stuff out on vinyl and will buy certain ones every once in awhile.

[MartinBarre]

Gene played with Death, I think that tells you everything you need to know about how legendary a drummer the guy is.

I'm not really digging this cover though, I don't think bands should even attempt to cover Maiden, it's pointless, no one can make a Maiden song sound better than it already is. It's not like the old days when Motorhead did "Louie Louie" or Maiden did "Cross Eyed Mary" and made them heavier and even better. You just can't make a heavy song like "Powerslave" heavier and have it sound better than the original, it just doesn't work.
And the solos here are a real disappointment they're less technically impressive than the originals and if you're going to take a cover and make it even more metal you better at least make the solos extremely impressive.

[nateb]

I am liking it. What really grabbed me is the Animal Magnetism cover.

Really heavy....

[Codex]

Alex in the studio for this track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=r57gUjDe3jU#!