Talk:Testament (band)

message: Starting with the work that 68.110.10.136 did, I've completely rewritten the biography section to hopefully make it NPOV and clear up some of the language and spelling.  I think it's substantially better (although possibly too detailed?). Feel free to help me out. - MordredKLB 23:05, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
:I thought this should go here.  Sorry, I'm still a wiki newb so I'm not sure if I'm doing this right but in the end of one of the pargraphs there is a sentence that reads badly
:"Billy stated in an interview for the sound of the record was by conflicting decisions on what sound the album should have been recorded."
:Should this be fixed up or?
CharlieHAus 07:50, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: Now true even though the Ritual did not sell very well, many would say that 3 of Testaments 10 best songs are on that album. To this day many Thrash fans consider these 4 tracks, So Many Lies, The Ritual, Electric Crown, and Return to Serenity classics. I'm editing a little.
I think it is one of the band's best albums. Very underrated. - Markendust
:Did it sell poorly? It was their highest charting in the US --MartinUK 18:17, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: MartinUK has a point, I checked and The Ritual indeed is their highest charting album, who would it have sold more poorly than others?   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.130.22.174 (talk) 16:47, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unfairness towards the Ritual 

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message: Can someone tell me who the artist is who did the cover of Low? Thanks. -Freekee 04:29, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Album cover

message: "In July 2007, the band played a show at Jaxx Nightclub in Springfield, VA, with Paul Bostaph filling in on drum duties. The band debuted a new song, currently entitled "Not Afraid", another new song, "The Afterlife", was debuted at the Earthshaker Fest."
I was there and I'm pretty sure that it was "The Afterlife" that was played.
http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=27495 this also confirms it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Flib (talk • contribs) 23:58, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jaxx Show Song Debut 

message: Isn't the line-up table a bit.. messy? I mean, other bands have neat tables, similar to a time-line. I'd edit this myself but I have no clue :)
Authrom 00:10, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Band line-up 

message: I used the weblink below along with information already on wikipedias testament page to put down all lineups. I can't figure out where Chris Kontos fits in. please help with adding the dates to how long each lineup was together, but i know that except for Chris the lineups are correct. I know there is a lineup for each member that recorded but it isn't detailed enough.
http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,8962.sm  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.189.54.188 (talk) 07:42, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have been reverting this revision because it appears to me superfluous given the other lists and is confusing/difficult to read (see the Manual of Style). If, however, some editors feel strongly that every member past and present should be in some sort of list form, then I suggest creating an article that resembles List of Iron Maiden band members so as to increase readability. Nufy8 (talk) 20:18, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Testament Lineups  

message: I added Death Metal to the genre box...There are numerous times that this subgenre has been listed on the main article as well as in album descriptions, and when listening to it myself I've heard quite a few songs that sound "death metally." "The Gathering" is supposed to be influenced by death metal, as well as "Demonic" is supposed to be outright death metal, with thrash guitars, ofcourse.  I think it's fair that this addition should stay 72.72.222.152 (talk) 22:30, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really. The three listed are enough. Fair Deal (talk) 02:36, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The genres Groove metal and Death metal are mentioned in the Album articles "Gatherig" , "Demonic" and "Low".Solino the Wolf (talk) 21:24, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Just because it's listed doesn't go for much and just passes as original research now until a source ermm... I mean reliable source is used as a reference. FireCrystal (talk) 21:39, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

text: The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the proposal was consensus not to move; the band is not quite as well known as the holy books of two of the world's major religions.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:46, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death Metal 

message: I don't have the exact quote with me right now, but I remember Reverend Lovejoy mentioning that "the Christian Rock Styling of Testament will be performing in the Church" with Bart replying "all the good bands are associated with Satan."  Should that be including as a reference to pop culture?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.247.98.155 (talk) 19:35, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Testament quote from the Simpsons 

message: I think "First Strike Still Deadly" should be listed in the discography section of this article. Yeah, I know that album contains only re-recordings of their older material, but they were recorded in a studio, so it should be counted as a studio album in the discography section, just like the Suicidal Tendencies album "Still Cyco After All These Years", which also has some re-recorded material but has been referred to as a studio album. A lot of sources refer to "The Formation of Damnation" as the follow-up to "The Gathering" and the biography on Testament's official website doesn't even mention "First Strike Still Deadly". What's confusing is that, on Wikipedia, it's referred to as a compilation album, yet on the Wikipedia article of "The Formation of Damnation", it says it's their first album since "First Strike Still Deadly". Like I said, even though "First Strike Still Deadly" has some re-recorded material, I think it should be changed to a studio album since it was recorded in a studio. In fact, Discogs, Rate Your Music, Encyclopedia Metallum and Allmusic.com all list "First Strike Still Deadly" as a standard album rather than a compilation. Thoughts? 2602:306:BDA9:8610:690C:94B4:FAFB:C239 (talk) 17:09, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  First Strike Still Deadly as a studio album 

message: Please discuss the changes you wish to make, here first.  Mlpearc (open channel) 19:49, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
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message: Claims of band members being influenced by other artists is unsourced and I am contesting this info. If no one is able to source these, I intend to remove them as per WP:V. Robvanvee 06:55, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced "influenced by" prose in Legacy and influence section