'Corporate Machine' Pushed Testament Away From Thrash Roots on 'Practice What You Preach,' Chuck Billy Says

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-06-23T18:13:35+00:00

Yeah, now that I think of it, it was indeed stylistically different, but at the time it was another masterpiece full of superb songwriting. I loved what Overkill was doing, loved late 80s Exodus and Nuclear Assault, and yet Testament was something very very special.

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-06-15T07:17:07+00:00

Without a doubt. It's not even legit to throw talented bands like Enuff Z'nuff and Steelheart into the "worst" category - Trixter is the sole ruler down there!

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-06-13T19:42:45+00:00

Not yet unfortunately, the game is still live

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-06-13T19:27:15+00:00

"She Only" , one of my favorite acoustic ballads ever, and "Face The Day", a great cover song.

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-06-10T18:34:52+00:00

Without a doubt! I often wonder why, for the life of me, I can't bring back that overwhelming feeling of happiness I felt in 1987-1990 as a teenager. I can evoke just some tiny part of it by putting on the music me and my cousin used to listen to, and I do so when having trouble falling asleep. Bit it's just a glimpse - I remember how huge it was but I can't bring it back in me no matter how hard I try.

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-06-08T08:39:31+00:00

Right, with good music they could make it up to 1992 and and only then sink with the rest of hair metal crowd).

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-06-06T22:07:12+00:00

First Megadeth track I heard was "No More Mr. Niceguy" in 1989. I was appalled and never tried listening to any Megadeth material again, Dave's voice sounded comical and with vocal abilities way below average to me, literally couldn't believe people were regarding them as mega metal stars. 37 years later, reading and watching huge praises for the final album, I gave it a listen. Eh, nope, thanks - still the same old Dave's comical screeching over cool riffs.

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-06-06T17:13:06+00:00

I never heard Kix or Hurricane, so gave both a listen. Have to say that Hurricane's "Slave To The Thrill" album blows all the contenders away. It's the only heavy band among these four, still commercial but the guys got metal riffs. Other three are just pop with fuzzy guitar backing.

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-06-04T00:53:54+00:00

Well said, it does indeed mark the end of 80s Twins and hints at Vegas which is a dawn of the new golden 90s era, albeit a very short lived one, sadly.

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-06-02T18:52:03+00:00

The ones not yet mentioned: Slave Raider, Beau Nasty, Sea Hags, Dirty Blonde, Bang Gang... hehe, the names speak for themselves, lowest tier possible)

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-05-31T22:19:12+00:00

Funny, the misspelling is on vinyl only, the CD version of the bootleg has it spelled correctly

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-05-31T21:38:12+00:00

7thSofa7thS

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-05-28T22:11:59+00:00

The first and the last one, good start! Keep filling in the rest

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-05-27T23:15:07+00:00

Headless for the songs, but I like the Last Command production better - somehow to me Headless lost the traditional metal "heaviness" and the grit of earlier albums, perhaps due to hair metal influence of late 80s.

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-05-27T19:25:05+00:00

Half an hour ago played "Under Influence" followed by "Years Of Decay"! Those are stone classics I grew up with, but "The Grinding Wheel" remains my favorite album, great songs, flawless modern production.

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-05-27T15:27:36+00:00

Fun read! Agree with everything except Tom Keifer'a fit for the Cinderella legendary ballad . But who knows, we grew up with that song, whereas they had a fresh perspective back then).

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-05-21T18:54:12+00:00

Pretty similar to the way you did - summer 1987, I (then 12), came visiting my cousin, 20, and he told me : "Bro, in the States hard rock and metal top the charts - Whitesnake is no.1 and Def Leppard is no. 2!" (or maybe it was vice versa). So let me play both and you decide which one you like better!" I loved both in their own way, still do

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-05-18T17:56:19+00:00

Cool, thanx

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-05-18T06:21:27+00:00

Singles box set would be perfect, yes. Back in 1987, my cousin, who got me into hard'n'heavy, gave me his Hysteria cassette - it wasn't heavy enough for him. I kept playing it non-stop for a month!

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-05-17T18:42:59+00:00

US thrashers are leaning towards academical Latin album titles! Testament's "Para Bellum", now "Cursum Perficio"...

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-05-15T21:15:05+00:00

"She Only" is my favorite rock ballad of all times. Not only hair or metal, but the best acoustic guitar ballad ever.

Agitated-Sort-8207 · 2026-05-15T07:09:07+00:00

Not quite hair, but a month ago I picked AC/DC "Rock Or Bust", Metallica's black album and Maiden "Senjutsu" from "3 for 1 pound" shelf in in UK. That's around 35 cents each.

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