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Testament - Titans Of Creation



7.8 | 368 votes |
Release date: 3 April 2020
Style: Bay Area thrash metal

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169 have it
22 want it


01. Children Of The Next Level
02. WWIII
03. Dream Deceiver
04. Night Of The Witch
05. City Of Angels
06. Ishtar's Gate
07. Symptoms
08. False Prophet
09. The Healers
10. Code Of Hammurabi
11. Curse Of Osiris
12. Catacombs

Staff review by
nikarg
Rating:
6.0
In a recent interview, Chuck Billy asked himself: "Why do we even make records anymore when all people seem to want are singles? Thanks to the internet, many people will only download one or two of their favorite tracks". I say, let's change the question a little bit: "Why do bands release LPs when they only have enough good songs for an EP?" With that in mind, let's see how Titans Of Creation fares.

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published 02.04.2020 | Comments (29)

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30.01.2020 - 20:50
Rating: 9
toussa

Argh ! the cover art is very ... bizarre. or even a litle ugly.
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30.01.2020 - 21:08
JoHn Doe

Looking forward to listening to this
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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30.01.2020 - 21:22
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Great artwork.
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Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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30.01.2020 - 23:38
Rating: 9
MyNameJeff

Oh yes yes yes! i like those titles
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31.01.2020 - 06:15
Rating: 10
I can imagine such a cover in Progressive rock
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01.02.2020 - 18:37
Rating: 6
J.Martin

Love the artwork! So excited!!
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13.03.2020 - 14:32
Rating: 7
P3YM4N

Believe it or not, the album has leaked
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16.03.2020 - 00:12
IllusiveCamel🐪

Written by P3YM4N on 13.03.2020 at 14:32

Believe it or not, the album has leaked


And it's goooooooooood
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03.04.2020 - 02:28
Rating: 9
MyNameJeff

Testament just doing their thing. This is top musicians jamming, they experiment a little, and an absolute thrashfest ensues.
A long time ago, Digiorgio and Hoglan gave us Individual Thought Patterns, now they perfectly complement Testament's style.
Excellent album!
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03.04.2020 - 13:27
Rating: 8
nonZero

Enjoyable, hard-hitting thrash that Testament do best.
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So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)
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03.04.2020 - 13:32
JoHn Doe

Written by christmas.inHell on 31.01.2020 at 06:15

I can imagine such a cover in Progressive rock


true, but I've seen black metal album covers that could be a prog rock...
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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03.04.2020 - 16:13
skeksis25

Disagree with the review, sounds good at first listens.
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03.04.2020 - 16:15
JoHn Doe

Just couple of listens so far, I enjoyed it.
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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03.04.2020 - 19:31
Rating: 7
ATG

Meh its alright
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04.04.2020 - 08:34
Malignar

Def a push to highlight Billy and he does a nice job. I like that they are experimenting, less riff recycling....but there is very little excitement. Kinda like Kreator, mellowing and playing more conventional stuff. In both cases they need more than one songwriter. Lord knows what I could come up with after however many riifs Peterson has created. So credit to these guys for nice performances, but the rhythm guitar riffs are just too boring.
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04.04.2020 - 15:19
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Tage Westerlund
Even this band has not put excellent albums out after ''Souls Of Black'' and ''The Ritual' but they thrash come back ''First Strike Still Deadly'' to me because ''Low'' and few following was like experimental, they tries do something a bit away from the genre. I like ''Brotherhood Of The Snake'' .
Here band somehow find speed again and put it heaver, good experienced song writes, and musicians manege put good piece out. I wont be surprised this will win best TM award.

2 songs stands out:
Children Of The Next Level and City of Angels
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04.04.2020 - 21:38
Rating: 9
CakeN7

Testament putting out yet another solid album.
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04.04.2020 - 23:20
Rating: 8
SebaRaven36

Keep it up.....
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04.04.2020 - 23:35
Rating: 6
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Written by CakeN7 on 04.04.2020 at 21:38

Testament putting out yet another solid album.


Nope. It's probably one of the weakest out of last 3 records and god knows where it's gonna sit if you take whole discography in concerned.
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07.04.2020 - 15:56
Rating: 9
SexyCat_1113

Keep on trashing !!!
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08.04.2020 - 03:08
Rating: 8
Athenar

Better than Brotherhood of The Snake imo
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08.04.2020 - 11:57
Rating: 5
Athropos
Burning inside
I like Testament and I love their early albums, I also really enjoyed DROE, but this one is just boring from the beginning to the end. I hear the same thing over and over again with almost no variation, no dynamics, no highlights. Maybe the production is a problem, I don't know. BOTS was already quite meh but unfortunately this one is worst.
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13.04.2020 - 11:49
Rating: 9
MuskyTear

I love this album, it beats Brotherhood of the Snake and The Formation of Damnation for me. It's not as good as Dark Roots though. Favourite tracks are the 2 they released, Dream Deciever, The Healers and Curse of Osiris. I think the only 2 duds on here are False Prophets and Catacombs but False Prophet does have a cool solo. I would have liked to seen a classic Testament ballad instead of these 2 tracks.
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13.04.2020 - 12:55
Rating: 6
gavdann

Just like each of the past three albums since Skolnick's return, it starts well but quickly descends in to unmemorable landfill thrash metal.
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15.04.2020 - 13:37
Rating: 8
tominator
At best deranged
I like it. Not as good as the previous record imo but it's a solid work if you ask me.

Symptoms is my favourite on here.
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19.04.2020 - 15:28
Rating: 7
Metal Rasputin

Slightly weaker than their previous 2 or 3 records, but still pretty damn good. If the whole album was as kickass as the first half, this could've been some of their best stuff.
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23.07.2020 - 23:58
Rating: 8
Vikcen
Metálico
Ummm, reminds me to the sound of Low's album, especially the vocals. By the way the video is great =)

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13.07.2021 - 05:20
Rating: 7
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Written by Vikcen on 23.07.2020 at 23:58

Ummm, reminds me to the sound of Low's album, especially the vocals. By the way the video is great =)



Yeah that video and song are pretty badass! Thrash will never die!
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19.07.2021 - 15:48
Rating: 9
blackwreath13

Still loving this album, don't get the hate at all.

Though what does bother me is in Ishtar's Gate Chuck keeps calling Ishtar the Queen of the Underworld, Ishtar is the Queen of Heaven not the Underworld - that's her sister Ereshkigal. She did attempt to take over the Underworld because she's a bit of a brat but it kinda blew up in her face. (Pedantic mythology nerd)
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07.03.2022 - 04:19
Rating: 7
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Some damn great thrash
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