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Originally posted by Chris View PostHell yeah. A lot of fans don't like The Ritual but I think it kicks ass.
It is an underappreciated album for sure but you can totally tell that they were like "oh shit, the new Metallica isnt thrash and selling like a mother fucker, we gotta chase that".
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Originally posted by wombcannon View Post
It is an underappreciated album for sure but you can totally tell that they were like "oh shit, the new Metallica isnt thrash and selling like a mother fucker, we gotta chase that".
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Originally posted by wombcannon View Post
Oh for sure but you could tell they totally didn't "want" to do that. It was also probably record company intervention as well.
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Originally posted by wombcannon View Post
It is an underappreciated album for sure but you can totally tell that they were like "oh shit, the new Metallica isnt thrash and selling like a mother fucker, we gotta chase that".
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Originally posted by Mike View Post
Alex actually confirms this in his book.
After hearing Souls, then Practice (I came late to Testament, starting in 1996), The Ritual came as a huge letdown and I still can't get into it. Having loved Skolnick's work on the first two above, I bought Handful Of Rain on the basis of interviews with him I found online where he said he'd been able to play "more like he'd wanted to", but found I didn't like his playing or the music on that.It's due (another) revisit.* And I might make a fist at learning Practice myself, including the solo, that Shredders Of Metal thing made me want a go. I like to bust out the Malpractice riffs in guitar shops, no one's recognised it yet...
*At least he got me into Al Di Meola's Elegant Gypsy and Casino. Race With Devil is rad shit. And Anthony Jackson is a very bad man. And metalheads always say Kÿng Yng is a bell-end. Oh you sweet summer children!
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Originally posted by Naren View PostWub that solo. Also love the natural harmonics in the main riff. Feel so good. Like others have said, it's cool to watch how effortlessly he plays that and just with such good feeling too.
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Originally posted by Chris View Post
Or perhaps "Oh shit, Metallica is paying their mortgages by not playing thrash, and we have houses and families too, we should probably try that."
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Originally posted by wombcannon View Post
Oh trust me. Im not putting them, or that album, down for trying to earn some coin. Im not a pissed off 20 year old kid anymore. Im pushing 40 and have a mortgage myself so I totally get it. I also dig The Ritual as well.
This is the way.
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Originally posted by Chris View PostChuck's voice, unlike basically everyone else in thrash, has just gotten better and meaner the older he gets. Awesome.
While Chuck's voice got "meaner", it also meant it got lower. While thats fine for the newer material, it sort of erks me when I see them live and they are down tuned at least 1 step to compensate for it. I HATE when I go to see thrash legends live and its downtuned but I get it, people get old and cant sing in the same register that they used to.
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Originally posted by wombcannon View Post
To further continue my internet douchery:
While Chuck's voice got "meaner", it also meant it got lower. While thats fine for the newer material, it sort of erks me when I see them live and they are down tuned at least 1 step to compensate for it. I HATE when I go to see thrash legends live and its downtuned but I get it, people get old and cant sing in the same register that they used to.
I'll take that over the opposite - Hetfield crooning like Barry Manilow comes to mind. :\
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Originally posted by Chris View PostChuck's voice, unlike basically everyone else in thrash, has just gotten better and meaner the older he gets. Awesome.
Also, I've seen Testament at Koko (where Live in London was filmed), that's one hell of a venue! Probabaly the best sound of any venue I've been to
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Originally posted by James View Post
Absolutely
Also, I've seen Testament at Koko (where Live in London was filmed), that's one hell of a venue! Probably the best sound of any venue I've been to
Chris, you'll find this interesting. Chuck was the only guy that I know of in the Thrash Scene to receive proper vocal lessons before he joined Testament, hence why his singing has always been tremendous. He is the perfect Thrash Vocalist.
Also. "The Ritual" might be my favorite Testament record. *Flame Shield*
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Originally posted by Ghost. View Post
That makes sense. Because I always tell people that's my favorite Live Album ever. It just sounds so perfect.
Chris, you'll find this interesting. Chuck was the only guy that I know of in the Thrash Scene to receive proper vocal lessons before he joined Testament, hence why his singing has always been tremendous. He is the perfect Thrash Vocalist.
Also. "The Ritual" might be my favorite Testament record. *Flame Shield*
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