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The Gathering is the eighth album by American thrash metal band Testament.
Stylistically, this is much faster, heavier, and more thrash metal-based than the previous album Demonic. The over-all sound and general lyrical tone is darker and more evil in scope than previous Testament albums. Chuck Billy uses some of his most aggressive vocal approaches and multiple songs contains sections of death grunts. He also stated the speed of the songs was also influenced by Eric Peterson's playing in his black metal side project, Dragonlord, which is why this album is more up tempo than the previous album.
This album also boasts an all-star cast, featuring James Murphy, Steve DiGiorgio and Dave Lombardo joining band mainstays Eric Peterson and Chuck Billy.
It reached # 48 of the German album charts.
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All songs written and composed by Chuck Billy and Eric Peterson, except where noted.
| 1. |
"D.N.R. (Do Not Resuscitate)" |
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3:34 |
| 2. |
"Down for Life" |
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3:23 |
| 3. |
"Eyes of Wrath" |
Billy, Peterson, Del James |
5:26 |
| 4. |
"True Believer" |
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3:36 |
| 5. |
"3 Days in Darkness" |
Billy, James, Peterson |
4:41 |
| 6. |
"Legions of the Dead" |
Peterson |
2:37 |
| 7. |
"Careful What You Wish For" |
Billy, James, Peterson, Dave Lombardo |
3:30 |
| 8. |
"Riding the Snake" |
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4:13 |
| 9. |
"Allegiance" |
Billy, Lombardo, Peterson |
2:37 |
| 10. |
"Sewn Shut Eyes" |
Billy, James, Peterson |
4:15 |
| 11. |
"Fall of Sipledome" |
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4:48 |
| 12. |
"Hammer of the Gods" |
Peterson |
3:11 |
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Total length:
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46:06 |
"Hammer of the Gods" is an instrumental bonus track. It does not appear on the domestic American release, though the song title is listed on the CD.
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