ERIC PETERSON Reveals Producer For The New TESTAMENT Album

For the previous few months, now we have gotten a number of info tidbits on how Bay Space thrash legends Testament are gearing up for the discharge of their subsequent studio album, and this is one other one which I personally love listening to about: appears the band has enlisted the experience of famend Swedish producer Jens Bogren to combine the extremely anticipated follow-up to their 2020 launch, Titans Of Creation.

In a current interview with Brutal Planet Magazine, guitarist Eric Peterson shared some insights into the challenge, stating, “It is, like, 90 % finished. And it is gonna get blended in December by Jens Bogren. He is a producer from Sweden, and he is finished — God, he is finished Kreator, he is doing the brand new Behemoth proper now, he is finished In Flames, Arch Enemy. A whole lot of European bands.”

“We normally work with Andy Sneap, however he is the touring guitarist in Judas Priest and he is simply, like, ‘Bro, I would like a while off.’ It is a good change, although. I believe Jens will do an excellent job. And yeah, there’s quite a lot of loopy stuff on this file. I am excited for everyone to listen to it.”

Testament‘s earlier albums, together with 2012’s Darkish Roots Of Earth and 2016’s Brotherhood Of The Snake, had been co-produced by Juan Urteaga.

In a current dialog with Nikki Blakk from San Francisco’s 107.7 The Bone radio station, Testament‘s vocalist Chuck Billy talked extensively about what to expect from the upcoming record, and touched upon the prospect of the arrival of a primary single: “We hope to have a single possibly, simply in direction of the tip of the 12 months. Give whomever we choose to combine the album one track, ‘Let’s have a look at the way you do, see if we’re joyful,’ earlier than we do the entire file possibly. It is a ache within the butt, however it’s nonetheless a little bit extra handy for us this time.”

Lyrically, the album explores a variety of topical themes, together with environmental points and synthetic intelligence. Billy expressed his desire for writing about real-world occasions, believing it lends extra authenticity to his vocal performances.: “It is not as centered on, like, the aliens, creating mankind and that sort of stuff, however there’s a few of that. There’s rather a lot. Every track undoubtedly has its personal identification lyrically. And once more, we’re writing stuff that’s actual, that occurs with the atmosphere; we’re singing about that once more. A.I., we’re singing stuff about that. That is an enormous factor. So, there’s at all times an inspiration for songs. I believe it is a little bit simpler.”

“There’s a lot occurring in our world to put in writing about now. It is a loopy world in the present day, so there’s quite a lot of stuff to speak about. And I like singing about what’s actual and what is going on on as an alternative of some fantasy lyrics, as a result of, for me, I believe once I sing ’em, I’ve extra conviction, I imagine in ’em a little bit extra. And possibly it is simpler for me to recollect the lyrics reside”.