Testament - The New Order (Atlantic, 1988)

Track Listing:

1. Eerie Inhabitants (5.06)
2. The New Order (4.25)
3. Trial By Fire (4.14)
4. Into The Pit (2.46)
5. Hypnosis (2.04)
6. Disciples Of The Watch (5.05)
7. The Preacher (3.37)
8. Nobody's Fault (3.57)
9. A Day Of Reckoning (4.00)
10. Musical Death (A Dirge) (4.05)

Synopsis: Together with Overkill I have always preferred Testament to any of the "big four" and one of the key reasons is "The New Order". Here, on their second album, the band refined a melodic flair to their thrash that was in it's infancy on "The Legacy" and it is, for me, their most consistent and powerful release containing such classics as "Trial By Fire", "Into The Pit" and "Disciples Of The Watch". As far as I am concerned Testament haven't released a bad album over their lengthy career, maybe inconsistent but never bad, and "The New Order" is where the balance was perfected allowing it to more than hold its own with the great albums released by the "big four" the same year.

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