The wait for Testament's follow-up to 2020's Titans Of Creation is almost over! According to Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick in an interview with SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation, the new Testament record is partially recorded and should be handed in to their label by the end of the year.
"There were scheduling conflicts with Gene Hoglan," said Skolnick. "Then we got Dave Lombardo, who's just, it was amazing. But when it came to going all in on a next record, Dave was overbooked and we needed somebody. And we've got a new drummer. His name's Chris Dovas. He wasn't even born when the first Testament record came out. But I got to say he's lighting fires, speaking of explosions.
"He's lit a fire under everybody and just great to play with. He nails everybody's parts from before, but he has his own style. And excited about the next record, it's actually gonna come out next year. The drum tracks are done, just a rhythm, guitars, bass leads, and some vocals need to be done. But it is in progress. It'll be turned in before the end of the year and it'll be listenable next year."
In the meantime, Testament and Kreator have announced a co-headlining tour featuring Possessed for this September and October. The 33-date trek will kick off on September 12 in Reno, NV and will wrap things up in San Francisco, CA on October 27. Tickets are available here.
9/12 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort
9/13 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
9/14 Salt Lake City, UT The Union Event Centre
9/16 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
9/17 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
9/18 Vancouver, BC Canada Vogue
9/20 Calgary, AB Canada MacEwan Hall
9/21 Enoch, AB Canada River Cree Casino
9/22 Saskatoon, SK Canada Coors Event Centre
9/24 Winnipeg, MB Canada Burton Cummings Theatre
9/26 Maplewood, MN Myth Live
9/28 Huber Heights, Oh Rose Music Center
9/29 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
10/1 Cleveland, OH The Agora
10/3 Toronto, ON Canada History
10/4 Montreal, QC Canada MTelus
10/5 New Haven, CT College Street
10/6 Boston, MA House of Blues
10/8 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
10/10 Montclair, NJ The Wellmont Theatre
10/11 Bethlehem, PA Wind Creek Casino
10/12 Raleigh, NC The Ritz
10/13 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
10/15 Orlando, FL. Hard Rock Live
10/16 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Live
10/18 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall (Lawn)
10/19 San Antonio, TX The Aztec
10/20 Dallas, TX The Factory
10/22 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
10/23 Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque Convention Center
10/24 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
10/26 Los Angeles, CA Palladium
10/27 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
