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It is a return to the beginning for Testament.

The band remastered its 1987 album, 鈥淭he Legacy,鈥� and its 1988 album, 鈥淭he New Order.鈥� It is now playing the albums on its current 鈥淜lash of the Titans鈥� tour, co-headlining with Kreator and special guest Possessed. The tour hits the Albuquerque Convention Center on Wednesday, Oct. 23.

The band took over the rights of the two albums from Atlantic Records and had them remastered through Nuclear Blast Records.

鈥淲e decided, since we鈥檙e kind of talking about it and pushing it, let鈥檚 just play those records,鈥� said Chuck Billy, lead vocalist for Testament. 鈥淚t might be the last time that we do this. We actually have a reason to do it now. We鈥檙e just trying to make it a little special to perform what we鈥檙e actually promoting and talking about.鈥�

Billy said the band has always performed about four songs off of the first two records, and the songs have been part of Testament鈥檚 set lists throughout its career. Songs such as 鈥淥ver the Wall,鈥� 鈥淚nto the Pit鈥� and 鈥淭he New Order,鈥� have always been part of Testament shows.

鈥淚t鈥檚 nice that we鈥檙e playing the deeper cuts that we don鈥檛 play,鈥� Billy said of the current tour. 鈥淚t鈥檚 funny, because we did this, I think, at the Milwaukee Metal Fest, and we thought we were going to need at least a week or more of rehearsals. We got to the studio, and day one, the songs were so tight. Everybody knew their parts. I remembered all the lyrics. It was like riding a bike. It just came back so natural.鈥�

Billy said the band put in two years of playing before it secured a record deal and was able to record 鈥淭he Legacy鈥� and then 鈥淭he New Order.鈥�

鈥淭hose (albums) are just embedded in our brains, those songs,鈥� Billy explained. 鈥淪o to play them, especially the deep cuts that we don鈥檛 play, they came back so naturally, and now we鈥檝e got the show down. It鈥檚 like a machine, and it鈥檚 tight and fun to play.鈥�

It is hard for Billy to believe that 37 years have passed since 鈥淭he Legacy鈥� was released. He said fans are reliving their youth on the current tour.

鈥淓very day we see fans going, 鈥楾hese are the songs that I grew up with in high school,鈥欌�� Billy said. 鈥淥f course, they鈥檝e all got gray hair, but they鈥檙e all (saying) 鈥楾hese are the songs I grew up in high school. I never got a chance to see you play these. So here I am, because I鈥檝e heard that you鈥檙e playing these classic records.鈥� It鈥檚 kind of cool that we鈥檙e doing it. It鈥檚 bringing some of the older fans (and giving them) a chance to come out and relive what they remember growing up with.鈥�

Billy said he is also seeing younger generations coming to the shows as well.

鈥淚 see the younger generation sometimes lifting their hands, but they鈥檙e the ones that I meet and talk to that have their dad or their uncle or somebody introduce them to the band, but they haven鈥檛 seen us yet,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 definitely people passing the torch down through generations. I feel that we鈥檙e playing the songs better than ever, so it鈥檚 actually a really good representation to see. And we鈥檙e not old guys trying to play and not playing 100%. We鈥檙e on fire with these songs and it brings back the history and the memory for us too. It feels so good to do it.鈥�

Testament, which hails from Berkeley, California, was part of the thrash metal movement that came out of the Bay Area with bands such as Metallica, Exodus, Death Angel, Forbidden, Vio-Lence and others.

鈥淲e didn鈥檛 really know that it was a new scene,鈥� Billy explained. 鈥淚t was just part of the scene. We did know that Northern California was much different than Southern California. Southern California had a lot of hair metal bands where the Bay Area, I think, once that scene started creating itself, a lot of those hairbands moved to (Los Angeles). So next thing you know, we had all these venues with metal shows all the time. And so it was a scene that developed pretty quick and a lot of bands that came out pretty quick and had the opportunity to grow pretty quick because the venue space was available for us.鈥�

Billy said Testament maintained its own sound and did not try to be a carbon copy of other bands coming out of the Bay Area.

鈥淚t was so new and fast that we didn鈥檛 try to copy Metallica, we didn鈥檛 copy Exodus, but we all created that thrash style and attitude that came with it,鈥� he explained. 鈥淓verybody developed their own way of playing that style of music, which I thought was really interesting too, that it just wasn鈥檛 one brand and one style that everybody sounded the same. Everybody had different singer approaches, or different rhythmic approaches, which made everybody have their own identity.鈥�

Last year, Testament added Chris Dovas, a young new drummer, to its lineup. Dovas, who was not born when the first Testament album came out, has brought a fresh, new energy to the band. A new album is anticipated to be released in 2025.

鈥淚t pushed everybody, it pushed me to push my voice, a little more screaming, a little more power vocals,鈥� Billy said of the addition of Dovas. 鈥淏ut also, I don鈥檛 want to say the word ballad, but we have a slower song that鈥檚 very, I鈥檒l say pretty. It鈥檚 very melodic and pretty and catchy that we haven鈥檛 done in probably 30 years, wrote a song like this.

鈥淚 think we have the confidence to just do it because it is so good, and there鈥檚 a little bit of everything on this record from classic Testament, but it鈥檚 a new, modern sounding Testament, especially music wise, and vocals. I鈥檓 pushing myself and trying new things, but you鈥檒l also hear a classic voice that I鈥檝e done.鈥�