I was searching though my CD collection today, when all of the sudden a light shined onto “The Legacy”, I started to feel all warm inside……..well you get the point. One reason I like the “The Legacy” so much, is the found memory of putting it into my player and coming to the wonderful realization that their were more Thrash/Speed Metal bands that were good besides old Metallica. “The Legacy” helped me open the floodgates to more extreme Thrash bands.

Testament kicks this one off with the classic “Over The Wall”. Chuck Billy has a vocal style similar to James Hetfield (Side note, you deserve to have your genitals severed with a chainsaw Hetfield). Twin guitars put this album in the category of thicker sounding Thrash/Speed Albums (The other category being the more raw sounding bands like pre RIB Slayer and older Sodom). Frantic drumming is present on this album, which of course is a good trait of Thrash Metal, but all in all, this album is a mix of Thrash and Speed Metal. No one track is a standout other then “Over The Wall”, but this is only because every track is great.

So if you, the reader, do not already own this album, now is a good time to go out and purchase it, but if you one of those pansies that can’t stand anything fast other then Metallica, go shoot yourself in the head with a rocket launcher.

© 2001 ramrod