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| Chuck Billy of Testament, Copyright Pete Troshak |
Trocadero Theater
Philadelphia, PA
2/13/13
On tour celebrating 2012's excellent Dark Roots of The Earth album and almost 30 years of existance, Testament rolled into Philadelphia's Trocadero Theatre on Valentine's Day Eve. It was a dark and stormy night, with threat of a snowstorm looming over the city - in other words the perfect atmosphere for the arrival of one of the loudest most uncompromising and legendary metal groups ever to play. The band arrived to a roar from the packed house and immediately displayed that they are still vital and powerful by unleashing four explosive numbers from their current album in the first six songs - "Rise Up," "Native Blood," "True American Hate," and "Dark Roots of the Earth." Each of those songs stand with the best that they have ever recorded and live they are pure Testament - shuddering riffs, thundering drumming, blistering solos, bad attitude and singer Chuck Billy's angry growling and howling. At that point the band turned back the hands of time and unleashed "Into The Pit" driving the crowd into more of a frenzy and kicking off the second half of the show. Soon after came more hightlights - the rolling waves of riffs of the rarely played "Riding The Snake" and the slow burn punky "Trial By Fire." They followed that with an explosive hardcore "The Haunting" from their debut album and finished a few songs later with a ceiling rattling version of "The Formation of Damnation," then sending the crowd out into a snowy night full of the fire of metal.
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Setlist:
Rise Up
More Than Meets the Eye
Burnt Offerings
Native Blood
True American Hate
Dark Roots of Earth
Into the Pit
Practice What You Preach
Riding the Snake
Eyes of Wrath
Trial By Fire
The Haunting
The New Order
D.N.R. (Do Not Resuscitate)
3 Days in Darkness
The Formation of Damnation
