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“People would say, ‘OMG, if this guy is in the back of a guitar store, teaching, what does it say about the music business?’ But, of course, within a few years, everybody would know his name”: Testament’s Alex Skolnick on what he learned from Joe Satriani

When a teenage Skolnick studied under Satch, he found a man who was “like the equivalent of studying with a classical piano or classical violin teacher” – except this guy could rock

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“I certainly got a new appreciation for the Megadeth stuff… it was amazing to see how far guitar quality had come in our genre of music”: Alex Skolnick on the time he was on standby for Megadeth – and what to do when you can’t match a player lick for lick

With Kiko Loureiro's wife pregnant, Megadeth needed an understudy for emergency cover. The Testament guitarist answered the call but admits Loureiro's solos were impossible

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“Like watching a molecular physicist beat up everyone in the pit”: This thrash metal band just released their first album since 1993 – and it’s the smartest thing to come from the genre all year

On their comeback album Dissonance Theory, Coroner embrace all the speed and brutality of thrash while leaving the cliches at the door

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‘Chuck was breaking beer bottles over his own head’: thrash metal legends Testament on 40 years of mayhem

After their lead singer shed his glam rock spandex, the band became rivals to thrash’s Big Four. Still releasing potent high-octane riffage, they retread their path through cancer scares and jazz detours

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"While younger generations fanny around with cynical pop compromises, they're here to break necks." Looking for the best thrash metal album of 2025? Testament have your back with Para Bellum

40 years in, Testament are still doing it louder and better than most bands that arrived in their wake

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Sabaton, Mudvayne and Limp Bizkit are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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“As great as it undoubtedly was, the bug-eyed insanity of thrash was nowhere to be heard in any of its songs”: How Metallica’s Black Album killed thrash metal

The band that helped create thrash pretty much killed it

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Hear Quicksand/Rival Schools frontman Walter Schreifels cover Pink Floyd for forthcoming animal welfare benefit album featuring exclusive tracks from Killswitch Engage, Snapcase, Orange 9mm, Testament's Alex Skolnick and more

Quicksand's Walter Schreifels has covered two songs from Pink Floyd's Animals album

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“We did get very wild and crazy at points. I remember thinking, ‘Why aren’t we getting arrested?’”: The violent, bloody birth of the Bay Area thrash scene

How a handful of kids from Northern California changed the world

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“I pushed myself to down-pick faster and make the riffs more aggressive. Maybe it’s the old man in me struggling to feel young and fighting back against aging”: How Killswitch Engage went to thrash metal bootcamp to deliver their face-ripping return

This Consequence is the sound of pent-up aggression, a creative release after Killswitch were stopped in their tracks. Dynamic duo Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel talk frontmen, riff tactics, and why nothing was too grimy for this

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Ozzy Osbourne’s solo band has long been a proving ground for metal’s most outstanding players. From Randy Rhoads to Zakk Wylde, via Brad Gillis and Gus G, here are all the players – and nearly players – in the Osbourne saga

Among the ranks of Ozzy's six-string sidekicks are some of the most admired and imitated rock guitarists of all time. Some have lasted for years, others a single gig, and some on both ends are part of the elite group of musicians to have been fired over the phone by…

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“It was embarrassing”: Metallica’s …And Justice For All pushed bass players “to the back” in the 1990s, claims thrash legend

Testament and ex-Death man Steve Di Giorgio claims Metallica’s bass-free classic forced the instrument into the background for years afterwards

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“I actually got to the point of doing a show and Ozzy hired me – he said he wanted me to do the gig”: Alex Skolnick looks back on his brief tenure as Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist – and why it only lasted one show

The Testament guitarist blames a “management decision” on his short-lived spell, but looks back at the experience positively

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"My parents were academics and not thrilled about me joining a thrash metal band." Testament's Alex Skolnick talks thrash, Clash Of The Titans and what it was like joining Ozzy Osbourne's band

Testament’s six-string superstar reflects on the chaos of the Bay Area, guesting with Lamb Of God and studying with jazz legends

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“He sometimes gets overshadowed by his own brilliant lead playing”: What was underrated about Eddie Van Halen, according to Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick

Eddie Van Halen was the master of shredding, but he was capable of so much more as well, says Testament’s longtime guitarist

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Hear ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo team with wife Paula and current Slayer guitarist Gary Holt to cover Scorpions’ Animal Magnetism

The mini-Slayer reunion is taken from To Cross Or To Burn, the second album by the Lombardos’ project Venamoris

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“A great motivation at a time when I didn’t really know what to do next”: Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick remembers playing sole gig with Ozzy Osbourne

Skolnick played one concert with The Prince Of Darkness in June 1995 before being ushered out the door by management

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“I could spend hours going through the mistakes we made and were made on our behalf. We all truly felt we could be big”: The tumultuous history of Testament, thrash metal’s greatest nearly-men

If there’s a thrash metal Big Five, Bay Area bangers Testament ares strong contenders

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“We go very deep into the struggles of starting the band, the impact of the tape-trading community back then, and loads of stories and interesting moments that led to the band being where we are today”: A Kreator biography is coming in 2025

Singer/guitarist Mille Petrozza has co-written a book about the thrash metal veterans’ first 10 years of service, expected next year

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Every Testament album ranked from worst to best

Rearranging Testament's back catalogue into order of greatness

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"I don't wanna say the word 'ballad' but we wrote a slower song." Nightwish singer Floor Jansen is teaming up with thrash legends Testament on their new album

A big change of pace from both parties as Nightwish's Floor Jansen will appear on a track on the new Testament album

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“The future of heavy metal”: America’s Got Talent viral metal star and 11-year-old shredder Maya Neelakantan joins Testament onstage

Neelakantan performed Curse of the Legions of Death at the band's show in Las Vegas, where she showcased her lightning speedalternate picking technique

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Watch thrash legends Testament perform live with 11-year-old on guitar

Guitar prodigy Maya Neelakantan joined Testament onstage in Vegas last week

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“I heard some criticism that I didn’t play the parts enough like Criss, but I didn’t want to just go in there and try to be a clone of him”: When Alex Skolnick quit Testament – and was recruited to replace the late Criss Oliva in Tampa metallers Savatage

In 1994, following the death of the brilliant Criss Oliva, reeling Tampa metallers Savatage enlisted then-ex-Testament man Alex Skolnick. The experience left a lasting impression on both

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“Chuck Schuldiner from Death yelled at me for being drunk onstage. That was me not at my best”: Legendary drummer Gene Hoglan is interviewed by equally legendary drummers from Slipknot, Sepultura and more

Happy birthday to iconic metal drummer Gene ‘The Atomic Clock’ Hoglan – born on this day in 1967

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