If you liked Testament in the past, you will surely like the new album, Low. As they have always done in the past, Testament has done a fantastic job writing the music for their new album. The guitar work just plain rips. The base line, shows that Greg Christian puts his heart into the music. The drums rock through the entire album.

Speaking of the drums, if you check out the liner notes, Testament doesn't have a drummer! All of the drums were done by John Tempesta (of White Zombie fame). Don't know why there's no drummer, but John sure filled in nicely. The CD sleeve is damn cool also. Bands should spend more time on the sleeve art, shows they respect their work.

What is wrong with the CD you ask. The vocals. Can't understand why more and more bands are singing like they smoke 9 packs of cigarettes a day. It's almost like they're trying to sound like Carcass or Napalm Death. Just doesn't work for me but it's not too bad. You can overlook it, but if they go any further; bad news.

"Hail Mary" sounds the best, good singing, awesome solo by James Murphy, and dark foreboding lyrics; in other words, classic Testament. P.C. perfectly reflects what our political system has become. Last Call ends the CD with an instrumental outro; perfect ending to a damn good Testament album.

So overall, if you like Testament get the album. If you haven't liked them in the past, you probably won't like them now.

Track Watch: 06 - 01:56

Reviewer:  Keith Rettig.