Brotherhood of the Snake
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| Studio album by Testament | ||||
| Released | October 28, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | April 27–July 8, 2016 | |||
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| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 45:27 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Juan Urteaga | |||
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| AllMusic |    |
| Blabbermouth.net | 9.5/10 |
| Metal Injection | 8.5/10 |
| Rock Hard | 8.0/10 |
Brotherhood of the Snake is the eleventh studio album by American thrash metal band Testament, released on October 28, 2016. It is the band's first studio recording with bassist Steve DiGiorgio since First Strike Still Deadly (2001). Brotherhood of the Snake also marks Testament's fifth collaboration with Andy Sneap, who had mixed and engineered all of their albums since The Gathering (1999) and produced Dark Roots of Earth (2012). The album debuted at number twenty on the Billboard 200 chart, making it Testament's second highest charting album in the US after Dark Roots of Earth, which peaked at number 12 four years earlier.
The possibility of an eleventh Testament studio album was first mentioned about a week before the release of Dark Roots of Earth, when vocalist Chuck Billy stated that Testament would not take "huge gaps" between albums anymore, and would "work hard and tour for two years or so," and try to release another album when they could. Guitarist Eric Peterson added, "There's definitely some politics in the band now. I think if the record does good — which I think it will — it'll see Testament be doing another record. There's some people in the band that are, you know, I think aren't a hundred percent there unless, you know, it keeps going good. That's pretty extreme, but, like for me, I'm down for whatever. I started the band, I'm totally into it. This is what I do. I think, you know, if Testament sees darker days, I don't know if this lineup would stick." Testament spent most of 2012 and 2013 touring in support of Dark Roots of Earth, including supporting Anthrax and Death Angel on the Worship Music tour, and headlining their own U.S. tour, with support from Overkill, Flotsam and Jetsam and 4ARM. 2013 also saw the release of a live DVD/double album from Testament Dark Roots of Thrash, which documents the band's sold-out headlining performance at the Paramount in Huntington, New York in February 2013.
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