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* WritingAroundTrademarks: The band were set to release their debut under the name Legacy before learning there was already an act using the name - so they changed it to Testament but called the album ''The Legacy''.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Their 90's period after ''The Ritual'' achieved levels of heaviness that regularly exceeded that of their albums from before then while Chuck began to increasingly employ harsh vocals. Although ''The Formation of Damnation'' onwards veers closer to straight thrash again, there modern albums generally remain this to their pre-''Low'' output due to keeping some elements from their 90's work.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Their 90's period after ''The Ritual'' achieved levels of heaviness that regularly exceeded that of their albums from before then while Chuck began to increasingly employ harsh vocals. Although ''The Formation of Damnation'' onwards veers closer to straight thrash again, there their modern albums generally remain this to their pre-''Low'' output due to keeping some elements from their 90's work.



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* NewSoundAlbum:NewSoundAlbum: Though their sound never veers far from ThrashMetal, it has been tweaked a lot over the years.



** ''The Ritual'', being "[[Music/{{Metallica}} The Black Album]]" of the band, deviated from the band's earlier thrash metal sound in favor of a more traditional heavy metal sound with hints of hard rock, and it has much better production than its predecessors.

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** ''The Ritual'', being "[[Music/{{Metallica}} The Black Album]]" of the band, deviated from the band's earlier thrash metal sound in favor of a more traditional heavy metal sound with hints of hard rock, and it has much better production than its predecessors. It also has a somewhat higher emphasis on EpicRocking than their earlier albums did.



** ''Dark Roots of Earth'' introduces blast beats and is generally faster. It also features the first ballad since "Trail of Tears" from ''Low''.

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** ''Dark Roots of Earth'' introduces blast beats and is generally faster. It also features the first ballad since "Trail of Tears" from ''Low''.''Low'' and features their first examples of EpicRocking since ''The Ritual''.



* TitleTrack: Most of their albums have straight examples of these, exceptions of varying amounts being ''The Legacy'' (although a song called "The Legacy" would later appear on ''Souls of Black'', and "Burnt Offerings" contains the line "Making '''the legacy''' known"), ''Demonic'' (which opens up with a song called "Demonic Refusal", with the word "demonic" showing up in the song) and ''The Gathering'' (where the album title is nowhere to be found).

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* TitleTrack: Most of their albums have straight examples of these, exceptions of varying amounts being ''The Legacy'' (although a song called "The Legacy" would [[NonIndicativeName later appear on on]] ''Souls of Black'', and "Burnt Offerings" contains has an AlbumTitleDrop with "making the line "Making '''the legacy''' legacy known"), ''Demonic'' (which opens up with a song called "Demonic Refusal", with the word "demonic" showing up in the song) and song), ''The Gathering'' (where the album title is nowhere to be found).found) and ''Titans of Creation'' (same as ''The Gathering'').
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%%* AntiLoveSong: "Leave Me Forever."

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%%* * AntiLoveSong: A particularly fierce example in "Leave Me Forever."" A song told from the point of view of a spouse who was betrayed by his lover and is bitterly angry with her.



* ControlFreak: Chuck and Eric were this according to Greg Christian, which led to him often feeling like a fifth wheel within the band. To this day, he regrets working with them, feeling this talents as a bassist were seriously underappreciated (both personally and financially).

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* ControlFreak: Chuck and Eric were this according to Greg Christian, which led to him often feeling like a fifth wheel within the band. To this day, he regrets working with them, feeling this his talents as a bassist were seriously underappreciated (both personally and financially).
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* VocalEvolution: Chuck, to a degree. His voice in 80's and early 90's was extremely high but in mid 90's his vocals is more deeper and GutturalGrowler.

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* VocalEvolution: Chuck, to a degree. His voice He went from punk-inspired half-singing half-shouting in 80's the [=80s=] and early 90's was extremely high but [=90s=] to a Phil Anselmo-esque growl in mid 90's his vocals is more deeper and GutturalGrowler. the mid-90s.
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* [[Music/{{Slayer}} Dave Lombardo]] - drums (1998-1999, 2022-present)

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* [[Music/{{Slayer}} Dave Lombardo]] Chris Dovas - drums (1998-1999, 2022-present)
(2023-present)




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* [[Music/{{Slayer}} Dave Lombardo]] - drums (1998-1999, 2022-2023)

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