During a recent interview with The Metal Voice, Chuck Billy offered an update on the new Testament album. He said the group are currently writing and that they are hoping to hit the studio in April and release the effort in July.
Billy said the following:
“The touring [for ‘Brotherhood’] is done,” he said (see video below). “We finished that tour with SLAYER in September, and right from there, we started writing a record right away. The holidays threw a wrench in it, but now, we really started, after the New Year, working hard. We should have it out hopefully by July. Hopefully we’ll get into the studio by April. That’s the goal.”
He also added the following when asked about the musical direction:
“It’s hard to say, because we don’t know until the final thing. And the songs are always so different. Nothing just resembles the last song we wrote. So I have about eight songs that are totally different. So it’s a challenge for me, because I’ve really gotta think about how to approach the songs when they are so different. Which I did. Because at the point, once you start writing over a hundred songs, you’ve gotta start thinking, ‘How do I get more creative and do something different?’ So it’s always a challenge.”
He also talked about possible lyrical themes as well:
“I’m still hooked on aliens. ‘Brotherhood Of The Snake’ was all about aliens and creating mankind and finding the earth, and I’m still fascinated about that, and even beyond that… There’s just a lot going on out there beyond this planet, which fascinates me. And there’s always a story or always something I can make up.”
Billy also added the following when asked if the group would ever do a full concept album:
“Maybe, but we just really haven’t sat down and thought if that’s what we’re gonna do. I’m sure if we came up with a good concept and a title and said, ‘Okay, here’s something we’re gonna work on,’ I’m sure we can build something like that, if we really tried to. But at this point, we just are trying to come up with riffs and songs, and that’s it.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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