"L'agnello spezzò i sette sigilli e apparvero davanti a me quattro cavalli e quattro cavalieri: il primo era di colore bianco e colui che lo cavalcava aveva un arco; il secondo era rosso fuoco e a colui che lo cavalcava fu consegnata una spada: il terzo era di colore nero e colui che lo cavalcava aveva una bilancia in mano; l'ultimo cavallo che mi si presento davanti era di colore verdastro e colui che lo cavalcava si chiamava Morte e gli veniva dietro l'Inferno. Fu dato loro potere sopra la quarta parte della terra per sterminare con la spada, con la fame, con la peste e con le fiere della terra. Il sole si offuscò, la luna diventò color sangue, le stelle caddero, il cielo si ritirò e un grande terremoto smosse isole e monti. Qualsiasi uomo cercava rifugio, per nascondersi dall'ira del agnello e da Colui che siede sul trono. La profezia si stava avverando." (citazione biblica)
Con questo disco continua l'apocalittica epoca del thrash metal, iniziata un anno prima (1986) con i vari capolavori "Master Of Puppets", "Reign In Blood", "Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?", "Game Over".
È un debutto straordinario quello dei "bambinetti" Testament, privo di ogni minima decelerazione o fermata. L'apice della violenza e della rabbia viene raggiunto in tutto il disco e per tutta la sua durata di 39 minuti. Una vera apocalisse di suoni ultra veloci e potenti che sconvolge il mondo metal e professa la grande bravura della band.
L'alto livello tecnico della band è come "l'agnello" che spazza via gli indugi e sfonda le porte della dimensione metal.
Assoli di chitarra micidiali, piatti stoppati, riff maledetti e al limite massimo della velocità.
Il solito Billy fa la differenza: questa volta emette pochi growl, esalta ogni pezzo ed offre scream al fulmicotone. È lui, mentre urla furioso e intenso, la figura rappresentante dei Testament, grezzi e furiosi come non mai in questo debut album, che ha come difetto solo una produzione non ottimale. Il giovane Skolnick e Petterson formano una coppia di chitarristi che non dà mai respiro.
I pezzi sono tiratissimi e non danno sbocco ai vostri pensieri di tranquillità mentale e fisica. "Over The Wall", "Burnt Offerings", "C.O.T.L.O.D.", "Alone In The Dark": è storia, amici.
"The Legacy" vi farà venire "fame" di thrash metal; vi farà venire voglia di "combattere-pogare" con il primo individuo che vi si presenta davanti; farà venire la "peste metal" alle vostre orecchie e vi ucciderà brutalmente con ogni singolo brano. Per fermare l'irruenza di questo capolavoro avete solo due alternative: o premete il tasto "pause" del vostro stereo e andate a prendervi un bicchiere d'acqua per calmarvi, o prendete a manganellate il vostro impianto! Niente al mondo riesce a fermare tale irruenza, arrivata direttamente dall'inferno più profondo e malvagio per annientare la terra, come da profezia.
Un disco mastodontico... o meglio... APOCALITTICO!!
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01 Over the Wall (04:06)
I've been a prisoner
Trapped in by fear
Ordered for the rest of my life
Condemned in a jail cell
Ain't seen life in years
Escape is the only way out
Restart my life
Or self destruction
To climb this wall
Of dark construction
Holding the quest for freedom
That beckons me
My sanity is all but gone
My patience is growing very weak
I need to get a hold of myself
I stare at the wall
For the right time to come
Escape must occur on this night
Restart my life
Or self destruction
To climb this wall
Of dark construction
Holding the quest for freedom
That beckons me
Stand in my way
And I'll run you straight through
There's no one to stop me now
For I'm on the loose
And I'm ready to start
Torture and hell on this town
Over the wall!!!
The search will not stop
And the hounds will not rest
Till I am back in my cell
For if I am caught, I will try it again
Over the wall I will go, I will go!!!
Restart my life
Or self destruction
To climb this wall
Of dark construction
Holding the quest for freedom
That beckons me
02 The Haunting (04:16)
"Hear the screams, screams of fright
Shrieks of terror through the night
Souls of old band to hold
The meeting for the haunting night
Headless ghosts fill the halls
Shadow plays off grief and pain
Phantom speaks his final note
Tenants of the castle slain
Black cats will appear
As the witching hour nears
Lost souls will all be told
For a haunting we will go!
See their dreams come to life
Under pressure holding tight
Feel the cold grabbing hold
To feed you to the haunting night
Evil witch black as pitch
Starts a fire with a flinch
Burning fire rising higher
Making music like a choir
Children of the night
They're howling at black skies
The ruthless calls within
For the haunting now begins!
Stay away from the shining light
Can't seem to find the answer there
Bring back the terror in the night
That we all share tonight!
Hear the screams, screams of fright
Shrieks of terror through the night
Souls of old band to hold
The meeting for the haunting night
Headless ghosts fill the halls
Shadow plays of grief and pain
Phantom speaks his final note
Tenants of the castle slain
Black cats will appear
As the witching hour nears
Lost souls will all be told
For a haunting we will go!"
03 Burnt Offerings (05:06)
Summoned to the house of seance
To play the evil tarot cards
To find out what our fate will bring us
Before the war
Approaching now the hour of tiamat
Evil feelings in the air
The chosen wait impatiently
To find the rituals of power
Come out of the fire
Making the legacy known
Takes its toll at last
Now knowing when it strikes
The endless feuding shows its fate
The people are all shocked with fright
They know the end is coming near
It's time to fight
The revolution holds on strong
The armies have all met their match
Entire world up in arms
Destruction sees the spirits of anger
Come up from the gallows
Conjured my demons appear
Summoned to my cast, prey this deadly mass
Takin by the fire you fail
The world became a vast wasteland
Survivors turn to cannibals
Killing everything in sight
Warfare tonight
The armies are all closing in
The populations getting small
Feelings are as cold as ice
Survival names it's price
Starting to burn
The rape and violence grows high
A kingdom will rise
To rule with contempt
They will surprise
Kill and repent
The weakness in armies
"Won't die"
Leaving now the house of seance
Speculating destiny
Wonder if the cards were true
Will wait to find out and will wait to see
04 Raging Waters (04:32)
Our ship sailed on through the violent bearing sea
Not knowing of the danger waiting in store for me
We wound up all in mayhem, the vessel tossed and turned
The compass that had led us, we watched it slowly burn
Well never see our homeland, we know it all right then
That fate was on the second hand of borrowed time again
For that evil pathed our way ...
The men were being thrown, from left and right they fell
The water was as hot as satans forge from hell
The questions that arose, like where the hell are we ?
I had a good idea, were in the devils sea: the triangle !
The devils triangle !
See whats become of your life left to life
No hope from this land of trust
Hells winds scream sacrilege, death from above
The great white closes in ...
The corpses afloat, all shattered in rage
No hope for our peace of mind
Satans vessel comes closer and closer
He holds the seas fate in his hand !
Violence, terror, raging waters
Dying has scared us, nowhere to go now
Darkness prevails, no one to save us
Every one man for himself !
The red gem of hades is shining too hot
Satans power becomes strong
His armies have killed so many before us
A sacrifice must be done
The door of the chosen has opened for us
What sanctuary will we see ?
See him panic, crying in lust
Screaming hell get me !
Violence, terror, raging waters
Dying has scared us, nowhere to go now
Darkness prevails, no one to save us
Every one man for himself !
Our ship sailed on through the violent bearing sea
Not knowing of the danger waiting in store for me
We wound up all in mayhem, the vessel tossed and turned
The compass that had led us, we watched it slowly burn
Well never see our homeland, we know it all right then
That fate was on the second hand of borrowed time again
For that evil pathed our way ...
Every one man for himself !
05 C.O.T.L.O.D. (02:31)
Come on and fight!
Witches grow restless, the priests are impatient
My legions scream, "The doors must be open!
Our Master repels a message of hope
On through the gates we march
The sentinels await with their sabers in grasp
A vast group, a locust attack!
A vast group, a locust attack!
Attacking with force as we show no remorse
Obstructing our victims fate
The blood in the chalice saluting the fight
All virgins must die on this night
Psychotic reaction from a serpents kiss
Is taking the life from your soul
And leading a train of destruction from Hell
Finding our way through Hell's Hole!
Curse of the Legions of Death!
Curse of the Legions of Death!
Curse of the Legions of Death!
Curse of the Legions of Death!
Provoke the Dead!
Curse of the Legions of Death!
Provoke the Dead!
Curse of the Legions of Death!
Curse of the Legions of Death!
06 First Strike Is Deadly (03:43)
Prisoners of the venom master
Guilty for what you've been charged
Sit in cells condemned to face
The deadly snap of their jaws
Terror stricken you lie and wait
In the final hour
Knowing of your wretched fate
And the serent power!
First Strike Is Deadly
The evil path that you must take
Is filled with the slither of snakes
Their hiding and waiting for the time to lunge
For your flesh and your fate
No one escapes or comes out alive
For the snakes they'll never lose
For if they hit you just one time
You have just faced your doom
First Strike Is Deadly
Deadly strike bred to kill
The venoms howling in your veins
Psychotic spell a gift from hell
The sound of a deadly lead remains
07 Do or Die (04:39)
Living my life on borrowed time
Watching my dreams disappear
My fists slowly clench
As my mind seeks control
My body trembles in fear
Life was looking up for me
When I left home
Seems like yesterday
Now I'll never go back there again
Here is where I'll stay
Nobody can hear you scream or shout
Once you're in you won't come out
You will never see the light of day
I'm hunter you're my prey!
Watching the clash between
The forces below
From up in the planes we're flying
Survivors are taken as prisoners of war
The others are slowly dying
I shiver as we strap on our parachutes
We line up to jump out the door
We're already here and there's no turning back
I fall to scene of the war
Nobody can hear you scream or shout
Once you're in you won't come out
You will never see the light of day
I'm hunter you're my prey!
You can see me
Flying right over you head
Try to stop me
You can't cause your armies are dead
To cross blood red
Trenches of the dead below
Do or die
Hell's the place you'll go
Living my life on borrowed time
Watching my dreams disappear
My fists slowly clench
As my mind seeks control
My body trembles in fear
Life was looking up for me
When I left home
Seems like yesterday
Now I'll never go back there again
Here is where I'll stay
Nobody can hear you scream or shout
Once you're in you won't come out
You will never see the light of day
I'm hunter you're my prey!
Watching the clash between
The forces below
From up in the planes we're flying
Survivors are taken as prisoners of war
The others are slowly dying
I shiver as we strap on our parachutes
We line up to jump out the door
We're already here and there's no turning back
I fall to scene of the war
Nobody can hear you scream or shout
Once you're in you won't come out
You will never see the light of day
I'm hunter you're my prey!
08 Alone in the Dark (04:04)
[Music: Skolnick, Peterson]
[Lyrics: Souza]
[1 :]
When I was but very young
Sorcerers came to claim my mind
Leaving death and hatred to unmask
The master of the game had won
And let his final sin be known
Killing those who stand in his path
[BRIDGE :]
Alone in the dark
Where the demons are torturing me
The dark passages of revenge is all that I see
[CHORUS :]
Armies of witches
Are called in from the north
Murders of elders occur
The high priest of evil
Has lowered his iron fist
Thousands of people will die
The slaughter of the innocent
The house is burning
That lights the sky
My nightmare has begun to unfold
The hissing of the cobras tongue
Sound and feel of ripping flesh
Fall two thousand feet from the sky
My terror has controlled my life and
Let my only weakness known
I got to rid this hell from my head
I fight off evil sorcerers
Rid my mind of his torture and
Meet the falling angel in his realm
[BRIDGE :]
Faustus prepares the legions of the night
Diviners from the far north arrive
Aimlessly people there huddled in a pack
Wreaking deadly havoc on mankind
I fall in my deepest sleep
To meet the evil asteroth
His title is the grand duke of hell
I fight until the end is near
To rid my mind of hopes and fears
My destination lies in my dreams
SET ME FREE
[1:]
[BRIDGE :]
[CHORUS :]
09 Apocalyptic City (05:50)
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Born into a world of hatred
Nothing to live for
What started with a simple match
Turned into something more
The pain I felt inside my head
Came on my day of birth
Now the time has come for me
To burn the planet Earth !
I can feel the fire burn inside of me
The power's at my fingers, waiting you shall see
Burn, ignite the population
Burn, causing mass cremation
Burn, feel no shame or pity
Burn, apocalyptic city
Years have passed as I stood still
To plan the final blow
I'll make the town go up in flames
A hellish death they'll know
As I pour on the gasoline
I listen deep inside
I hear the cries of all my victims
Nowhere to run or hide
I can feel the fire burn inside of me
The power's at my fingers, waiting you shall see
Burn, ignite the population
Burn, causing mass cremation
Burn, feel no shame or pity
Burn, apocalyptic city
Now my great assault is over
And my life is done
Staring at my great inferno
Was my only fun
So I leave you with my tale
Here my conscious falls
Victim of myself, so
Now I'll end it all
I can feel the fire burn inside of me
The power's at my fingers, waiting you shall see
Burn, ignite the population
Burn, causing mass cremation
Burn, feel no shame or pity
Burn, apocalyptic city
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