Testament Patent!

Testament (Photo: Putut W. Guritno)

JAKARTA - The thrash metal squad from San Francisco Bay Area, Testament, looks jarring. Hot numbers such as Souls of Black, Over the Wall, Practice What You Preach, and Into the Pit make the venue "burned".

Hammersonic After Party - thus the name of this eardrum-destroying music event - was held October 1 yesterday at the Ancol Beach City International Stadium, North Jakarta. Featuring three national metal units plus one international headliner, the Gavil Entertainment event was really top.

Strangers, Oracle, and DeadSquad are the most appropriate warm-ups before Chuck Billy (vocals), Eric Peterson (guitar), Alex Skolnick (guitar), Steve Di Giorgio (bass), and Chris Dovas (drums) hit the stage. The three of them made the audience sweat thick with songs that were draining since 16.30 WIB.

At around 22.15 WIB, Testament paid off the metalheads' wait with the opening song, Rise Up. Without further ado, they spewed The New Order, The Haunting, and Trial by Fire which made the atmosphere even wilder.

Chuck Billy had greeted fans and expressed his happiness at being able to appear in Indonesia. Not without reason. Billy et al's arrival plan was originally scheduled for early 2020 at the Hamersonic event. Unfortunately! Covid-19 hit and all events in Indonesia and even the world were canceled.

In fact, Testament was present in Indonesia in March 2014. Precisely in Kutai Kartanegara, Tenggarong at the Kukar Rockin 'Fest event before changing its name to Rockin' Borneo. However, at that time there was an incident with a metal hero in the country, Power Metal, leaving a negative stigma.

As if he didn't want to repeat his mistakes. Billy cs performed optimally with songs that almost made fans' necks "break up" following the metal music that was full of distortions. Not to mention the circle pit and wall of death that forces metalheads to circle around and crash into each other.

Children of the Next Level, The Pale King, More Than Meets The Eye, Do or Die, DNR, 3 Days of Darkness, Musical Death, First Strike Still Deadly, and The Formation ofhiration added to the boisterous aura of the pit area until the audience reached climax when Alone in the Dark was asked to cover the distortion party that night.

Testament is truly a patent!