TESTAMENT - The Legacy 12" Vinyl LP Album

- Canadian Release incl Lyrics Sleeve

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The album: "The Legacy" was produced by: Alex Perialas, Marsha Zazula, Jon Zazula

• Alex Perialas – Audio Engineer, Mixer, Record Producer

  In my book, his credit is the “this is gonna hit hard” stamp—Pyramid Sound vibes all day. Read more...

  Alex Perialas is an American audio engineer, mixer, and record producer who helped lock in the tight, punchy thrash sound of the mid-1980s through the early 1990s from Pyramid Sound Studios in Ithaca, New York—working with bands like Anthrax, Overkill, Testament, Nuclear Assault, S.O.D., and Flotsam & Jetsam. Later on, his work stretches into other lanes (Bad Religion, Pro-Pain), and he’s also been tied to teaching sound recording at Ithaca College—because apparently someone had to explain to the next generation how to make guitars sound like a chainsaw with manners.

  Alex Perialas Wiki
• Jon Zazula – Megaforce Records founder & metal scene catalyst

  The “Jonny Z” era starts in the East Brunswick trenches (early ’80s), then detonates with Metallica in 1982–1983 and keeps rolling through Megaforce years with bands like Anthrax (notably 1985–1991), Overkill, Testament, and Manowar.  Read more...

  Jon Zazula, in my head, is proof that heavy metal didn’t just “happen” in the ’80s—it got built by obsessive weirdos with good ears and zero chill. He ran the Rock ’n’ Roll Heaven record store in East Brunswick, New Jersey, and used that shop as a kind of underground command center, blasting demos through the tape-trading network until the right bands found the right people. The pivotal moment (and yeah, it’s basically metal folklore at this point) lands in the winter of 1982, when he heard Metallica’s “No Life ’Til Leather” demo, pulled them to New York, and helped push them onto their first real East Coast stages—then Megaforce Records followed, and “Kill ’Em All” hit in 1983 like a crowbar to the radio. After that, his “periods” with bands were less about being onstage and more about being the guy who opened doors: the Megaforce run expanded from Metallica and Manowar in the early ’80s to a wider roster that included Anthrax (a key 1985–1991 stretch), plus acts like Overkill and Testament—basically a roll call of bands that helped define what American metal would sound like when it stopped asking permission.

  Jon Zazula Wiki
• Marsha Zazula – Megaforce Records co-founder & executive producer

  Marsha Zazula is the quiet force behind a lot of “how did this band get big?” stories: early Megaforce years with Metallica (1982–1983), then key credits with Raven (1985), Anthrax (1988–1990), Overkill (1988–1989), and Testament (1987).  Read more...

  Marsha Zazula, I file her under “people who changed metal without ever needing a guitar solo.” Together with Jonny Z, she co-founded Megaforce Records in 1982, and that one move basically helped flip American metal from tape-trader rumor into a real-world industry machine. Her “periods” with bands weren’t on stage, but they were all over the credits: the early Megaforce launch with Metallica when the label put out “Kill ’Em All” (1983), a producer/executive presence around Raven on “Stay Hard” (1985), and then the heavy thrash stretch where Jon and Marsha show up as executive producers/management for Anthrax (notably “State of Euphoria” in 1988 and “Persistence of Time” in 1990). She’s also credited in that same behind-the-scenes power lane with Overkill (executive production on “Under the Influence” in 1988 and “The Years of Decay” in 1989) and Testament’s debut “The Legacy” (1987). The thing I respect most is how unglamorous the work actually is—phones, logistics, money stress, belief—and she still helped build a runway for bands that would go on to define entire subgenres.

  Marsha Zazula Wiki

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Mastered at Frankfurt Wayne Labs by Tom Coyne

Logo Concept by Bill Benson

Album Cover Concept: Alexis Olson

Cover Photography and Special Effects: Dan Muro, New York City

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Band Members and Musicians on: Testament The Legacy

Testament Band/Musicians
• Chuck Billy - Vocals
• Alex Skolnick - Guitars
• Eric Peterson - Guitars (Eric Peterson (Guitars) together with his cousin "Derrick Ramirez " founder of the American Thrash Metal band: "Legacy", which will be later renamed into "Testament".)
• Greg Christian - Bass
• Louie Clemente - Drums (Louis Clemente is founder of the Testament band.)

Complete Track Listing of: "The Legacy"

Side One:
1. Over the Wall
2. The Haunting
3. Burtn Offerings
4. Raging Waters
5. C.O.T.L.O.D

Side Two:
1. First Strike is Deadly
2. Do or Die
3. Alone in the Dark
4. Apocalyptic City