Chuck Billy Events

1987 Jul 7 Testament Releases "The Legacy"
Testament's first album, The Legacy, was released in 1987 on Megaforce Records. Testament received instant fame within thrash circles and were often compared with fellow Bay Area thrash p...
1988 May 10 Testament Releases The New Order
The New Order is the second album by the thrash metal group Testament, released on May 10, 1988. It is the album that broke Testament into the thrash metal mainstream, with singles "Trial...
1989 Aug 8 Testament Releases "Practice What You Preach"
Practice What You Preach is the third album by thrash metal band Testament, released in 1989. The album's lyrical themes are more about politics and society than the occult themes of the ...
1990 Oct 9 Testament Releases "Souls of Black"
Souls of Black is the fourth album by Testament, released in 1990. It preceded several changes in style to rather diverse styles of metal, including the traditional heavy metal sound hear...
1992 May 12 Testament Releases "The Ritual"
The Ritual is the fifth album released by Testament in 1992. It is to date the last studio album to feature drummer Louie Clemente, and was also the guitarist Alex Skolnick's last album b...
1994 Oct 4 Testament Releases "Low"
Low is the sixth album released by Testament in 1994. It was the first album without guitarist Alex Skolnick or drummer Louie Clemente, who were replaced by James Murphy and John Tempesta...
1997 Jun 24 Testament Releases "Demonic"
Demonic is a studio album by the band Testament, released in 1997. The lyrics deal with occult themes more like their 1980s efforts instead of the political aspects. Musically this fin...
1999 Jul 8 Testament Releases The Gathering
The Gathering is the eighth album by thrash metal band Testament. Stylistically, this is much faster, heavier, and more thrash metal-based than the previous album Demonic. The over-all...
2001 Mar
to 2003 Feb
Chuck Billy's Cancer Process
In 2001, Chuck Billy was diagnosed with germ cell seminoma; a rare kind of cancer in his case because it is usually in the testicular region of a man's body, but he had it in the chest re...
2001 Aug 11 The Thrash of the Titans Benefit Concert is Held
Thrash of the Titans was a benefit concert held on August 11, 2001 at the Maritime Hall in San Francisco, CA. The concert was a co-benefit for Testament vocalist Chuck Billy, who was diag...
2008 Apr 29 Testament Releases "The Formation of Damnation"
The Formation of Damnation is the ninth studio album by Testament, which was released on April 29, 2008. It is the first album Testament has released of new material since 1999's The Gath...