Testament singer Chuck Billy is sharing some info about the band’s upcoming album.
In a new interview, Billy said, “Well, this [album is] gonna be very special. I’m a big believer in things happen for reasons. And [new drummer] Chris Dovas jamming with us – I could tell, when I first started getting the songs and the riffs sent, that it was something different. It’s still [guitarist] Eric Peterson, and I recognize it, but he was being pushed and inspired ’cause Chris is a very fast, aggressive drummer, and I can tell that it just inspired Eric just to be Eric and play guitar instead of trying to think about building a song or making a song.”
Billy went on to say, “Vocally, for me, I’ve got a wide range of tones on this one and I’m screaming again, which I haven’t done that a lot on a lot of records in the past, but a lot on this one. And we are still writing for ourselves, but we’re still excited that when we write a song, how it hits live, and that’s always been the payoff, is do these songs we write in the studio hit live like we want ’em to? And that’s the fun part.”
