(PR) Thrash legends Testament have announced upcoming tour dates for 2008. The band will be touring to support their April 29 release of The Formation of Damnation.The album marks Testaments Nuclear Blast debut, and it is the first new studio album from the band since 1999s landmark The Gathering.
The Formation of Damnation features the classic lineup of Chuck Billy on vocals, Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick on guitar, and Greg Christian on bass...PLUS the venerable Paul Bostaph (Slayer, Testament, Forbidden) on drums. The band called on Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Trivium, Chimaira) who has been waiting nine years to engineer and mix the forthcoming album.
3/30 San Francisco, CA The Independent
4/05 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
4/06 New York, NY B.B. King Blues Club
4/10 Santa Ana, CA The Coach House
4/11 Las Vegas, NV The Canyon Club
4/12 Hollywood, CA The Key Club
5/03 Mokena, IL The Pearl Room/Chicago Powerfest
5/30 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Maximum Rockfest
5/31 Belgrade, Serbia Legacy Festival
6/05 Solvesborg, Sweden Sweden Rock Festival
6/06 Tampere, Finland Sauna Open Air Fest
6/07 Athens, Greece Gagarin 205
6/08 Thessaloniki, Greece Hydrogios
6/20 Clisson, France Hellfest
6/21 Istanbul, Turkey Festival Valley
6/22 Prague, Czech Republic Retro Music Hall
6/23 Ostrava, Czech Republic TBA
6/27 Grandola, Portugal Festival Metal GDL
6/28 Bologna, Italy Gods of Metal