{"id":28149,"date":"2025-08-21T22:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=28149"},"modified":"2025-08-21T22:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:32:07","slug":"testament-announce-new-album-para-bellum-release-video-for-new-single-infanticide-a-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/testament-announce-new-album-para-bellum-release-video-for-new-single-infanticide-a-i\/","title":{"rendered":"TESTAMENT &#8211; Announce New Album &#8220;Para Bellum&#8221; + Release Video For New Single &#8216;Infanticide A.I.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bay Area thrash metal icons TESTAMENT return this Fall with their fourteenth studio album, Para Bellum. The album which will be released on October 10th via Nuclear Blast Records stands as both a battle cry and an observation of humanity&#8217;s uneasy alliance with its own creations. As technology accelerates and disconnection grows, Para Bellum sees TESTAMENT reflecting the modern chaos through music that\u2019s urgent, sharp, and unflinchingly human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, TESTAMENT deliver one of their most intense songs they&#8217;ve written to date, &#8216;Infanticide A.I.&#8217;. Lead by the blinding speed of their new drummer Chris Dovas, the band shows off its musical talent far beyond their expected norms. Watch the music video for &#8216;Infanticide A.I.&#8221; directed by Joey Durango, here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gtw3lcQvyPU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TESTAMENT&#8217;s Chuck Billy comments, &#8220;The new album Para Bellum consists of some fast, heavy and melodic tunes. Once again Peterson has found a way to keep the song writing fresh and modern sounding. It\u2019s gonna be hard to choose what songs to play live cause to many to choose from.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TESTAMENT&#8217;s Eric Peterson states, &#8220;It\u2019s been 5 years since our last record Titans Of Creation was released. Since then, we all waited to get back to it and we all did in a big way! Now our long over due new record Para Bellum is upon us and about to be released in October. We are super stoked and excited to release new blood and fury to you all! With our first single &#8216;Infanticide A.I.&#8217; we\u2019re coming out swinging! But with new velocities of fury, while maintaining a balance that we all love and know from a Testament track, enjoy!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stream &#8216;Infanticide A.I.&#8217; here<br>https:\/\/testament.bfan.link\/infanticide-a-i<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pre-order or pre-save Para Bellum on the format of your choice here:<br>https:\/\/testament.bfan.link\/para-bellum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WATCH: &#8216;Infanticide A.I.&#8217; music video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TESTAMENT - Infanticide A.I. (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gtw3lcQvyPU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para Bellum Tracklisting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">For the Love of Pain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Infanticide A.I.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Shadow People<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Meant to Be<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">High Noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Witch Hunt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Nature of the Beast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Room 117<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Havana Syndrome<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Para Bellum<br>Para Bellum is now available for pre-order in the following formats:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CD Jewel, 20 pg Booklet<br>Gold Cassette (Band\/King&#8217;s Road Exclusive &#8211; Limited)<br>2 LP Gatefold, 16 pg Booklet<br>Yellow, Black &amp; Brown Splatter (Band\/King&#8217;s Road Exclusive &#8211; Limited)<br>Copper (Mass Market Retail (US\/EU))<br>Bone &amp; Brown Marbled (NB Europe Exclusive)<br>Black and Orange Swirl + Splatter (NB Europe Exclusive)<br>Orange &amp; Black Swirl (NB U.S. Exclusive)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para Bellum was recorded with Juan Urteaga, mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios, and was mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios. The album is extremely polished and operating at full throttle. The band once again enlisted Eliran Kantor to create the album artwork. In an era flooded by AI-generated imagery. the hand painted creation encapsulates the album\u2019s essence: a serene angel made of missiles, an explosion turned halo, surrounded by shovel-bearing cultists with books strapped to their faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From first note to last breath, Para Bellum is an album by warriors\u2014crafted in chaos, and built to outlast the wars to come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TESTAMENT live dates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Latin America Tour<br>21-Aug-25 BR &#8211; Bras\u00edlia @ Toinha Brasil Show<br>23-Aug-25 BR &#8211; Rio De Janeiro @ Circo Voador<br>24-Aug-25 BR &#8211; S\u00e3o Paulo @ Carioca Club<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Festivals<br>21-Sep-25 US &#8211; Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life 2025<br>03-Oct-25 US &#8211; Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EUROPEAN CO-HEADLINE TOUR W\/ OBITUARY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TESTAMENT | OBITUARY<br>w\/ guests Destruction &amp; Goatwhore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">05-Oct-25 DE &#8211; Hannover @ Capitol<br>07-Oct-25 UK &#8211; Bristol @ Beacon<br>08-Oct-25 UK &#8211; Birmingham @ O2 Academy Birmingham<br>09-Oct-25 IE &#8211; Dublin @ Olympia Theatre<br>10-Oct-25 UK &#8211; Manchester @ Manchester Academy<br>11-Oct-25 UK &#8211; London @ O2 Forum Kentish Town<br>12-Oct-25 BE &#8211; Antwerp @ Trix<br>13-Oct-25 DE &#8211; Stuttgart @ LKA Longhorn<br>14-Oct-25 DE &#8211; Hamburg @ Gro\u00dfe Freiheit 36<br>16-Oct-25 CH &#8211; Pratteln @ Z7 Konzertfabrik<br>17-Oct-25 DE &#8211; Wiesbaden @ Schlachthof<br>18-Oct-25 IT &#8211; Milan @ Live Club<br>19-Oct-25 DE &#8211; Saarbruecken @ Garage<br>21-Oct-25 SI &#8211; Ljubljana @ Media Center<br>22-Oct-25 AT &#8211; Vienna @ Arena<br>23-Oct-25 PL &#8211; Wroclaw @ A2<br>24-Oct-25 DE &#8211; Munich @ TonHalle<br>25-Oct-25 DE &#8211; Oberhausen @ Turbinenhalle<br>26-Oct-25 NL &#8211; Utrecht @ Tivoli Vredenburg &#8211; Ronda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets here: https:\/\/www.testamentlegions.com\/site\/#tour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TESTAMENT is:<br>Chuck Billy | Vocals<br>Eric Peterson | Guitar<br>Alex Skolnick | Guitar<br>Steve DiGiorgio | Bass<br>Chris Dovas | Drums<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Credit: Fred Kowalo<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bay Area thrash metal icons TESTAMENT return this Fall with their fourteenth studio album, Para&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-28149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-news","tag-testament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28149"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28152,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28149\/revisions\/28152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}