美国著名的敲击/鞭笞金属乐队。 Country of origin: United States Location: Oakland, California Status: Active Formed in: 1987 Genre: Thrash Metal Themes: Society, Suffering, Evil, Occult, Religion, Death, Life, Corruption, Politics Current label: Nuclear Blast Years active: 1983-1987 (as Legacy), 1987-present Steve Souza from Exodus was the lead singer from 1985-1986, and he has done vocals for Testament at some points. There was precisely one show played as Legacy with Chuck Billy on vocals, in July 1986. Although still named Legacy at the time of recording, they couldn't release the album under that name, as there was a jazz band who had registered it. Billy Milano suggested they name themselves Testament, and they liked it. They used their old name as the album title. Legacy's final show took place at The Stone in San Francisco on March 4th, 1987, about a month before the release of The Legacy. Testament was one of the early thrash metal bands to sign to a major label, having signed to Atlantic in 1986. In 1992, having released the more melodic and mellowed down "The Ritual" album with Testament, Eric, Chuck, and Louie, together with Legacy alumni Derrick Ramirez and Chris Kontos formed a side-project named Legions, to highlight their more "extreme" side. They planned to release an EP. Greg Christian had reportedly auditioned for bass or was asked to join Metallica following Cliff Burton's death. He was among the few who were considered for the role. In 2001, Chuck Billy was diagnosed with germ cell seminoma; a rare kind of cancer in Chuck's case because this is usually in the testicular region of a man's body, but Chuck had in his chest region near his heart. He had been undergoing numerous treatments and survived cancer. Festivals and concerts had been held in helping raise money for Chuck's sickness. He has since fully recovered.