Testament : ranking all 12 studio albums 

Darcy, you have the best ranking videos on RU-vid! You always give such great perspectives on each album. Cheers 🍻

Awesome Testament ranking, Darcy! In my opinion, Testament never released a bad album. But a few gets overlooked like Demonic, Low, First Strike Still Deadly and The Ritual. Testament are most of the time a consistent band.

Verygood rankings video Darcy. LOW is definitely one of my most favorite albums from them. But there's many more Great albums from the mighty TESTAMENT. 🤘🍺

Awesome ranking Darcy. LOW was my introduction to Testament back in the 90s. Such a consistent band. Thank God they are still around. Cheers my friend.

Great ranking. The only Testament album I don't have is Titans of Creation. Enjoyed this video. Testament and Overkill are my favorite American thrash bands. So consistant.

good to see these refreshed rankings....wondering where Senjutsu fits in your Iron Maiden album lineup. Looking forward to these new rankings Darcy!

Great ranking Darcy. Demonic in its rightful place, a mess of an album. Formation is my favourite personally. An absolutely outstanding discography from these guys, extremely consistent with their output. Cheers mate

My ranking for the Testament albums would be🤘 12. Low 1994 11. Demonic 1997 10. The Ritual 1992 9. Brotherhood Of The Snake 2016 8. Souls Of Black 1990 7. Dark Roots Of Earth 2012 6. Titans Of Creation 2020 5. The Gathering 1999 4. The Formation Of Damnation 2008 3. The Legacy 1987 2. The New Order 1988 1. Practice What You Preach 1989

Hey Darcy! Testament is so good, this must have been very hard to do. Nice job! 🏈Go Bills/ Go Vikings!🏈

Great ranking Darcy! Love Testament. Here is my ranking of their albums: 1. Practice…… 2. The new order 3. The legacy 4. The gathering 5. Formation…… 6. Titans…… 7. Low 8. Dark roots….. 9. The ritual 10. Souls of black 11. Brotherhood…… 12. Demonic No stinkers, love them all. Take care Darcy!🤘

Great ranking Darcy! The Testament discography is so strong, it's really difficult to put them in order. I love both their old and new material just the same. I really wanna make my own ranking but I'll need to listen to the albums again. I think for me Brotherhood of the snake, Dark roots of earth and Souls of black would be a lot higher. The ritual and Practice what you preach would be lower, I think Titans of creation might be around the same place. I'll have to get on it for next year! 😁🤘🤘

Awesome ranking sir!! Enjoyed it. On a side note, I saw Armored Saint last week in concert. And they killed it. John Bush is still amazing on vocals

Huge TestAmenT fan here. Had the privilege of seeing them many times and partying back stage a few times. They gave me all kinds of merch, even the hoodies and shirts off their backs. Great dudes. Great band. 🤘 oh, and nice ranking. Mine isn't too different.

Love the ranking Darcy. As you know, they are my fav thrash band. Can do no wrong. Ranking would be difficult but I know my 1 is your 2. PWYP might be my fav produced thrash record. Just love the perialis “sound” and it’s his best work IMO. Great to see the new one so high, deserves to be.(keep showing off the cassette) lol😅.. I hear low differently, probably a bit lower for me, and would of black would be a bit higher. But like you said, nothing bad. Not even close. Hail testament!! Stay well friend.🤟🤟

Great video Darcy Great band Demoic is my number 1

Love me some Testament 🤘they can’t go wrong with any release. Great ranking, I think mine would be pretty darn similar. Swap spots with Souls and The Ritual. I need to spin Demonic again soon

Hi Darcy!! another weel done and cool list, i'm still super late getting their stuff in physicall format, btw can't argue with your top three releases and yes they have not done a shitty record so far, let's hope the new one with Lombardo gets out soon. cheers and be well

Testament has some brutal Thrash albums and my Top 12 are: The Gathering, The New Order, Low, Formation of Damnation, Practice what you Preach, The Legacy, Titans of Creation, Dark Roots of Earth, Souls of Black, Brotherhood of the Snake, The Ritual, and Demonic 🤘🏼🤘🏼♥️

Love your list Darcy your #1 and #12 are the same for me but in-between is very different! Great band!!

The Formation Of Damnation is my favorite album of them nice ranking Darcy :) greetings from Greece :)

My favorite is "First Strike Still Deadly". It's got those early songs but with incredible audio and tone plus Zetro on the last two tracks. So heavy.

Nice ranking. The New Order and Practice What You Preach are my favorites.

Good job Darcy!!! I hope in the future you can complete the vinyl. Testament is one of my favorite thrash metal band. My favorite album is The Legacy, absolutely 100% pure thrash.

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to put together this updated Testament ranking video Darcy! I need to get more Testament albums on vinyl.

Great ranking Darcy, kinda moved away from them, The Legacy was such a phenomenal ALBUM, and is one of my top thrash albums of all time, but I always felt like each subsequent album went down hill from the previous. I have streamed the last few, not bad, but nothing grabbing me. 🤘cheers🤘

Late on this video but I couldn't disagree any more on these rankings but each to their own. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Legacy is my #1 as well, followed closely by The Gathering and New Order.

Hey Darcy. Well done. I always thought Testament and Bolt Thrower are two bands with no bad album. Some are better than others but no bad releases. My #12 would be Low and my #1 is The Legacy (best thrash debut, hands down) Looking forward to the Armored Saint. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Great ranking! I wish they’d remaster Practice though, never been a big fan of the production on that one although I agree it’s a thrashterpiece. The New Order is my fave but you can’t go wrong with that or Legacy, both are classics in the genre. I saw em first on the Ritual Tour with White Zombie, and have seen em 3 or 4 times since, I know one was the brotherhood tour and one was the titans tour. They are always phenomenal live. Happy holidays my friend & the best to you and your family! 🤘🏼

Greetings from Brooklyn NY Megadeth has long been my favorite thrash band ( love your t shirt ) but I think lately Testament is moving ahead ( saw them live twice this year) They are the most consistent , the last 4 albums are all great to me I would rank The Ritual a bit higher though ( maybe my favorite, but changes every day, favorite song Electric crown.) As always enjoyed your ranking .Piece and love thanked.

You and your logo's 🤣 Decent ranking Darcy, completely different from mine but I can see where you are coming from. I keep meaning to go back to Titans I just haven't listened to it enough to really get to know it yet.

Very enjoyable. Testament is rather tough to rank. Really no shit albums, as you said. I was very impressed with the new album in 2020, Titans of Creation. 1. The New Order 2. The Gathering 3. The Legacy 4. The Formation of Damnation 5. Titans of Creation 6. Practice What You Preach 7. Souls of Black 8. Low 9. Brotherhood of the Snake 10. The Dark Roots of Earth 11. Demonic 12. The Ritual

I don’t think I’ve ever sat down & listened to ‘Demonic’ all the way through yano… as I’ve always felt like I don’t need to hear them attempting DM… stick to the Thrash Metal I say… which is what they are clearly one of the very best at playing! Good to see you as always Darcy!🤘🏻

I was at the Testament/ Megadeth show at Rampage dude!!

Hey Darcy I'm on a Dave King kick love Fastway and Katmandu what are your thoughts ??

great ranking, will check some of your recomendations.

I thought I was the only person that paid that much attention to logos. I like the marketing and branding side of things and it drives me nuts when you see bands change their logo a half dozen times! Great video sir, your ranking videos are what brought me to your channel. Return to Serenity is my favorite testament song, but I will save my ranking for a future video….

I like your ranking, similar to mine. The New Order is my favorite. I would put Souls of Black a little higher and The Ritual a lot higher. I saw them on the Titans of Creation tour some months back, great show!

Nice ranking there Darcy. Great top 5, pretty much the essential testament. Titans is a great album, for me that would be a top 5 contender. Hopefully you'll get those reissues and they put another album out soon. 🤘🤘

12. Souls Of Black 11. Demonic 10. Brotherhood Of The Snake 9. The Legacy 8. Low 7. Practice What You Preach 6. The Ritual 5. Dark Roots of Earth 4. Formation OF Damnation 3. The New Order 2. Titans Of Creation 1. The Gathering nice ranking, Darcy!

I love how a ton of new albums thrash guys do are getting a ton of respect still.

It is nice to see some love for The Ritual, I think it gets alot of flack, I think it is a great album. I was surprised where you put Souls of Black... but like you said, they don't have a bad album, a rock solid thrash band. I was all about the logos in the 80's, their logo just looked like such a great thrash metal logo to me as a kid. My favourite is when they made the "joined" logo shiny like on The Legacy and The New Order. Good ranking update Darcy.

Definitely my no.1 thrash band for longevity and overall quality. Haven't listened to most of these albums for a while but although not my favourite I have a big sweet spot for Souls of Black and would be definitely higher on my list. 🤘🏻

I personally would have Formation a lot lower, but it's still a good album. I have yet to hear a bad Testament album. The Legacy and Practice What You Preach are probably my two favorites. Hope we get a new album from these guys soon as well. Cool ranking!

Thanx To The Original Album Series BoxSet I Can Listen The First 5 Records...I Have Them On Cassette~But No Cassette Player...

The New Order and Souls Of Black are my top 2.

I like your re-doings of these band rankings! The Og European LP version of "The New Order" doesn´t have "Nobody´s Fault" on it. It´s just the album as it was intended to be. No questions asked about "The Lagacy" .... hehe.... The hole over the A in the new logo symolizes "The Allseeing Eye" and the pyramid below is the (still existing) "Pharaonic System". Both can be seen on the One Dollar note! Along with "New World Order" in Latin. Billy is just as a big "conspiracy theorist" as I am, I know what his lyrics are all about, haha....

Good one Darcy. Testament are in the top 3 thrash metal bands of all time for me. I do actually like the Demonic album a lot, would be higher up on the list for me. But overall your list is very close to mine, if I had made one....... Cheers.

Great video! I agree with you: The Legacy is their best album and is the best debut thrash metal album of all time. I saw Testament live in October 1987, opening for Anthrax. 🤘🏻

Demonic is really the only album I consider to be “bad” out of their entire discography, but it’s definitely lightyears ahead of what the other thrash titans were putting out at the time. Testament’s catalog is basically between 80%-90% solid, which only Overkill, Voivod and Kreator can claim as well, in my opinion of course. 👍 Great list dude!

Fuck, I was gonna do this on Thursday! Be interesting to see how we compare. I'm watching your ranking after I do mine so to make sure I'm not influenced!

Definitely my favourite thrash metal band. My top 3 are 1. The New Order 2. The Legacy 3. Practice What You Preach. Not a bad album in their catalogue. I totally agree with you that The Legacy is the best Thrash Metal debut album.

Testament is my favourite Thrash metal band, and i am not so a thrasher. Testament have their wild thrash style, but they combine it with ART, and thats what i admire about them. Maybe is the best thrash metal band ever if you see the quality of their works. Not even one is low valuable, they are all, or good, or very good or Great! Eric is so underrated, he is a big composer. Chuck is a god faced god! and i love the indians! My top 3 are : The Legacy ( that album is legendery ) The Gathering (kicks asses) New Order ( very special) But for some reason my personal favourite, and strongest bond, is with the Souls Of Black ! I cant explain why..

Not entirely sure why but I really enjoy Souls of Black, which seems to always find the bottom of people's lists. And I really love their last album as well. Cheers Darcy!

It's funny,I knew Skolnik since he was 15 years old. And, I knew Chuck since he was in Rampage with Willie Lange before he could do the " Halford" screams. Time flyyyyys!

The Ritual wasn't bad at all, and if it's regarded as Testament's "black album", I actually liked it more than the "original black album"...other albums I like from Testament are The Gathering, The New Order, Souls Of Black, Dark Roots Of Earth...I didn't like Demonic and most of the fans didn't like it either...the other albums I didn't mention were ok I guess, but I didn't like them as much as I liked the ones that I mentioned...I will check some more of your videos Darcy :)

Low has always been in my top three Testament albums along with The New Order (my favorite) and The Legacy. Finally someone who gave that album his proper placement...as most 80s thrash aficionados usually trash that album, still the same bigoted close minded fools after all these years 😁

Cool reranking video, my favourite is and always will Practice and I still think Demonic is a piece of crap threw it in the garbage back in 97’ lol

1987 "The Legacy" - 10/12 1988 "The New Order" - 10/12 1989 "Practice What You Preach" - 11/12 1990 "Souls of Black" - 10/12 1992 "The Ritual" - 10/12 1994 "Low " - 11/12 1997 "Demonic " - 9/12 1999 "The Gathering" - 12/12 2008 "The Formation of Damnation" - 10/12 2012 "Dark Roots of Earth" - 10/12 2016 "Brotherhood of the Snake" - 11/12 2020 "Titans of Creation" - 9/12 In my opinion "The Legacy" is very overrated among the thrash metal fans. It's a strong album but not that strong.

My personal ranking: 12. Demonic 11. Low 10. Brotherhood of the snake 9. Souls of black 8. Practice what you preach 7. Titans of creation 6. The legacy 5. The ritual 4. The new order 3. The gathering 2. The formation of damnation 1. Dark roots of earth

1. The Legacy 2. The New Order 3. Practice What You Preach 4. Souls of Black 5. Dark Roots of Earth 6. The Gathering 7. The Formation of Damnation 8. Titans of Creation 9. Brotherhood of the Snake 10. The Ritual 11. Low 12. Demonic

1. The Legacy 2. Practice What You Preach 3. The New Order 4. Titans of Creation 5. The Ritual 6. Souls of Black 7. Dark Roots of Earth 8. The Formation of Damnation 9. Low 10. Brotherhood of the Snake 11. The Gathering 12. Demonic

Demonic is always in the middle of my ranking list. It is just a super brutal,death metal album and Chuck sounds truly "demonic" there.

My personal ranking: 1. The Legacy 2. The Gathering 3. Low 4. Titans of Creation 5. The New Order 6. Dark Roots of Earth 7. Brotherhood of the Snake 8. Practice What You Preach 9. The Formation of Damnation 10. Demonic 12. The Ritual 13. Souls of Black Probably a blasphemous ranking, but I really dig the heavier stuff more.

In my ranking,The Gathering would be number 1,no doubt about it. It is a perfect album. Absolutely perfect. And brutal as hell!!! I love both covers,the second cover ,the one you didn't show is a bit better,in my opinion.

Demonic was pretty awesome.

Interesting ranking.Testament and Overkill are most consistently solid thrash metal bands. "Brotherhood Of The Snake" is my least favorite album because the songs are not very memorable. Also, "Cannibuisiness" has some of the goofiest lyrics they've ever written. My favorite is album by them is "Practice What You Preach", but I like their entire discography.

1. The Legacy 2. The New Order 3. Practice What You Preach I also have the MOV reissue from 2021, covers on the MoV is pretty bad, I also have the 2017 EU press, green vinyl and that cover is perfect, they must have had access to the original artwork. Unfortunately I do not have an OG 2017 version doesn’t sound the greatest, 2021 on MoV sounds phenomenal 🤘Cheer🤘 Ed

My absolute favorite Testament album is The Legacy

I used to love Practice What You Preach when it came out I was 16 and like you I had the cassette with me nonstop, but as the years passed I find I hate the production so much. The mushy guitars, the funkly bunkly no bass, and the songs just go nowhere half the time, sadly it's fallen to #11 for me. And I also saw Testament open for Megadeth and Priest on the Souls of Black tour as well, and like you I also saw the Nostradamus tour. I met Chuck, Paul, and Greg at a signing at Scratch Records in Vancouver the day of the show, fuckin cool guys.

1. The Legacy

Fun vid as always. I disagree with your rankings but I certainly respect the diversity of opinions within the metal RU-vid community. There's this phenomenon where people who post in RU-vid comments sections confuse subjective opinion with objective reality and get weirdly personal about other people's rankings ("Dude, you're a @#%^ idiot New Order is the Best!!11. Where'd you buy your list?! The idiot store?!"). I don't see that much w/ you, but people are particularly (unjustifiably) mean to that Swede over at Ruthless Metal. I get it that people are passionate about metal but folks need to chill the heck out. While Demonic doesn't (and shouldn't) rank high on most lists, there's probably someone out there who (for some reason) has Demonic at #1. I've been a Testament fan since the late 80s and I have Brotherhood of the Snake as a top 5 album and rate it as the best of their post-comeback albums. Why? Well, first off, you're right. There are a couple of tracks with goofy lyrics (Canna-Business? Really, Chuck?) but, it is my considered opinion that the standouts on BotS, which account for most of the album honestly, are some of the best Testament songs ever written. I think Born in a Rut is a very good song, but doesn't qualify as a standout, Blackjack has great riffs but sort of silly lyrics, and Canna-Business is plain awful. Every other song on that album, is top-tier Testament firing on all cylinders, with, strangely, Neptune's Spear and The Number's Game being my favorites.

I love Demonic and would put it above a lot of their discography, for my taste. For me Brotherhood of the Snake was their worst album. It real sucked the wind out of Testament for me and modern thrash metal in general. I remember when it came out, I didn't like it, the new Death Angel, the new Slayer, or the new Exodus. So, I just lost interest in thrash for a while. I didn't buy Titans of Creation because of Brotherhood, kind of glad I didn't because I just ordered the video version of the album. The Legacy, New Order, Demonic, and the Gathering will always be my favorites. Testament has said that the record label rushed them on Souls of Black so they would have an album to promote on the Clash of the Titans tour.

I've enjoyed most of them over the years apart from Demonic and The Ritual. Not sure where Titans fits in but I've not listened to it for ages. My staying power with new albums just isn't there nowadays

I disagree with the ranking of Souls of Black.

I’m not gonna rate the band. They rock. Only band I’ve seen more is the mighty Slayer at 11. Testament 10 times. And then Kreator at 9, Goatwhore and Obituary at 7.

I have only the first 2 albums.I'm not a Testament fan.

Such a predictable top3