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- Summary: The 10th album for the trash metal band from from Berkeley, California, includes Dethklok’s Gene Hoglan and Lamb of God’s Chris Adler substituting on drums for injured drummer, Paul Bostaph (who later left the band in November 2011 to pursue his own music).
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- Record Label: Nuclear Blast
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal
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Native Blood | |
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Whenever I stumble, whenever I fall Whenever I'm pushed against the wall This white man's world won't tell me what to do Nowhere to run my native... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Aug 13, 2012Dark Roots offers shred-heavy political statements ("True American Hate"), hook-laden power-jags ("Native Blood"), and straight-up rippers ("Man Kills Mankind"), slipping only on slower material like the title track and quasi-ballad "Cold Embrace."
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Aug 21, 2012For now, Dark Roots of Earth improves upon 2008's comeback The Formation of Damnation and, in tandem with those rejuvenated live performances, promises a well-deserved second act for a band that so narrowly missed grasping the golden ring their first time around.
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Aug 13, 2012Testament just don't make missteps (the album could be a couple songs shorter, but that's my biggest complaint), continuing to craft thrash that's mature, heavy and aggressive in all the best ways.
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Kerrang!Aug 13, 2012This is Testament doing what they do best--serving a trashterclass in malevolent metal. [28 Jul 2012, p.53]
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Aug 13, 2012Despite Testament's commendable attempt to spice their sound with something a little different, one can't help feeling that Dark Roots of Earth is one track short of achieving overall excellence.
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Sep 8, 2012
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