Brotherhood of the Snake is the twelfth studio album by thrash metal band Testament, released on October 28, 2016. It is the band’s first studio recording with bassist Steve Di Giorgio since First Strike Still Deadly (2001). Brotherhood of the Snake also marks Testament’s fifth collaboration with Andy Sneap, who had mixed and engineered all of their albums since The Gathering (1999) and produced Dark Roots of Earth (2012). The album debuted at number twenty on the Billboard 200 chart, making it Testament’s second-highest-charting album in the US, behind Dark Roots of Earth, which peaked at number twelve four years earlier.
Tracklist:
Side A:
- Brotherhood of the Snake
- The Pale King
Side B:
- Black Jack
- Born In A Rut
- Centuries Of Suffering
Side C:
- Seven Seals
- Neptune’s Spear
Side D:
- Stronghold
- The Number Game
- Canna-Business
Testament
Chuck Billy: lead vocals
Alex Skolnick: lead guitar
Eric Peterson: rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Steve Di Giorgio: bass
Gene Hoglan: drums