TESTAMENT Release Animated Video For 'High Noon' + New Album PARA BELLUM Out Now

Bay Area thrash metal icons TESTAMENT return with their fourteenth studio album, Para Bellum, which is out today via Nuclear Blast Records. The album stands as both a battle cry and an observation of humanity's uneasy alliance with its own creations. As technology accelerates and disconnection grows, Para Bellum sees TESTAMENT reflecting the modern chaos through music that’s urgent, sharp, and unflinchingly human.

The band's latest single, 'High Noon,' is a haunting and groovy track that will have you looking over your shoulder. It creates a vivid sense of unease and dread - both lyrically and musically - as if something from the unknown is coming for you.

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Chuck Billy comments, "We are so fired up about the release of . There were a lot of hours spent putting this together. These new songs put me out of my comfort zone as a vocalist but the final result I am very proud of what I accomplished. See you in the pit.

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Stream or purchase Para Bellum here:https://testament.bfan.link/para-bellumWatch the animated video for 'High Noon':https://youtu.be/q0fm7XmHJ_E

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Para Bellum Tracklisting

01. For the Love of Pain

02. Infanticide A.I.

‍03. Shadow People

‍04. Meant to Be

05. High Noon

‍06. Witch Hunt

07. Nature of the Beast

08. Room 1170

9. Havana Syndrome

10. Para Bellum

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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’s essence: a serene angel made of missiles, an explosion turned halo, surrounded by shovel-bearing cultists with books strapped to their faces.

From first note to last breath, Para Bellum is an album by warriors—crafted in chaos, and built to outlast the wars to come!