The Bay Strikes Back tour
ON MONDAY, MAY 2ND, CALIFORNIA’S THRASH METAL BAND TESTAMENT FINALLY BROUGHT THE BAY STRIKES BACK TOUR TO HOUSE OF BLUES BOSTON WITH FRIENDS EXODUS AND DEATH ANGEL. THE FIRST LEG OF THIS TOUR TOOK PLACE IN EUROPE FROM FEBRUARY 6, 2020 TO MARCH 11, 2020. DEATH ANGEL WAS PROMOTING THEIR NINTH ALBUM HUMANICIDE AS TESTAMENT PREPARED TO RELEASE THEIR THIRTEENTH STUDIO ALBUM TITANS OF CREATION. FAST FORWARD TO 2022 WHERE WE FINALLY GET TO EXPERIENCE THE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, WHICH IS TESTAMENT’S FIRST MAJOR TOUR SINCE THE RELEASE OF TITANTS OF CREATION. EXODUS IS SUPPORTING THEIR ELEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM PERSONA NON GRETA, WHILE DEATH ANGEL CONTINUES TO PROMOTE THEIR 2019 ALBUM, HUMANICIDE.
THE BAY STRIKES BACK
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TO KICK OFF THE NIGHT, WE STARTED WITH DEATH ANGEL — CURRENTLY CONSISTING OF LEAD VOCALIST MARK OSEGUEDA, LEAD GUITARIST ROB CAVESTANY, RHYTHM GUITARIST TED AGUILAR, BASSIST DAMIEN SISSON, AND DRUMMER WILL CARROLL. THIS RAD THRASH METAL BAND FROM DALY CITY, CALIFORNIA KNOWS HOW TO ROCK A STAGE AND CAPTIVATE THEIR FANS! THEY GAVE US AN ABSOLUTELY EPIC SHOW WITH SOME SONGS OFF OF THEIR ALBUMS HUMANICIDE, THE ULTRA-VIOLANCE, AND RELENTLESS RETRIBUTION.
GEARING UP TO BLOW AWAY THE CROWD, EXODUS. HAILING FROM RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA THIS BRUTAL THRASH METAL BAND CONSISTS OF TOM HUNTING HITTIN’ HARD BEHIND THE KIT, GARY HOLT AND LEE ATLUS ROCKIN’ GUITARS, JACK GIBSON JAMMIN’ ON BASS, AND STEVE “ZETRO” SOUZA CRUSHIN’ THE LEAD VOCALS. IT’S CLEAR THAT THESE GUYS LOVE WHAT THEY DO. THEIR ENERGY RADIATES INTO THE CROWD AND CREATES A SEA OF MOSHERS AND HEADBANGERS. THEY HAD THE CROWD MOVING THE ENTIRE TIME WITH TRACKS OFF OF THEIR ALBUMS PERSONA NON GRETA, BONDED BY BLOOD, BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT, AND MORE.
THE MOST ANTICIPATED AND LEGENDARY BAND OF THE NIGHT, TESTAMENT. FORMED BACK IN 1983 THIS MONSTER OF A BAND (ORIGINALLY UNDER THE NAME LEGACY) FROM BERKLEY, CALIFORNIA CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF MEMBERS ERIC PETERSON ON LEAD/RHYTHM GUITAR, ALEX SKOLNIK ON LEAD GUITAR, STEVE DI GIORGIO ON BASS, NEWEST MEMBER DAVE LOMBARDO ON DRUMS, AND THE ONE AND ONLY CHUCK BILLY ON LEAD VOCALS. THEY KICKED OFF THEIR SET WITH “CHILDREN OF THE NEXT LEVEL” OFF OF THEIR LATEST ALBUM TITANS OF CREATION. THE BAND FOLLOWED THAT WITH SONGS OFF THEIR OTHER ALBUMS THE GATHERING, BROTHERHOOD OF THE SNAKE, SOULS OF BLACK, AND SEVERAL MORE. THEIR FACE MELTING SET ONLY FUELED THE FIRE WITHIN THE CROWD. THERE WERE PEOPLE MOSHING, HEAD BANGING, SCREAMING ALONG, CROWD SURFING, AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU COULD EXPECT TO HAPPEN, HAPPENED. IF YOU HAD ANY DOUBTS OF THE THRASH METAL SCENE BEING ALIVE AND THRIVING, YOU ARE SORELY MISTAKEN AND THIS TOUR PROVES THAT TENFOLD!
