Rockfreaks.net

San Francisco Bay Area metallers Testament have inked a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The group will enter the studio late summer/early fall to record its long-awaited new album for a March 2008 release.

Original Testament members Alex Skolnick (guitar), Chuck Billy (vocals), Greg Christian (bass), and Eric Peterson (guitar), along with new drummer Nick Barker, have finished writing more eight or nine songs for the group's long-awaited follow-up to 1999's "The Gathering".