Bay Area thrash giants Testament recently announced their return to our UK and Irish shores in March/April 2018. Today the band are pleased to announce that an extra show has been added, on April 3 in Norwich at The LCR (UEA Norwich).

The band is still touring in support of their critically acclaimed latest record, Brotherhood Of The Snake, and they will be bringing along with them Canadian thrashers Annihilator as well as Polish death metal tank and label mates Vader.

Commented guitarist Eric Peterson on the dates: "I'm super excited about this tour! I can't wait! Really really looking forward to spending some quality time in the UK, Ireland and Europe and it's way too long overdue! Hails!"

The Brotherhood Of The Snake was released in October 2016 via Nuclear Blast. The album was recorded under the watchful eyes of producer Juan Urteaga (Exodus, Heathen, Machine Head), guitarist Eric Peterson and singer Chuck Billy with mixing and mastering handled by infamous metal producer Andy Sneap (Accept, Arch Enemy, Cradle Of Filth, Kreator, Machine Head, Megadeth).

Testament / Annihilator / Vader

29.3.2018 UK – Bristol, Motion

30.3.2018 UK – Manchester, O2 Ritz

31.3.2018 UK – Birmingham, O2 Institute

1.4.2018 IE – Dublin, Vicar Street

2.4.2018 UK – Glasgow, QMU

3.4.2018 UK – Norwich, The LCR

4.4.2018 UK – London, Koko 

After a busy year on tour with the likes of The Cribs, Thrice, Foo Fighters, Frank Carter, plus slots at Reading & Leeds and Download Festival, riotous punk trio God Damn have shared brand new video for noise-rock Everything Ever cut, ‘I'll Bury You’. The video sums up a year of touring, with a series of intimate shots from shows with The Cribs. Speaking about the video, the band said: "The video is made up of snippets of our time on tour with The Cribs, filmed by our mate Tim Mobbs. We think it captures the essence of our live show whilst showing a bit of behind the scenes daftness."

The sludge-rock trio have also announced a short hiatus, while they retract from the public eye and write their next album. They announced on social media: "After an amazing couple of years and two albums, we're going away for a short while to work on the next one. Don't worry, we'll be back with a flurry of new sounds we're already bursting with. Here's a little video from our time on the road with The Cribs. See ya soon!”

Produced by Ross Orton (The Fall, Drenge, Tricky, MIA) and recorded at McCall Sound Studio in Sheffield, the trio's most recent album Everything Ever is riotous yet unabashedly pop, in the same way Nirvana’s Nevermind  was ‘pop’: prizing the value of a tune, and using artfully crafted verses and choruses to slip past your defences and detonate little stories when you least expect it.