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DAVE LOMBARDO Has Apparently Expressed Interest In Playing On Next TESTAMENT Album

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TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy has said that returning drummer Dave Lombardo has expressed an interest in playing on the band’s next studio album.

Lombardo, known for being the original drummer of SLAYER, played on TESTAMENT’s 1999 studio album “The Gathering”, which was produced by a then up-and-coming Andy Sneap.

Speaking in a new interview with radio station WSOU 89.5 FM, Chuck discussed Dave’s involvement in the band’s next studio effort, saying (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It all depends on Eric [Peterson, TESTAMENT guitarist]; he’s the starting point of what we do. So, talking to him, he’s, like, ‘Man, I’ve got so many riffs.’ He’s ready to write another record, which is good. And I think hopefully bringing Dave in and just some new blood and someone to push him a little bit… ‘Cause I think Dave, actually, when we did ‘The Gathering’ record… Eric’s always been the one who’s programmed the drums on a drum machine and really worked out the songs and then presented them to the drummers, where I think on that particular record Dave just said, ‘Dude, just play.’ And he just jumped in and they just started jamming and started just creating like that. So there was something to that where Eric really focused on the guitar work instead of having to worry about the drums. And I think hopefully him and Dave can start creating some cool magic by just jamming again and see what happens.”

Chuck continued: “When we first got [Dave] back and talked about getting back on tour and blah blah blah, [we said] ‘What about doing another record?’ And the first thing, he’s, like, ‘Dude, could you imagine another record that we wrote together?’ And I’m, like, ‘Yeah.’ [Laughs] ‘So let’s do that.’

“I think [Dave is] down [for doing a studio album with TESTAMENT],” Billy added. “I’m not holding my breath that Dave just is in TESTAMENT only but we’re gonna have to kind of maneuver around what happens. But then again, this is the beginning of the relationship. We might be busy enough and he might just be happy enough just working with us and it works out. So we’re just kind of taking it one day at a time, one tour at a time. We know he’s gonna be with us for the next three tours — we know that for sure — so we’ll see what happens after that.”

You can check out the full interview at this location.

Photo credit: Stephanie Cabral