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''Dark Roots of Earth'' is the tenth studio album by American thrash metal band Testament. It was released on July 27, 2012 in Europe, and four days later in North America by the independent German record label Nuclear Blast Records. The album is available in three configurations: CD, CD/DVD and vinyl with the latter two versions including four bonus tracks.〔 The album was produced by Andy Sneap, who mixed and engineered the band's previous two studio albums, ''The Gathering'' (1999) and ''The Formation of Damnation'' (2008).〔〔 The album artwork was created by Eliran Kantor.〔〔 A music video was made for the track "Native Blood". This album saw a reunion with Gene Hoglan, who played drums on the band's 1997 album ''Demonic''. During the recording, Hoglan filled in for Paul Bostaph due to his "serious injury". Chris Adler of Lamb of God provided drum tracks on the iTunes bonus version of "A Day in the Death".〔 ''Dark Roots of Earth'' is also the last Testament album with bassist Greg Christian, who left the band for a second time in January 2014. The band released a video for the song "Native Blood". ==Songs== "Native Blood" was released as a single from the album on July 20, 2014, both as a download and a limited edition 7-inch single. A video was made for the song as well. Previously, "True American Hate" was released as a free download. "Native Blood" was described as being about Billy's Native American heritage. "True American Hate" was written about the prevalence hatred, particularly anti-Americanism, in younger generations around the world, often perpetuated by their upbringing. Billy has described "Cold Embrace" as being about "a girl becoming a vampire and never being able to see the sun again." He added that the band hoped to pitch it for a ''Twilight'' movie. "Dark Roots of Earth" was described as being a metaphor about the band. "Rise Up" is about war. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dark Roots of Earth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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