TESTAMENT RELEASE ANIMATED VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “SHADOW PEOPLE”

Bay Area thrash metal icons, Testament, return this fall with their fourteenth studio album, Para Bellum, which will be released on October 10 via Nuclear Blast Records. The album stands as both a battle cry and an observation of humanity’s uneasy alliance with its own creations. As technology accelerates and disconnection grows, Para Bellum sees Testament reflecting the modern chaos through music that’s urgent, sharp, and unflinchingly human.

The band’s latest single, “Shadow People”, is a haunting and groovy track that will have you looking over your shoulder. It creates a vivid sense of unease and dread – both lyrically and musically – as if something from the unknown is coming for you.

Watch the animated video created by Freakshot Films below, and stream the single here.

Para Bellum was recorded with Juan Urteaga, mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios, and was mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios. The album is extremely polished and operating at full throttle. The band once again enlisted Eliran Kantor to create the album artwork. In an era flooded by AI-generated imagery. the hand painted creation encapsulates the album’s essence: a serene angel made of missiles, an explosion turned halo, surrounded by shovel-bearing cultists with books strapped to their faces.

From first note to last breath, Para Bellum is an album by warriors—crafted in chaos, and built to outlast the wars to come!

Para Bellum is now available for pre-order in the following formats:

– CD Jewel, 20 pg Booklet
– Gold Cassette (Band/King’s Road Exclusive – Limited)
– 2 LP Gatefold, 16 pg Booklet
* Yellow, Black & Brown Splatter (Band/King’s Road Exclusive – Limited)
* Copper (Mass Market Retail (US/EU))
* Bone & Brown Marbled (NB Europe Exclusive)
* Black and Orange Swirl + Splatter (NB Europe Exclusive)
* Orange & Black Swirl (NB U.S. Exclusive)
– Para Bellum T-shirt

Pre-order or pre-save Para Bellum on the format of your choice here.

Para Bellum tracklisting:
For The Love Of Pain
Infanticide A.I.
Shadow People
Meant to Be
High Noon
Witch Hunt
Nature Of The Beast
Room 117
Havana Syndrome
Para Bellum