Ep 847 : Chuck Billy - Testament
Dean Delray's LET THERE BE TALK
Dean Delray
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Today on Let There Be Talk my good friend Chuck Billy of Testament returns to the show.
We dive into the band's crushing new album Para Bellum and the upcoming "Thrash of the Titans" tour with thrash legends Overkill and Destruction.
Chuck and I talk about life on the road, the evolution of Testament after almost 4 decades of metal, and what keeps the thrash fire burning.
Catch Testament out on Tour starting March 14th in Portland Oregon.
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Have a great week and thank you for always tuining in.
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| 0:00.0 | March 9th, it's a Monday. |
| 0:02.0 | Welcome to the show, everybody. |
| 0:03.0 | This is another episode of Letta be Talk, and we have a great guest today, one of my long, long, what do you call that? |
| 0:13.6 | Oldest friends, one of my great friends, and just a metal god today. |
| 0:22.8 | Chuck Billy from Testament is here. |
| 0:26.6 | Celebrating a new record, a new tour. |
| 0:31.0 | Thrash of the Titans. |
| 0:33.6 | That tour starts on March 14th in Portland, Oregon, and runs all through the states with overkill and destruction. |
| 0:42.6 | I will be catching them in Los Angeles on April 9th at the Belasco. |
| 0:48.0 | And any time I can see Testament, I am fired up. |
| 0:53.3 | I go so way, way back with these guys. |
| 0:57.0 | Also, there's a European festival with Death Angel Metal Church Armored Saint and |
| 1:04.0 | what is this? |
| 1:05.3 | Hell Ripper. |
| 1:06.4 | Hell Ripper. |
| 1:08.2 | Oh, man. |
| 1:10.1 | God, that's a fucking bill. at that death angel metal church armored saint |
| 1:14.9 | and that's running from june 29th through what is this uh through 81626. |
| 1:29.3 | Dynamo Festival. |
| 1:30.8 | God, that's going to be killer. |
| 1:34.3 | Anyway, it was great to sit down with Chuck. |
| 1:37.6 | I absolutely love this man and Testament. |
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