Fire! Testament 2024 - Rune Grammofon: RCD2234 / RLP3234 https://www.runegrammofon.com/products/fire-testament-lp-cd https://www.earthwindand.com/wp/discography/testament/ https://firesweden.bandcamp.com/album/testament * Mats Gustafsson: baritone saxophone * Johan Berthling: bass * Andreas Werliin: drums https://www.matsgus.com/ https://www.johanberthling.com/ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andreas-werliin-mn0001047433 Recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, Chicago, Illinois, USA, on December 14-15th, 2022. Reviews ~~~~~~~ By Peter Slavid https://londonjazznews.com/2024/03/01/fire-testament/ [...] In this new album they have gone back to basics, both with the line-up and with the music. The album was recorded live in the studio on analog tape at Steve Albini’s studio in Chicago, the home of a long string of huge rock recordings. The album starts with “Work Songs For A Scattered Past.” A very simple bass riff runs through the piece. The drums join in with a steady rhythm as the sax plays a single note. Then everything starts to ramp up. The sax develops that note into its own version of the riff, and the drums start to add powerful improvisations. That riff then passes back to the bass as the sax improvises over the top. After a period of intense power everything calms down back to a basic rhythm and the simple riff as the volume gradually fades to an end. It’s powerful and dramatic, but beautiful at the same time. [...] -- By Thom Jurek https://www.allmusic.com/album/testament-mw0004194689 By Martin Schray https://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/02/fire-testament-rune-grammofon-2024.html By Chris May https://www.allaboutjazz.com/tesament-fire-rune-grammofon By Barney Whittaker https://www.prestomusic.com/jazz/articles/5799--recording-of-the-week-fire-testament By Filipe Freitas https://jazztrail.net/blog/fire-testament-album-review By Eyal Hareuveni (en) / Jan Granlie (dk) https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/fire-4/ Łukasz Komła (pl) https://www.nowamuzyka.pl/2024/02/16/fire-testament/ Paweł Pałasz (pl) https://pablosreviews.blogspot.com/2024/02/fire-testament-2024.html Mats Lundgren (se) https://matslundgren.se/fire-testament-steve-albini-far-det-lagmalda-att-spraka/ Por Fabricio Vieira (pt) http://www.freeformfreejazz.org/2024/02/fire-testament.html Da Elena Raugei (it) https://www.sentireascoltare.com/album/fire-testament/ Da Stefano Pifferi (it) https://www.sentireascoltare.com/recensioni/fire-testament/ Da Riccardo Talamazzi (it) https://offtopicmagazine.net/2024/05/23/fire-testament/