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
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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.

[...]

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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)
https://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/