About.com: Heavy Metal's Chad Bowar has issued an interview with TESTAMENT / DUBLIN DEATH PATROL frontman Chuck Billy. The following are a couple of excerpts from the interview:

Q: What's the status of your next studio CD?

A: "We've been working on it since October. We weren't really planning to tour this year. We passed on a summer tour, but then American Carnage came up and we took it. We decided to do the tour, then come home and finish the record. We had hoped to get the record out by the end of the year."

Q: Will there be another Dublin Death Patrol CD?

A: "There's almost a whole record of material written now. We're just trying to schedule it. Testament will be focused on getting our record done, and I'll also be trying to get Dublin Death Patrol done as well. Now even more of our friends from Dublin are coming out of the woodwork and are ready to play. It's growing. It's going to be interesting."

Read the complete interview at this location.

Testament, who are currently on tour as direct support on MEGADETH's Rust In Peace 20th Anniversary Tour with special guests EXODUS, have launched a VIP picture gallery featuring backstage shots of the band with fans that purchased a special VIP ticket package. Galleries from Boise, IDS and Spokane, WA are now online here.

The VIP package includes:

- General Admission ticket with early entry to venue (where available)
- Meet & Greet with select members Testament
- Individual photo with select members of Testament
- Q&A; session with select members of Testament
- Autograph opportunity with select members of Testament
- Commemorative Meet & Greet laminate
- Collectible Testament Guitar Pick

Guitarist Eric Peterson had the following to say about the VIP Packages: “The vibe of this tour is definitely special, we are going to have a special set and we are currently working on new music. If you buy a VIP pack maybe I will let you check out some of the new tunes on my iPod. Ha ha, seriously though, our fans and metal fans in general are the best and we look forward to hanging with them on tour.”

Remaining dates on the tour are as follows:

March

8 - Saskatoon, SK - Prairieland Exhibition Hall
11 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theater
12 - Pittsburgh, PA - Palace Theater
13 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
15 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
16 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
18 - Scranton, PA - Scranton Cultural Center
19 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
21 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
22 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel (SOLD OUT)
23 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall
25 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
26 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s Amphitheater
27 - Lubbock, TX - The Pavilion
28 - El Paso, TX - Club 101
30 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater
31 - Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Palladium

For more info on Testament be sure to visit myspace.com/testamentlegions.