TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy is featured in a new interview with ChartAttack.com. An excerpt is available below.

Q: Now, you're about to hit the road with UNEARTH and LAZARUS A.D. Did you have any involvement in setting up the tour?

Billy: "Yup. I mean, we haven't done a proper U.S. tour in a while, and every time we play, it seems like we're just using local acts. This year, we decided to put a package together and put some bands together that can go out and have some fun. Unearth, they have some great records and they're perfect for the support.

Q: So what does it take for one of these younger bands to tour with Testament?

Billy: "Well, I don't know. As far as us just all day hanging around, I think we have definitely been influenced by the way JUDAS PRIEST treated us for the last year. These guys have been playing for 38 years and are still a class act and really take care of their opening acts.

There are no games, like, 'You don't get all the lights. You don't get all the sound.' There's none of that kind of stuff, and when you see that coming from a band that's been doing it for 30-something years, it's just confidence in what they do. They're Judas Priest and they just go out and kick butt every night.

I think a lot of that really kind of rubbed off on us. We definitely want to take care of anybody that's travelling with us, our opening acts, and make sure they have a good show. I think any new bands that travel with us will really say, like, 'Man, they took really good care of us and we had a good time.'

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Testament's North American tour schedule is as follows:

May

9 - Winnipeg, MB - The Garrick Centre
10 - Maplewood, MN - The Rock
12 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Theater
13 - Sauget, IL - Pop’s
15 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
16 - Detroit, MI - Harpos
17 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
18 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s
20 - Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
21 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
22 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
23 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theater
24 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
26 - Baltimore, MD - Ram’s Head Live
27 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
28 - Norfolk, VA - Norva
29 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theater
30 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
31 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues

June

2 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
3 - San Antonio - Scout Bar
4 - Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater
6 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont
7 - Denver, CO - Cervantes
9 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
10 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
11 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
12 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore