Horns Up Rock recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick. In the interview Skolnick talks about the band’s new album Dark Roots Of Earth, touring plans, drummer situation, and more. Watch the video interview below:

Testament’s new single ‘Native Blood’ is available now as digital download as well as on limited 7“ vinyl in various colours. The single exclusively contains the Spanish sung version of the song as a B-Side. Get 'Native Blood' vinyl here and the digital version via Amazon below:

A new lyric video for 'Native Blood' can be seen below:

Complete audio samples from Testament's new album, Dark Roots Of Earth, can be heard at this location. The follow-up to 2008's The Formation Of Damnation will be released by Nuclear Blast on July 27th in Europe and on July 31st in North America.

Dark Roots Of Earth will be issued in Europe as a regular CD, CD digi + DVD, CD box set, double vinyl and double picture disc vinyl. Special bonus tracks were recorded, mixed and mastered by Juan Urteaga (HEATHEN, VILE, SADUS) at his Trident Studios.

Eliran Kantor, who has previously worked with ATHEIST, SIGH, ANACRUSIS and GWAR, among others, provided the cover artwork.

CD tracklisting:

'Rise Up'

'Native Blood'

'Dark Roots Of Earth'

'True American Hate'

'A Day In The Death'

'Cold Embrace'

'Man Kills Mankind'

'Throne Of Thorns'

'Last Stand For Independence'

CD/DVD tracklisting:

'Rise Up'

'Native Blood'

'Dark Roots Of Earth'

'True American Hate'

'A Day In The Death'

'Cold Embrace'

'Man Kills Mankind'

'Throne Of Thorns'

'Last Stand For Independence'

Bonus:

'Dragon Attack' (QUEEN cover)

'Animal Magnetism' (SCORPIONS cover)

'Powerslave' (IRON MAIDEN cover)

'Throne Of Thornes (extended version)

Plus Bonus DVD

Vinyl tracklisting:

Side A:

'Rise Up'

'Native Blood'

'Dark Roots Of Earth'

Side B:

'True American Hate'

'A Day In The Death'

'Cold Embrace'

Side C:

'Man Kills Mankind'

'Throne Of Thorns'

'Last Stand For Independence'

Side D (Bonus):

'Dragon Attack' (Queen cover)

'Animal Magnetism' (Scorpions cover)

'Powerslave' (Iron Maiden cover)

The lyric video for 'True American Hate' and audio samples of 'Rise Up', the title track 'Dark Roots Of Earth' and 'A Day In The Death' can be heard below: