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A1	Beginning Of The End Written-By – Peterson*	0:36
A2	Face In The Sky Lyrics By – Billy*Music By – Skolnick*, Peterson*	3:53
A3	Falling Fast Lyrics By – Billy*Music By – Peterson*, Clemente*	4:05
A4	Souls Of Black Lyrics By – Billy*Music By – Skolnick*, Peterson*, Clemente*	3:22
A5	Absence Of Light Lyrics By – Skolnick*, Billy*Music By – Billy*, Peterson*	3:55
A6	Love To Hate Lyrics By – Billy*, Peterson*, Clemente*Music By – Skolnick*, Peterson*	3:40
B1	Malpractice Lyrics By – Skolnick*, Billy*Music By – Skolnick*, Peterson*	4:43
B2	One Man's Fate Lyrics By – Billy*Music By – Peterson*, Clemente*	4:49
B3	The Legacy Lyrics By – Skolnick*, Billy*, Peterson*Music By – Skolnick*, Peterson*, Clemente*	5:30
B4	Seven Days Of May Lyrics By – Skolnick*, Billy*Music By – Skolnick*, Peterson*	4:41

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – WEA Records S.A.
• Recorded At – Fantasy Studios
• Mixed At – Fantasy Studios
• Mastered At – The Hit Factory

Credits

• Arranged By – Testament
• Art Direction – Bob Defrin
• Backing Vocals [Additional] – Bogdan Jablonski, Mark Walters*, Steve Quartarola
• Bass – Greg*
• Design Concept [Front Cover Concept] – Eric Peterson
• Drums – Louie*
• Engineer – Michael Rosen
• Engineer [Assistant] – Vincent ("Bro") Wojno*
• Guitar – Alex*, Eric*
• Mastered By – Tom Coyne
• Painting [Front Cover] – William Benson
• Photography – Hiro Ito
• Producer – Michael Rosen , Testament
• Vocals – Chuck*
• Written-By [All Vocal Melodies] – Chuck Billy

Notes

Recorded and mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California.
Mastered at Hit Factory, New York City.

[back sleeve:]
Megaforce Worldwide [logo]
WEA Records S.A. [and next to it catalog number:] 7567-82143-1

[spine:]
Atlantic (logo)
Catalog number: 782 143-1

[labels:]
Made in Greece
Catalog number: 782143-1

Comes with lyric/photo/credits sheet.

TEST PRESSING

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: AEPI
• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 782143-1 S A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 782143-1 S B

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
7567-82143-1	Testament	Souls Of Black ‎(LP, Album)	Megaforce Worldwide, Atlantic	7567-82143-1	Europe	1990
CD 82143	Testament	Souls Of Black ‎(CD, Album)	Megaforce Worldwide, Atlantic	CD 82143	Canada	1990
T-570	Testament	Souls Of Black ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Tango Music	T-570	Ukraine	Unknown
none	Testament	Souls Of Black ‎(Cass, Album, Promo)	Megaforce Worldwide	none	US	1990
none	Testament	Souls Of Black ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Not On Label	none	Bulgaria	1990