The Testament (album)

	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Albums
	The testament
	Singles
	Our Father
	E nomine (cause they don't know what they're doing)

chronology
The testament
Studio album by E Nomine
Publication ; (s)	November 15, 1999 / November 25, 2002
Label (s)	What's up ?! / Zeitgeist / Polydor
Format (s)	CD / double CD
Genre (s)	Monumental Dance
Title (number)	14/15/27/30
running time	58:13 / 69:14 / 61:44 / 77:59
production	Christian Weller ( Executive Producer ) ; Fritz Graner (Executive Producer) ; David Brunner (Executive Producer) ;
September 27, 1999	Our Father
February 28, 2000	E nomine (cause they don't know what they're doing)

The Testament is the debut album of the German music project E Nomine . It was released on November 15, 1999 on What's Up? !, Zeitgeist and Polydor labels . On November 25, 2002 a “ digitally remastered ” version and a “Special Gold Edition” of the album were released.

production

The album was produced by E-Nomine members Christian Weller and Fritz Graner and licensee David Brunner . All three also acted as executive producers .

Involved speakers

The lyrics of the songs on the album are spoken by five well-known German voice actors. These are Christian Brückner (voice of Robert De Niro ), Joachim Kerzel (voice of Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman ), Martin Keßler (voice of Nicolas Cage and Vin Diesel ), Frank Glaubrecht (voice of Al Pacino , Pierce Brosnan and Kevin Costner ) and Thomas Danneberg (voice of John Travolta , Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger ).

Cover design

The album cover shows the inside of a church, which is lit by rays of the sun. In the upper part of the picture there is the white lettering E Nomine and the title Das Testament in light brown. The background is black. The special edition is only adorned with a drawn black cross behind which there is a golden light source. The majority of the cover is in black and in the upper part is the golden lettering E Nomine and the title The Testament in white.

Playlists

Original from 1999:

#	title	speaker	length
1	In the beginning there was ... creation	Joachim Kerzel	1:12
2	Our Father	Christian Brückner	3:31
3	E Nomine (Pontius Pilatus)	Christian Brückner	3:36
4th	The 10 Commandments	Joachim Kerzel	5:39
5	The Lord's Supper	Christian Brückner	3:35
6th	The flood	Joachim Kerzel	4:21
7th	Heaven Hell	Martin Keßler	3:39
8th	The Lord of Darkness	Frank Glaubrecht	4:48
9	Bible words of the Almighty	Thomas Danneberg	4:36
10	The trumpets of Jericho	Frank Glaubrecht	3:46
11	Ave Maria	Martin Keßler	3:49
12	Psalm 23	Christian Brückner	4:47
13	Hallelujah	Frank Glaubrecht	3:51
14th	God danced	Joachim Kerzel	6:00

Limited Edition Bonus Titles:

#	title	speaker	length
1	the Christmas story	Martin Keßler, Thomas Danneberg, Joachim Kerzel, Frank Glaubrecht	11:01 am

Re-release from 2002:

#	title	speaker	length
1	In the beginning there was ... creation	Joachim Kerzel	1:13
2	Our Father	Christian Brückner	3:30
3	The Confession (Interlude)		0:18
4th	E nomine (cause they don't know what they're doing)	Christian Brückner	3:26
5	The Voice of the Lord (Interlude)		0:41
6th	The 10 Commandments	Joachim Kerzel	3:44
7th	Treason (Interlude)		0:34
8th	The Lord's Supper	Christian Brückner	3:43
9	Retaliation (interlude)		1:08
10	The flood	Joachim Kerzel	3:12
11	The decision (interlude)		0:29
12	Heaven Hell	Martin Keßler	4:27
13	Garden of Eden (Interlude)		0:34
14th	The Lord of Darkness	Frank Glaubrecht	4:40
15th	The warning (interlude)		0:29
16	Bible words of the Almighty	Thomas Danneberg	4:35
17th	Return from Egypt (Interlude)		0:23
18th	The trumpets of Jericho	Frank Glaubrecht	3:25
19th	Conception (interlude)		0:22
20th	Ave Maria	Martin Keßler	3:35
21st	The Lord is my Shepherd (Interlude)		0:56
22nd	Psalm 23	Christian Brückner	3:49
23	Providence (Interlude)		0:15
24	The order of King Herod	Frank Glaubrecht	4:39
25th	Ascension (interlude)		0:27
26th	Per L'Eternita	Joachim Kerzel	3:38
27	Lord's Prayer		3:32

Special Gold Edition bonus titles:

#	title	speaker	length
1	the Christmas story	Martin Keßler, Thomas Danneberg, Joachim Kerzel, Frank Glaubrecht	11:44
2	The Song of Praise (Interlude)		0:39
3	Quia Respexit from Magnificat by Johann Sebastian Bach	Joachim Kerzel	3:30

Chart successes and singles

The will rose to number 23 in the German album charts on November 29, 1999 and was ranked 47th in the following two weeks. Overall, the album stayed in the top 100 with one interruption for 21 weeks. In Austria and Switzerland the Place sound carriers in the charts.

The first single was the song Vater Unser . It reached position 4 in the German charts, stayed in the top 100 for 18 weeks and was awarded a gold record for more than 250,000 copies sold . In Austria, the song was at the top of the chart for three weeks and also received gold for over 15,000 sales. The second single E Nomine (For they know not what they do) appeared end of February 2000, reached number 29 in the charts and was able to keep seven weeks in the top 100th

Individual evidence

[1] Producer information at discogs.com

[2] Album cover of the standard edition

[3] Album cover of the special edition

[4] Chart sources album: DE AT CH

[5] Chart sources singles: DE AT CH

[6] Chart tracking Das Testament at officialcharts.de

[7] Chart following our father at officialcharts.de

[8] Our Father DE: Gold

[9] Our Father OT: Gold

[10] Chart tracking E Nomine (because they don't know what they are doing) at officialcharts.de


Studio albums	The Testament • Darkness • The Prophecy
Extended plays	The evil
Compilation albums	The best of ... God's contribution and the devil's work