Syd Lexia wrote:

Streets is a very good album. I would consider it similar to Dead Winter Dead as they are both concept albums, although it is slightly heavily. It is way better than Dungeons are calling, a little better than Poets and Madmen, a little better than Mountain King, and as I said before, on par with Dead With Winter. But I am a huge Savatage fan, and I absolutely love every album from Mountain King up through Poets. You know it's funny that you mention Testament but you don't own Handful of Rain, the Savatage album that Alex Skolnick played on.

That's because I never saw any of the albums between Mountain King and Dead Winter Dead on the shelves when I was looking to buy Savatage (a decade ago). Which is why I haven't heard Streets, either. And, I like Savatage, but I was never a big enough fan to actually want to know anything about them and their lineup (if that makes sense ) so I wouldn't have known Skolnick played on it anyway. Unless it was on the packaging....I'd probably know then.

Syd Lexia wrote:

Going back to Alex Skolnick, I'd pick The Ritual over Low for best 90s Testament album.

It was pretty much a toss up but, at this point in time, I think Low is marginally better. Either one is good, though.