Forging an original sound while not directly copying one’s influences is never an easy feat, but it’s a skill upstate South Carolina’s Broken Testimony have mastered to a T. Their recipe for supreme sonic success is as follows: Place equal parts Breaking Benjamin, Tool, Alice in Chains, and Chevelle into a rock-driven transmogrifier, press blend, and subsequently create new music that is notably hard-hitting, melodic, and catchy all at once. “We’re trying to mold multiple different sounds and genres into our music,” explains BT’s lead vocalist and lead guitarist Judge Page. “We pull together stuff from alternative indie rock to...