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LEGION OF THE DAMNED unleashed their first thrashing metal storm on
6. January 2006. “Malevolent Rapture” was an uncompromising slab of killer
death/thrash reminiscent of the masters of the eighties packed in a modern
killer sound by Andy Classen and received many killer reviews in the press. The
band showed to be able to combine furious thrash mayhem with midpaced
neckbreaking rhythms, translocating the realm of the eighties into the new
millenium.
Since “Malevolent Rapture” the band has been destroying the stage on the No
Mercy Festivals (a.o. Cannibal Corpse,
Kataklysm), Rock Hard-festival, Wacken Open Air, Summer Breeze- and Up From The
Ground-festival as well as a
mini-tour in September 2006 with veterans Destruction in the Netherlands. During
the No Mercy Festivals Harold Gielen
joined the band on bass, increasing the ferocious power of this well-oiled
warmachine on stage. Between the gigs the
band was busy writing new songs for the next album.
Now the wait is over and LEGION OF THE DAMNED return with “Sons of the Jackal”
in January 2007, featuring ten
songs that surpass the previous material… more dark, more violent and more
diverse but still delivering the razorsharp
riffing with utmost precisions, tight as hell drumming and hateful vocals, which
sound even more menacing and vicious
then before. The production by Andy Classen at Stage One Studio outdoes the job
on the previous album. That LEGION
OF THE DAMNED know the tools of the trade is displayed in the violent hammering
of ‘Son of the Jackal’, the
devilish anthem ‘Diabolist’, the primitive stomping of ‘Death is My Master’, the
sinister midpaced power of ‘Infernal
Wrath’ or the fast Kreator style butchery in ‘Avenging Archangel’.
Mille, leader of the thrash metal legend
Kreator, about LEGION OF THE DAMNED:
‚The Misfits of Thrash! Amazing songs, great Energy! I love it!‘
FACTS:
- 2 prof. videoclips for the songs ‚Sepulchral Ghoul’ and ‚Son Of The Jackal’ by
Lowlife Productions (known for the work with bands like Exodus, Primal Fear,
Gorefest, Wintersun, Disbelief, Immolation and many more)
- production done in the famous Stage One studio by Mr. Andy Classen (known from
his work with Dew-Scented, Disbelief, Tankard, Krisiun and many more)
- cover artwork by Anthony Clarkson (know from his work for Exodus, Blind
Guardian, Hypocrisy, Shadows Fall and many more)
- ltd. edition + free DVD (more than two hours playing time)
- live on tour end of December 2006 with Sodom + Finntroll
FROM www.massacre-records.de
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