Today in 2007 Legion Of The Damned released the album Sons of the Jackal Geldrop, North Brabant,Netherlands Death/Thrash Metal Status:Active Years active: 1992-2005 (as Occult), 2005-present Legion of the Damned is a Death/Thrash metal band originally from Geldrop, Netherlands. They were formerly known as Occult, but decided to change their name to Legion of the Damned in 2005. They unleashed their first thrashing metal storm on the 6th of 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 together with Cannibal Corpse and Kataklysm, and playing festivals such as Rockhard Festival, Summerbreeze, and Wacken Open Air, as well as a minitour 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. In December/January of 2006/2007 They joined forces with Sodom and Finntroll playing shows in Holland, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland showing the audience what they can expect in the future. The band has returned with Sons Of The Jackal in January 2007, featuring 10 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 by Erik Fleuren and hateful vocals by Maurice Swinkels which sound even more menacing and vicious than 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 Sons 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. The album Sons of the jackal even made it to the official german album charts on place number 54. After a succesful tour with Kreator and Celtic Frost, and so, intentensivly playing shows all across europe in 2007, in January 2008 Legion of the damned released Feel The Blade, a rerelease album from their previous band Occults Elegy for the weak, the album got superb reviews in all major magazines across Europe and not even entered the official album charts again in Germany, but also in Finland, Norway and Austria. Feel the blade got officially released in South America by NuclearBlast, Finland by Stay Heavy Records, North America by Season of mist , Norway by Indie and in Japan by Spiritual beast Records. In December 2008 they released their fourth full-length, entitled Cult of the Dead. Massacre Records Maurice Swinkels – vocals Richard Ebisch – guitar Harold Gielen – bass Erik Fleuren – drums 1. Son of the Jackal (3:52) 2. Undead Stillborn (3:59) 3. Avenging Archangel (3:28) 4. Death Is My Master (Slay for Kali) (5:09) 5. Sepulchral Ghoul (4:19) 6. Seven Heads They Slumber (1:59) 7. Infernal Wrath (4:07) 8. Atomicide (3:18) 9. Ten Horns Arise (3:31) 10. Diabolist (3:40) Total Time: 37:27 LP released by War Anthem Records in March of 2007. Special edition includes a bonus DVD with clips from various festivals, studio reports, mixed footage and photo galleries. A music video for Sepulchral Ghoul was made. Sons of the Jackal is a 2007 album by thrash metal/death metal band Legion of the Damned. Lyrical themes on the album include horror motifs, the devastation of nuclear war and occult and religious ideas and actions. Unusually for a Western metal album some lyrics draw on Islamic eschatology and history in places (Alamut awake, Hear its divine call, I am incarnate, The breath of Dajjal from Atomicide) and make equal attacks of both Mohammed and Jesus Christ (I tear out the eyes of Jesus, As he hangs upon the cross, I blind the face of Mohammed, And throw his body to the boards from Ten Horns Arise). The song Son of the Jackal is a reference to the Anti-Christ character of Damien in the Omen horror movies, who was born in such a manner. Sons of the Jackal peaked at #54 on the German albums chart. youtube/watch?v=h7yrLwiUyHE
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:27:05 +0000
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