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Legion Of The Damned - Cult Of The Dead

Published December 11 2008


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=Staff's pick

Sermon Of Sacrilege
Pray & Suffer*
Black Templar
House Of Possession*
Black Wings Of Yog-Sothoth
Cult Of The Dead
Necrosophic Rapture*
Enslaver Of Souls
Solar Overlord
Lucifer Saviour
The Final Godsend*


Genre Thrash Metal
Maurice Swinkels
Vocals
Tracks 11
Richard Ebisch
Guitar
Runningtime 42 Min.
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Guitar
Label Massacre Records
Harold Gielen
Bass
Release 19 December 2008
Erik Fleuren
Drums
Country Holland
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Keyboard
Similar artists Kreator, Slayer

After a great opening, in form of the ominous intro Sermon of Sacrilege followed by the jawbreaking Pray & Suffer, everything is business as usual in the Legion Of The Damned camp. Fast and intense old school thrash metal filled with distinct and razorsharp riffs accompanied by superb vocals, everything clad in a very fat production. The tempo is perhaps slightly more moderate this time but you can almost feel and touch the intensity and aggression in the air while listening to them.

While I think their previous albums have been close to top notch, around 8,5 or 9 points all of them, I would have wanted something a bit different this time for a higher grade. It is throughout the album shifting between grinding midtempo and fast attacks, and the riffs are as mentioned really brilliant from time to time but the real high peaks are a bit absent this time since there are no real "hits" to be found. Nevertheless, their lowest level is very high so there are no songs or moments that do not belong here.

In conclusion: no surprises, just pure thrash metal of very high quality like we are used to from Legion Of The Damned. They have always lived off their riffs and continue to do so here. A few peaks, some standard cuts, but no real lows to be found. A bit more variation would not have hurt, since some passages sounds all too familiar. If you are new to Legion Of The Damned and love this, be sure to check up their previous albums.

See also review of: Descent Into Chaos

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Summary



7 chalices of 10 - Tommy


Related links:

www.legionofthedamned.net
www.myspace.com/legionofthedamned