Legion

Brilliant

One of best death metal albums ever but that's what you get from Deicide

Masterpiece!

The reviews before mine probably better state the case that this album may have over-emphasised Decide's new-found technical skills over their quite proficent songwritting on their self titled debut, but I always prefered this album over anything else Deicide ever recorded. As a 15 yr old hearing the album back in 1992 (I believe it was June'92? It was too sunny either way) and already an avid DM fan, this was a bolt from nowhere. Yes, it's obvious that Deicide had been listening to the more technical bands coming out of the Florida scene at the time and possibly thought "we've got to prove ourselves", but in my opinion, NO-ONE made such a visceral album such as they achieved - it may have been overcome since then, but the original template is still the best. Yes, some of the songs don't quite have the catchiness of their material from "Once Upon The Cross", which in retrospect has Glen Benton's best ever vocal tone, but for a bestial guitar sound, with some quite brilliant riffing and soloing from the Hoffman bros, plus Steve Ashiem's "in the pocket (and then some)" drumming, well before he was being acknowledged as one of DM's best drummers, Deicide never have matched this musical peak since. Not the most accessabile Deicide album, but the most rewarding. And one of the only death metal albums from the '90's that I still enjoy as much as when I first heard it. Well worth a listen, even if for nostalgia. They surely don't make them that way anymore.

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Not much more can be said about Legion that hasn't already been said. But I'm gonna say my piece anyway, out of appreciation for the record's magnificent effect it had on me as a kid.Legion was the much anticipated follow up to Deicide's debut self titled masterpiece.I was expecting more of the same, with that 1990/91 catchy anthemic riffage and chanting chorus'(Dead by Dawn, Deicide etc..)But no. was I in for a big suprise!What the world was presented with was a maniacal bludgeoning of stop start guitars, time changes to make you dizzy (and a little bit sick) and some of the most hate fueled rhetoric the metal world had ever heard. Deicide did for the christian faith musically what the Dead Kennedys did for the American politcal system.After the slow and infernal intro sample, replete with burning lambs and backwards messages, Satan Spawn the Caco Daemon kicks in. 'This must be good', I thought to myself as a 13 year old boy, 'my parents will hate it more the debut!!!'.It took me more than one listen to get my head around the frenetic time changes this album coughs up. There are not as many "catchy" songs on here, unlike the debut, but what it lacks in easily remembered riffs, it more than makes up for in utter evil intent and sheer brutality. One of the first albums I ever heard to include a kind of blast beat, it was just mind blowing.Deicide may have had their ups and downs since (mainly downs sadly) but this album should always be remembered as the day they really pushed the boat out musically.My personal favourite track is 'Dead But Dreaming', providing not only crazy time changes musically, but also some of the most rapid firing vocal arrangements young Mr Benton had ever fired off until joining Vital Remains recently.Over all an integral piece of Death metal history.

Deicide shakes you to death!Don't ever forget the worlds heaviest band and their early work. The Album bursts in with Satan spawn the Caco demon. The bleating (not animal pain, just normal goat/ sheep noise) at the start adds to the build up. Remember this album was cutting at the time and the contrasts from animal noise to utter oblivion guitar are sublime.Bentans vocals, sound like gargled cut glass sung by a mass murderer, his utter distain hate and violence are well felt. Think Lemmy from Motorhead if he was born later and more dark.Don't expect to like this album. Its like Captain Beefhearts Trout Mask replica, its there to be in your collection and be played occasionally.After you first listen to it and decide its not for you, put it down for a bit and come back to it. I guarantee its worth having on your musical CV.

This cd was my first exposure to DEICIDE. I was quite new to satanic death metal. THE sound of GLENS voice at the beginning was quite frightening. This album to me was a heavy as hell DEATH METAL smack in the mouth. However ive heard many more heavy cds since then but this one still stands out. buy this or go to hell.

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Fantastic

Ein absolut Kompromissloses Album was seines gleichen sucht!!Es geht auf die 12 und so mussDeath Metal sein!!

Un classico del death-metal americano anni '90. Consegna Amazon veloce e precisa come sempre.