Today in 2006 Legion Of the Damned released there debut album Malevolent Rapture 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. Massacre Records Maurice Swinkels – vocals Richard Ebisch – guitar Twan Fleuren – bass(R.I.P. 2011) Erik Fleuren – drums Guest/Session Tony Skullcrusher Manero Vocals (additional) on Deaths Head March 1. Legion of the Damned (3:12) 2. Deaths Head March (3:47) 3. Werewolf Corpse (3:57) 4. Into the Eye of the Storm (4:31) 5. Malevolent Rapture (4:06) 6. Demonfist (4:29) 7. Taste of the Whip (3:38) 8. Bleed for Me (3:58) 9. Scourging the Crowned King (3:40) 10. Killing for Recreation (3:51) Total Time: 39:12 This was originally intended to be an Occult album, but the band changed their name to Legion of the Damned at the last minute prior to the albums release. Lmtd. 1st.-Edition released with Bonus-DVD (including Video-Animations / Video-Clips for all regular Audio-Songs). Released as Limited Gatefold Edition Of 500 Copies by War Anthem Records. Re-Released in 2012 by Massacre Records as Malevolent Rapture - In Memory Of... including 5 bonus track: 11. The Desolate One (04:16) 12. Mind Domination (03:18) 13. Violence And Hatred (04:14) 14. Work Of A Legend (04:26) 15. Malevolent Rapture (Remix 2008) (04:09) (Note: Tracks 11 - 14 are taken from their 2001 Occult album Rage To Revenge) A music video for Bleed for Me was made. Malevolent Rapture is a 2006 album by thrash metal/death metal band Legion of the Damned. It was their first album since the demise their preceding band Occult with the loss of previous lead singer Rachel Heyzer. In common with later albums the lyrics heavily reference the dark side of the occult and apocalyptic themes. The album was created in Stage One Studio and produced by Andy Classen. youtube/watch?v=gP4tOALayYE
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