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░█▒█ Artist ■ Legion of the Damned █▒█░
░ █▒█ Album ■ Descent into Chaos █▒█ ░
░█░█ Year ■ 2011 █░█░
█░█ Release Date ■ 2013-07-23 █░█
█░█ Genre ■ Thrash Metal █░█
█ █ Label ■ Spiritual Beast Records / Massacre Records █ █
█░█ Source ■ CD █░█
█ █ Type ■ Album █ █
█░█ Quality ■ VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █░█
█ █ █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Japanese edition with bonus-tracks. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Dutch thrash metallers Legion Of The Damned have since █ █
█ █ 2005, when they reformed from former band Occult, released █ █
█ █ five full-length albums and toured with Cannibal Corpse, █ █
█ █ Sodom, Kreator and Celtic Frost, to name a few. Descent █ █
█ █ Into Chaos is their fifth studio album, recorded and mixed █ █
█ █ by Pain/Hypocrisy main man Peter Tagtgren. █ █
█ █ When I think Legion Of The Damned I think explosive, █ █
█ █ pounding riffs and strong, simple choruses. This record is █ █
█ █ no exception and after a short, kind of typical intro track █ █
█ █ the album opens up aggressively (How else?) with the track █ █
█ █ Night Of The Sabbath which really sets the mood. The album █ █
█ █ continues in the same explosive spirit with no songs that █ █
█ █ would disappoint a headbanging audience, Shrapnel Rain █ █
█ █ being one of my personal favourites. █ █
█ █ I am actually kind of surprised as to how varied and █ █
█ █ interesting this record manages to be. Granted, it is no █ █
█ █ marvel of different styles and influences; however, the █ █
█ █ individual songs have a lot of substance and variation. █ █
█ █ Lord Of The Flies is a brilliant example of this. It starts █ █
█ █ out with a minute-long acoustic intro before bursting out █ █
█ █ into a brilliant, heavy thrash monster reminding me a lot █ █
█ █ of Sodom. █ █
█ █ Actually, the entire record gives me associations to Sodom █ █
█ █ and Destruction, a lot due to the spot-on production by █ █
█ █ Peter Tagtgren. This is the first Legion Of The Damned █ █
█ █ album not to be produced by Andy Classen and the sound █ █
█ █ differs distinctly with a more enjoyable guitar sound, less █ █
█ █ in-your-face drums and generally a more dynamic feeling █ █
█ █ than the preceding records. Not to forget singer Maurice █ █
█ █ Swinkels who does a phenomenal job spitting out the hateful █ █
█ █ lyrics û his characteristic voice really takes this music █ █
█ █ to another level. Overall the entire album seems well █ █
█ █ arranged and thought through and I would recommend Descent █ █
█ █ Into Chaos to anyone who enjoys the occasional thrash metal █ █
█ █ punch in the face! █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ --- █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Of all the death/thrash bands out there, Legion of the █ █
█ █ Damned are easily one of the most seasoned. They know by █ █
█ █ now what makes such a hybrid work or not work, and such can █ █
█ █ only be expected of a band with almost 20 years of history █ █
█ █ behind them. Five albums as Occult, and now five albums as █ █
█ █ Legion of the Damned; the Dutch have never strayed from the █ █
█ █ path of productivity, so I'm happy to report that Descent █ █
█ █ Into Chaos is one of the better efforts to date under their █ █
█ █ newer moniker, trumping their last studio album (in 2008) █ █
█ █ which was well meaning, but all too forgettable. It appears █ █
█ █ that taking a few years to recoup and spend more time on █ █
█ █ the individual songs has paid off, because the band were █ █
█ █ non-stop from Malevolent Rapture through Cult of the Dead. █ █
█ █ All you've gotta know is that this is extremely meaty █ █
█ █ thrash, performed with simple mechanics, that draws upon █ █
█ █ clear German influences ala Sodom, Kreator and Destruction. █ █
█ █ Naturally, the specter of Slayer hangs above the recording, █ █
█ █ but it hangs above most metal works of this caliber. █ █
█ █ Sometimes this is very obvious, as in "Holy Blood, Holy █ █
█ █ War" or "Killzone", the latter of which sounds very similar █ █
█ █ to Kreator's "Enemy of God". The 'death metal' nods come █ █
█ █ only in a few of the guitar patterns found in songs "The █ █
█ █ Hand of Darkness", "War is In My Blood", etc, which seem to █ █
█ █ draw slightly from a Morbid Angel or Deicide influence, but █ █
█ █ this is primarily modern, thick thrash that alternates █ █
█ █ between a lot of palm mute chugging and big chords that █ █
█ █ occasionally foray into some slightly more technical █ █
█ █ material; the bridge of "The Hand of Darkness" has a riff █ █
█ █ similar to something Destruction would write, for example. █ █
█ █ Some of the better tracks here are "Lord of the Flies" and █ █
█ █ "Desolation Empire", both landing later in the track list █ █
█ █ with quality groove riffs and manic, Germanic force. █ █
█ █ Very rarely does it erupt into anything incendiary, and █ █
█ █ that is one of the drawbacks to most Legion of the Damned █ █
█ █ recordings. It all sounds huge in tone (this was mixed at █ █
█ █ Abyss Studios in Sweden), but it's built of familiar █ █
█ █ feeling riffs to the extent that no manner of cruel bluster █ █
█ █ in the vocals and writing can really compensate. Think of a █ █
█ █ mix of modern Destruction albums and the German band █ █
█ █ Dew-Scented and you'll come up with a close approximation █ █
█ █ of what happens on this disc. That being said, Descent Into █ █
█ █ Chaos is at least, for the most part, fun. If you bang it █ █
█ █ out in your car speakers, it sounds enormous and effective, █ █
█ █ and the thick low end of the mix will get most peoples' █ █
█ █ blood pumping and fists punching the head rest behind you █ █
█ █ while you're trying to drive. It's hard to imagine a room █ █
█ █ full of mosh hardy highwaymen not going ape shit over these █ █
█ █ tunes in the live setting, but the songs are not incredibly █ █
█ █ potent beyond such an image, and despite the better █ █
█ █ planning here, greatness still seems to elude this band. █ █
█ █ █ █
█░█ █░█
█ █ 1. Intro (Descent into Chaos) 1:50 █ █
█ █ 2. Night of the Sabbath 3:32 █ █
█ █ 3. War in My Blood 3:35 █ █
█ █ 4. Shrapnel Rain 4:02 █ █
█ █ 5. Holy Blood, Holy War 4:14 █ █
█ █ 6. Killzone 4:03 █ █
█ █ 7. Lord of the Flies 5:22 █ █
█ █ 8. Desolation Empire 4:26 █ █
█ █ 9. The Hand of Darkness 4:34 █ █
█ █ 10. Repossessed 4:55 █ █
█ █ 11. Bleed for Me (Live Version) 3:48 █ █
█ █ 12. Necrosophic Blessing (Live Version) 4:18 █ █
█ █ 13. Undead Stillborn (Live Version) 4:39 █ █
█ █ 53:18 █ █
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