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░ ██ ██ Artist: Legions of War ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Forced to the Ground █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-10-10 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Infern÷ Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Another proclamation of war has been announced █
█ with a Metal mission to kill. Who better than █
█ Sweden's own LEGIONS OF WAR to sound the call of █
█ the death brigade. ôForced To The Groundö marks █
█ their sophomore effort and it is quite an █
█ improvement from the debut. The 2011 release █
█ ôRiding With The Blitzö (Single) showed promise, █
█ with its grandiose visions and shell shock █
█ capabilities, but this album is leaps and bounds █
█ better. █
█ Fans of HAIL OF BULLETS, RAZOR OF OCCAM, VORGUS, █
█ or WITCHERY, will be enticed by its morbid █
█ visions. The songs have melody and character. █
█ Picture AT WAR with NOCTURNAL BREED or NOCTURNAL █
█ FEAR with MERCILESS. The vocals are harsh, but █
█ audible, the guitars are menacing and thunderous. █
█ ôPile Of Corpsesö and ôDeath Brigadeö even have █
█ some shouting and gang vocals. Given the new clear █
█ winter storms of late, I be amiss to not mention █
█ BLIZZARD, SODOM, BEWITCHED, or BRIMSTONE, just so █
█ you can get the idea of the potential this holds. █
█ Deep in the dark frost, the master of war know how █
█ to deliver the goods for a night of revenge. █
█ Remember how good the OLD MAN's CHILD albums were █
█ towards the late '90s? This ensemble of fear knows █
█ how to evoke that Black / Thrash attack that works █
█ quite effectively. These reapers know how to take █
█ command and break through the barricades. Sure, █
█ this is nothing novel, but if you like Black Metal █
█ and Thrash then this is the perfect melodic blend. █
█ Add to that war torn diaries of past valor, and █
█ you have a memorable experience. █
█ They still choose to hide behind their stage █
█ names, so I have no idea who the musicians █
█ actually are, but I suspect that they play in some █
█ other better known Swedish acts. Unlike the █
█ over-rated GHOST, LEGIONS OF WAR support the true █
█ Metal Milieu with the mettle might of revenge. █
█ Tanks for the barrage of brutality! █
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░ 1. Through the Barricades 4:47 ░
░ 2. Forced to the Ground (Behind Enemylines 3:59 ░
░ Part 1) ░
░ 3. Pile of Corpse (Behind Enemylines Part 3:24 ░
░ 2) ░
░ 4. Remains of War 4:24 ░
░ 5. At the Eastern Shores 3:21 ░
░ 6. Grandiose Visions 6:38 ░
░ 7. Death Brigade 3:25 ░
░ 8. In the Warfield Storms 4:52 ░
░ 9. Night of Revenge 6:06 ░
░ 40:56 ░
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