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Artist......: Tyrant
Album.......: Legions of the Dead
Year........: 1985
Genre.......: Heavy Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: Shadow Kingdom Records
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (16bit)
Quality.....: 1008kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 10 tracks
Playtime....: 00:44:53
Size........: 324.3 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-06-27
S.Date......: 1985-08-01
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/xi9wgrbn2f5ha
01. Warriors of Metal 4:48
02. Fall Into the Hands of Evil 5:20
03. The Battle of Armageddon 5:13
04. Legions of the Dead 7:05
05. Tyrant's Revelation 0:50
06. Listen to the Preacher 3:47
07. Knight of Darkness 3:28
08. Thru the Night 3:26
09. Sacrifice 6:56
10. Time Is Running Low 4:02
Tyrant's 1985 debut album, Legions of the Dead, followed
the band's appearance on the Metal Massacre, Vol. 3
collection two years prior, where their song
"Armageddon" (re-recorded here with the expanded title
of "The Battle of Armageddon") sat side by side with
contributions by rising underground metal bands like
Bitch, Agent Steel, and Znowhite, as well as future
metal legends Slayer! Unfortunately, Tyrant's overall
career achievements would never compare with any of
these acts, and the crude production, spotty execution,
and abundant songwriting clichés displayed by this album
exemplify just why. At the time of its release, these
issues (best exemplified by Glen May's high-pitched
screams) weren't nearly as obvious, but all these years
later, would-be fist-pumping anthems like "Warriors of
Metal," "Fall into the Hands of Evil," and "Thru the
Night" seem almost impossibly naïve and unimaginative.
Meanwhile, specific blunders like the incompetently epic
title track, the amusing spoken growl snippet "Tyrant's
Revelation," and the concession to synthesizers of
"Sacrifice" have only guitarist Rocky Rockwell's
impressive chops to recommend them. So the only way for
modern fans to appreciate Legions of the Dead is to hop
on a wave of pure nostalgia, a wave that perhaps none
but those who were alive and headbanging in those
ancient, simpler times, before heavy metal's genre
templates had been finessed and then expanded in
hundreds of intriguing directions, can arguably attain.
Otherwise, Tyrant's first album is an absolute relic in
every sense of the term: it's really difficult to laugh
with it instead of at it.
Not to be confused with other bands with same name.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Tyrant/494