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This onslaught of ever-shifting double-bass and extreme guitar riffing is considered by many to be an essential (if not the premier) example of Deicide's world-class death metal. While bassist/vocalist and bandleader Glen Benton never accepted the categorization, his band helped define the early '90s death movement with their somewhat complicated, ultra-heavy music and low, growling vocals. Legion stands out as a musically complex but familiar offering from the band. Live favorite "Trifixion" is indeed one of the better cuts from the release, but it's easier to consider this disc (and most records like it) as a whole. Deicide's compositions and performances are solid and serious throughout, but Benton's outspoken anti-Christian beliefs and admitted Satanism are what first brought the group attention, and what ultimately separated them from secondary contributors to the genre. This radical philosophy is stated emphatically within the lyrics of Legion -- just in case fans weren't paying attention to interviews and onstage rants. Listeners who admire death and extreme metal in all its forms are generally aware of Deicide's abilities and outspoken antisocial beliefs, so newer death metal fans will do well to start off their collection with Legion. ~ Vincent Jeffries Legion Music Review Average Rating: (4.2 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews bad message what!?!
best deicide release, you christians are lame, what they sing about is bad? there just words and this is death metal people.
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Insanity for your ears...
When I first heard this album back in 1992 I was caught off guard. I was expecting something similar to their debut album... I was wrong. Little did I know the intro was preparing me for the most evil Death Metal album at the time. Glen Benton's voice had evolved into something indescribable. I have to disagree with some critics about the production quality for Legion. In my opinion, Scott Burns did a great job with this album. Many people that did not like this album when it was released do so now. It's not hypocritical. Glen Benton said it best when he said this album was way ahead of its time. This album is simply Deicide doing what Deicide does best... piss God off. Standout tracks: Dead but Dreaming, Trifixion, In Hell I Burn
Submitted by mind.rape (El Paso, TX)
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I must say that I am in total agreement with Mayhem 13 and Gods Goth Child on how excellent this album really is. I don't agree with the lyrics either, but I have always loved the fast, intense, in your face feeling that death metal gives me everytime I listen it. Also I love the fact that when I listen to it when I'm pissed off, it gets me over it almost instantaneously. Deicide is my favorite death metal band of all time. I don't really have any favorite tracks on this one that stick out more than the other, this one to me just rips all the way through. Definately one of my favorite death metal albums of all time! A must buy for true fans of Deicide and death metal. As for the reviewers in LaCrosse and Reno; get your heads examined. You don't know crap about quality death metal when you hear it. To all others, stay heavy and true!!
Submitted by T. L. Brown (Grand Haven, MI)
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Legion is the best album Deicide will ever make. (I rank their debut at #2.) Too bad they chose Scott Burns as producer. The entire album is plagued by the "Burns' Signature Sound": ear-bleeding treble, no meat, and buried electric bass. Other than that, this frenzied f*cker of theistic satanic death rages fast, hard, and loud. Benton's vocal work will send shivers up your ass. I recommend a good subwoofer for beefing up the mix.
Submitted by Greg (Oklahoma City)
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its funny that everyone HATED this album went it first came out and now the same people are saying how great it is. why? because its hip, cool and trendy in the world of the underground to be "oldschool". 10 years from now thy will be saying how great scars of the crucifix is while totally dismissing newer albums. the same thing is happening with morbid angel.
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Purchase Legion CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Deicide Insineratehymn CD (2000)
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Remaster On Gold Disc,New Packaging
Reissue producer: Jeff Daniel.
Recorded at: Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida. Includes liner notes by Michael Moynihan.
Digitally remastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York, New York.
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| | Teardrop Explodes Wilder CD (1981) (Import) Remastered; United Kingdom
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German remaster adds eight songs.
Despite the flux they were going through, the Teardrops somehow got it together to record the heavily-hyped Wilder, which unlike its predecessor did nothing in terms of sales or smash singles, outside of the semi-successful shimmering keyboard/crunch of "Passionate Friend." This isn't for lack of talent on the band's part, and the trademark kicky arrangements and horns appear throughout. However, unlike the joyous outpourings of Kilimanjaro, Wilder sounds distanced. Cope doesn't come across as the lead singer so much as he does someone singing with the music, ironic given that he wrote everything on this album. As a subtler pleasure, though, Wilder offers up some good stuff, with more cryptic compositions and performances throughout, while Clive Langer takes over full production after only doing a few on the first album. Strangely, some performances sound like where Sting eventually took the Police on Synchronicity, musically if not vocally, like the layered attempts at tribal drumming on "Seven Views of Jerusalem." More measured, sometimes stiff songs like "Falling Down Around Me" make the overall mood more fragmented, while some of Balfe's keyboards sound like they're only there just because. When it connects, though, Wilder rocks just fine. The concluding track, "The Great Dominions," is one of Cope's all-time best, with a sweeping, epic sense of scope and sound. The angular funk of "The Culture Bunker" has both some fine guitar and a sharp lyric or two on Cope's part -- the Crucial Three he refers to was his bedroom-only act with Ian McCulloch and Pete Wylie. Other high points include the moody synth shadings on "Tiny Children," where Balfe's work comes through best of all, and Dwyer's generally sharp drumming throughout, keeping the beat well. ~ Ned Raggett
Originally planned as THE GREAT DOMINIONS a full year beforehand, The Teardrop Explodes' sophomore effort only saw light in 1981. By this point, the public's fascination with the band was already on the wane. Not for the last time ...
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