Legion (album)
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 9, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 29:01 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Deicide, Scott Burns | |||
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Legion is the second album by American death metal band Deicide. It was released by Roadrunner Records on June 9, 1992.
Background
Legion is one of Deicide's most musically ambitious releases, incorporating more technical
The first track, "Satan Spawn, the Caco-Daemon", features a backward message. At about twenty seconds, a voice can be heard repeating the song's title.
Steve Asheim said of Legion, "For Legion, I was too busy worrying about how we were going to get a second album out to really think about what it meant, I was just trying to stay in the music business and stay brutal."[1]
Reviews
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Kerrang! | [3] |
| Metal Storm | 8.0/10[4] |
A reviewer for The Metal Storm said, "in general a good album, some songs are well executed and with complex musical writing, but there are others that are just very simple and repetitive".[4]
Vincent Jeffries of
Track listing
All songs written by Deicide (Glen Benton and Steve Asheim).
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Satan Spawn, the Caco-Daemon" | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Dead but Dreaming" | 3:13 |
| 3. | "Repent to Die" | 3:59 |
| 4. | "Trifixion" | 2:57 |
| 5. | "Behead the Prophet (No Lord Shall Live)" | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Holy Deception" | 3:19 |
| 7. | "In Hell I Burn" | 4:36 |
| 8. | "Revocate the Agitator" | 2:47 |
| Total length: | 29:01 | |
Personnel
- Glen Benton – bass; vocals
- Eric Hoffman – guitars
- Brian Hoffman – guitars
- Steve Asheim – drums
- Deicide – production
- Scott Burns – production, mixing
References
- ^ "Deicide interview (06/2006)".
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved May 3, 2008.
- EMAP. p. 20.
- ^ a b Deicide – Legion Review – Metal Storm
