LEGION OF THE DAMNED Premiere ‘Slaves Of The Southern Cross’ Music Video
December 14th, 2018
 |
|
Limburg, Netherlands-based black / thrash metal group Legion Of The Damned have filmed a music video for the track ‘Slaves Of The Southern Cross’, which can be viewed below.
Vocalist Maurice Swinkels commented: “Next to ‘Dark Coronation’, ‘Palace Of Sin’ and ‘Warhounds Of Hades’, this is one of my favourite tracks on the album Slaves Of The Shadow Realm. It’s heavy as hell and sometimes reminds me of Infernäl Mäjesty. It has a great atmosphere and I can not wait for the fans to share with me ‘Slaves Of The Southern Cross’.
“For the video we rented the big hall of the Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen and kept it relatively ‘simple’, spending the entire day in fire blasters and filmed the band that captures the essence of Legion Of The Damned: aggressive and heavy!”
Legion Of The Damned issue seventh full-length studio album Slaves Of The Shadow Realm on January 4th, 2019 through Napalm Records.
Slaves Of The Shadow Realm was produced by Andy Classen.
Swinkels added: “With our seventh opus, entitled Slaves Of The Shadow Realm, we tried to take it a little further as where Ravenous Plague ended in terms of melody, but we definitely maintain the heavy songwriting and rawness that Legion Of The Damned is known for.
“Simplicity is the key with Legion Of The Damned and less is more. With Slaves Of The Shadow Realm, we go full speed ahead with heaviness, but we took it a bit farther by bringing in melody and atmosphere.
“I think this is Legion’s best album to date: It crushes, it is fast, it has atmosphere and it is raw! In terms of lyrics, this is our darkest album, written by Tony ‘Skullcrusher’ Manero, who was also responsible for the lyrics and concepts of the albums Malevolent Rapture (2006), Cult Of The Dead (2008), Feel The Blade (2008), Ravenous Plague (2014), Sons Of The Jackal (2007) and Descent Into Chaos (2006).
“We are really excited to be back after four years and hope that the true Legion fan digs this album – I am 100% certain that they will love it!
“This is Legion Of The Damned – without the bells and whistles. The wait is over and we are back!”
|
|
The track listing is as follows;
01. ‘The Widow’s Breed’
02. ‘Nocturnal Commando’
03. ‘Charnel Confession’
04. ‘Slaves Of The Southern Cross’
05. ‘Warhounds Of Hades’
06. ‘Black Banners In Flames’
07. ‘Shadow Realm Of The Demonic Mind’
08. ‘Palace Of Sin’
09. ‘Priest Hunt’
10. ‘Azazels Crown’
11. ‘Dark Coronation’
Legion Of The Damned’s line-up is as follows;
Maurice Swinkels (vocals)
Twan van Geel (guitars)
Harold Gielen (bass)
Erik Fleuren (drums)
An official lyric video was created for the track ‘The Widow’s Breed’, which can also be viewed below.
Sixth studio record Ravenous Plague was released in January 2014 via Napalm.
Promotional photograph by Tim Tronckoe.
