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Legions Of The Night
are a power metal band from Germany formed in 2020, releasing three albums
to date - 'Sorrow Is The Cure' (2021), 'Hell'
(2022), and 'Darkness' (2024). |
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Prolific power
metallers Legions Of The Night return for their third album in just three
years - the trio of guitarist Jens Faber (Dawn
Of Destiny, Malefistum), drummer Philipp Bock (Dawn Of Destiny),
and vocalist Henning Basse (Withering
Scorn, ex Metalium, ex Firewind) emphatically making
their mark on the worldwide metal scene! The bands new album 'Darkness', is
eleven songs and fifty minutes of heavy, power metal that'll blow your
fucking socks off! Legions Of The Night mean business...and business is good with album opener
'No Control' hitting harder than a heavyweight boxing champion - but only
after an eerie first minute build up! Shuddering the ground with immense
force, 'No Control' is gonna pummel the senses of every listener around the
world - walls shaking under the sheer weight of the bombastic barrage from
the German metallers! The energy level is sky fucking high as Legions Of The
Night storm on with the equally heavy 'Rebirth', displaying just a little
more melodious intent than 'No Control'. The albums first two songs have
been nothing short of sensational... |
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...'Darkness' striding
on with the title song 'Darkness'. And a mellow intro that would normally
suggest an impending ballad, but Legions Of The Night have other ideas,
pressing the pedal firmly to the metal at the one minute mark to roar down
the autobahn at top speed! The band do change gear and tempo throughout
'Darkness' (the song) to keep every listener, fan and follower on their
toes! The iconic sound of classic European power metal explodes outta the
speakers as 'Hate' storms forth, bringing with it just a little hint of
progressive metal! The kinda little hint that the band litter all over, not
just this album, but previous albums too, capturing the attentions of a very
wide audience indeed! Talk about roaming the metal landscape to deliver a
myriad of styles to stun and amaze - 'One Moment' returning the mellow come
ballad sound of earlier. This time for just twenty five seconds, 'One
Moment' assuming a thunderous hustle and bustle feel, mixing it with
majestic moments and a hymn-like swagger - is there no style of metal this
band haven't got in their locker? Death and black probably, but I bet they'd
give it a bloody good go! |
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Blistering pace lights
up 'Darkness' (the album), 'Another Devil' speeding outta the blocks like a
champion sprinter, the band engaging every metalhead to furiously head bang
- mosh pits all over the world turning frenetic with total excitement oozing
from every single vein in the body! What a fucking rush - 'Let The River
Flow' displaying one of the bands most common threads. Most of the bands
songs seem to feature short mellow intro's, Legions Of The Night almost
every time turning the musical scales on their head to adopt a heavier sound
- I say almost, for in the shape of 'Let The River Flow', the band are
perched on the border wall between balladry and hymn-like swagger -
listeners everywhere raising lighters high in the air! The variation of
music on offer here has been very wide, the band catering, not just for metallers, but for rockers too! The energy level has been off the charts
most of the time, and other times Legions Of The Night have reined it in,
the band letting it run free as 'Better Men' marches into sight with
shoulders back and head held high! The amount of majesty on show here is
higher than heard anywhere else on the album - an album that has tightly
grabbed every listener and not them go. |
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At just three minutes
in length, 'The Witches Are
Burning' is the shortest song on offer, yet is also the fastest and most
furious - the band targeting every head banger around the world with an
immense amount of head bang ability! And from the shortest to the longest,
'Leave Me' clocks in at six and a half minutes - that's six and a half
minutes of incredible variation. From mellow beginnings through to an eerie
build up, 'Leave Me' steadily grows in stature to become a weighty, anthemic
come hymn-like stroll, Legions Of The Night delivering what would be one
helluva show stopping finale. Feel free to stand and applaud 'Leave Me', it's the
least it deserves - 'Darkness' (the album) actually coming to a close with 'I Don't See The
Light'. And a lumbering heaviness not heard previously, the band weaving a
little doom into their heavy come power metal roots - the vocals too
displaying a frightening snarl! To say the sound of 'I Don't See The Light'
was unexpected, may just be the biggest understatement of the year so far! |
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Overall, a myriad of
metal styles to entertain and enthrall a worldwide audience, Legions Of The
Night deliver an infectious and addictive album. |
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Review by Iron
Mathew Collins |
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Reviewed for
Metal-Roos |
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Hell |
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"a thunderous and
thoroughly enjoyable hour of power, symphonic, and traditional metal"
Read Review |
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