Customer Reviews

Legion

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2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

The guitar tone is AWESOME, heavy and really raw, while the production is clear enough. Eric and Brian have really improved since last time we were blessed with their riffage. Speaking of riffs, this album has some KILLER riffs and the solos are a bit better as well, the riffs manage to keep things ANYTHING BUT monotonous. While they've done heavier and faster things, this is a more technical side of Deicide. Vocal-wise, this isn't Glen's best effort, but he's pretty damn solid, a great improvement over Deicide. Alot more furious and crazy. His bass is way more audible too, it sounds killer in Dead but Dreaming, when the bass isn't loud, its providing the missing link between the guitars and everything else, something that made the music sound thin on the first cd.
Steve performs well as always, I love his bass bursts where he stops and starts the double bass for a couple of seconds. Steve is not the most technical drummer around, but he sure is one of the fittest around, these songs require REAL endurance, and he performs them live with EASE.

The songs are mostly great, but to tell you the truth, none of 'em really stood out to me, it's solid the whole way through. Holy Deception has a groove to DIE for and the rest are just as solid... Although Trifixion...... Trifixion is one of my favourite Deicide songs because it reminds me of early Cannibal Corpse but way better. I'm not gonna go through the good tracks though, because they all RULE.... The themes are more Satanic than.... well, off the top of my head, this is the most Satanic thing Deicide have ever done. Deicide (the cd) mainly discussed anti-christ stuff and sacrifices and all that.... Most of the stuff after this is just dealing with Christian hypocrisy, although it's not the end, Satanism rears its ugly head alot, I just suppose after time went by, Glen and the boys grew to hate God more and more, it's just something that grows, they probably wanted to focus more attention on it.

Well, is this Deicide's greatest effort? Hmmmmmm.... hard question, I'm gonna have to really think hard about this one, Once Upon the Cross was awesome.......Insyneratehym..... I might finally write my opinion later on in the review of the best Deicide cd.... I could even edit this review to change my opinion...... Oh to hell with it, I'll just say it!! THIS IS THE BEST DAMN DEICIDE RELEASE THERE IS! This is revolutionary stuff..... it's so innovative and remains great even today. I love this stuff, it's just so good.... THIS is a must-have, if you haven't at least made an effort to get this, don't consider yourself a true Deicide fan....

This really is the stuff. I would put this in my top 10 albums of all time.

That title sums up this CD perfectly. This one has everything that makes a death metal album what it should be. Deicide is notorious for their strongly satanic lyrics, which shocked me at first. Being Christian (weird, considering the music I like), I took offense and simply dismissed the band. After awhile, however, I decided to just give the band a chance. That was one of my best descisions ever. Deicide take everthing that extreme music should comprise and throw it all together to make a masterpiece.
As far as this CD, it rocks, plain and simple. Steve Ashiem's otherworldly drumming highlights most of the tracks on this CD, with constant double-bass rolls going throughout most of the tracks, along with many polyrythyms in the background, creating an unbelievable wall of sound coming from the drum section. The Hoffman brothers do a great job on guitars, accompanying the drums perfectly with lightspeed playing, brutal riffs, and scorching solos. Glen Benton's bass/vocals finish off the precision. His bass playing is among the fastest I have ever heard and his deathly growl accompanies the music perfectly. It all comes together to be one nightmare-inducing, near-perfect extreme/death metal CD.
Overall, I found this to be one of the best extreme/death metal CD's ever released. No other band I've heard can make a CD this great with ABSOLUTELY NO FILLER. Every track will crush you with brutal riffing mastery and intense polyrythmic drums, topping off with earthshaking bass. If you like extreme or death metal, get this now. It will NOT disappoint.

I think that Legion by Deicide is simply the best death metal album, period. It is certainly the best offering from Deicide by far. The vocals are Glen Benton's best, extremely brutal yet intelligible, unlike, say Chris Barnes's. The guitars are amazing as are the drums. I don't know about the bass because you can't hear it in the mix. Lyrics are typical stupid satanic stuff, about what you'd expect from these guys. The factor that makes this album stand above the rest is the complexity of the rhythm patterns employed in the song structures. Offbeat syncopation gives a jarring feel to otherwise straightforward speed riffs. If you are into death metal, you need to own this album.

Like most great death metal, "Legion" is short (29 minutes long), sweet (furious and relentless), and to the point (Glen's clear Satanic message is none-too-subtle.) Glen's vocals are somewhat typical, here, but, fortunately, this record is brimming with feverish guitars and Steve's lightning fast, uncompromising double bass drumming (making many of the songs thump like a lawn mower). And, since the guitar riffs are faster, here, than usual, this Floridian death metal group's sophomore release is also likely their thrashiest-sounding album. (Some moments, like "Satan Spawn" and "Holy Deception," bring vintage Sepultura to mind.) "Legion" is also probably Deicide's most complex album. It's less straight forward than their other releases and has more technical guitar work and complicated song structures. The first track shoots out of the gate; both guitarists go all-out, and unleash a barrage of blindingly fast, speaker shredding guitar noise. The next song, "Dead But Dreaming," features more sprinting guitar riffs and pile driving drums, and track three, "Repent To Die" works up an awesome-sounding wall of impenetrable sound. "Behead The Prophet" is another tour de force for the guitarists, who lay down even more scorching, cascading guitar riffs and even a wild solo. "In Hell I Burn" has a nice speed change with break neck guitar work and even some creepy, maniacal laughing by Glen, and, lastly, "Revocate the Agitator" is another pummeling stream roller with jackhammer drums. On later releases, Deicide would simplify their song structures and riffs, and Glen's anti-Christian message would wear thin. But, even though it was released well over a decade ago, "Legion," never gets old. This is where the band shine brightest (or...darkest), so this album has my vote for being Deicide's finest hour. Strongly recommended to death metal/Deicide fans, including newcomers.

The only word that can possibly describe this album is just that. Every track from Satan Spawn, The Caco-Daemon to Revocate the Agitator will crush your soul completely with amazing technical riffing mastery. Dead But Dreaming is the key track here, 3 minutes and 13 seconds of music that inspires the killing urge that lies deep within all of us. Another great moment is In Hell I Burn, 32 seconds in the song. Possible one of the heaviest riffs ever. CAUTION: THIS CD IS NOT FOR THE WEAK, THE WEAK SHALL BE DESTROYED.

Deicide is world class DEATH METAL . It does not matter if you like them or hate them. The ever shifting drums of Steve and extreme guitar riffing by the Hoffman brothers is considered by credible music critics as an essential example of great death metal music. The band actually helped define the early 90's death metal movement with complicated, ultra heavy music and low growling vocals of Glen Benton. Although many say that Trifixion is the favorite cut in this album, the band's compositions and performance in this album is solid and serious throughout. All songs are considered by many as classic. Even though Glen Benton hated and never accepted the Death metal music categorization, they are one of the best bands that came to existence. Although such early-'80s metal bands like Venom and the Possessed helped invent this radically heavy sound, Deicide continue to expand upon death metal's groundwork. Admittedly, Deicide's music and heavily Satanic lyrics aren't for everyone. But when everything is said and done, when gimmicks are long dead .Deicide and this album Legion will remain a death metal classic.

This is my fav. Deicide album out of all of them. I got the 1st self-titled one 1st & liked it, but then I got this one I liked it even better. Its more technical than the 1st one (which 4 me is good, cause I LOVE technical death metal) & the song structures are better the 2nd time around. Im not much into the constant bible-bashing, but oh well... its still a good peice of death metal history. I'd say if U had to have one Deicide album in your collection, get either this one or their 1st one. Or else get them both!!! Yeeeaaahhh! Get on the ball!

and that's fine. It's a classic nonetheless. It may not be as catchy or as straightforward as the debut, but it's twice as technically challenging and (IMO) twice as dark. If Deicide had continued in the spirit of the album and went farther and farther into the brand of utterly twisted death metal on display here they would have been, I think, the best DM band of all time. Oh well. If you think Slayer is too simple and slow, Morbid Angel is too "ethereal", Pantera is too unrealistic, and Metallica is too clean and classical, get this.

This is definitly one of the best death metal albums ever, and Deicide is the best Death metal band ever. As for all these negative reviews, if you don't like Legion, you probably don't like death metal.

Now, my original rating is about 8.75 out of 10 and doing the math it is about 4.4 stars or something which is not really 5 stars, but still I want to improve this album's rating so I gave it 5 stars.
This album is pure death metal madness, with such tracks as satan spawn caco daemon, repent to die , trifixion , behead the prophet, it is rated the second best death metal album in history by anus.com .
I just love the lightning-spped guitar riffs , good drumwork and of course Benton's insane and tormented vocals.The lyrics are filled with fury and satanic anger against the established christian and religious hipocrisy that dominates society these days. So if momy and daddy will let you ..... go ahead and buy this CD, spin it around a few times and you'll see what the hell I'm talking about.