LEGION 666

Kiss The Goat

CD



Something tells me there's a bit of satiric intent here, with the goat's head on the cover and the dark ambiance, but LEGION666 provide a pummelling that's better than any satanic death metal claptrap to come down the highway to hell, lately. Even with band members taking such names as Nunviolator (any relation to Destruction's Grave Violator?) and The Infernal Blaspherion. The lyrics are somewhat oblique, but there's some criticism of lives lost to tedium and the pitfalls of mindless consumption, to name a few subjects. Muscically, LEGION666 hit with a speed metal meets hardcore attack. No wanky lead work, but coming across more like "Morbid Tales"-era CELTIC FROST crossed with Swedish hardcore or EXTREME NOISE TERROR. Hot and fast thrash with heavier passages. A wall of guitar thunder, scampering drums and mighty pissed-sounding vocals. All the burn you need, without the flames of hell licking at your heels.