LEGION OF THE DAMNED will play at the Metal Open Air Brazil

LEGION OF THE DAMNED are thrilled to announce that the band is, for the very first time, playing outside the territory of Europe!
They will play at the Metal Open Air in São Luís (Brazil), which will take place from April 20th until April 22nd, 2012!
Furthermore the band launched a new YouTube channel where you can watch exclusive video material from the studio and more. Check it out.


On February 10th, LEGION OF THE DAMNED will re-release their classic album "Malevolent Rapture" in memory of their ex-bass player Twan Fleuren, who passed away. This re-release will have a brand new "In Memory Of“ artwork, 5 extra songs incl. a remix of "Malevolent Creation", a bonus DVD and 32 page booklet including photos never seen before!


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LEGION OF THE DAMNED to re-release their debut album

Below Can be read a press release of the "Legion Of The Damned" through of "Massacre Records"

LEGION OF THE DAMNED are going to re-release their debut album "Malevolent Rapture" in memory of their former bassist and friend Twan Fleuren, who unfortunately decided to take his own life last year.

"May 20th, 2011 was a very sad day for us. Ex bass player and friend Twan Fleuren committed suicide. Twan was recruited by at that time second guitar player Leon Pennings, who served in the band OCCULT from 1992 until 1999.

Twan Fleuren took place in the band OCCULT in late 1998.

When Leon was thrown out of the band in 1999 right before we would leave for the MORBID ANGEL tour, Twan stayed in the band!

A lot of struggle in the last OCCULT years we finally decided to take action: we changed the name OCCULT into LEGION OF THE DAMNED, changed from record label Hammerheart to Boomer Entertainment & Massacre Records, and from then on, the band's career took a rocket flight.

Twan Fleuren contributed on the most popular LEGION OF THE DAMNED songs such as "Werewolf Corpse", "Death's Head March", "Bleed For Me", "Malevolent Rapture" and of course our own hymn "Legion Of The Damned".

During our first tour in 2006, when the album "Malevolent Rapture" was released, while it had already been recorded in October 2004, Twan got difficulties combining his private life and the band, before leaving for the tour his wife was giving birth to his second child, a son, named Joep, he already had a daughter named Nina.

After serious conversations on tour we all decided that it was best for Twan to leave the band and focus on his precious family.

Twan was then replaced by Harold Gielen. Twan faced a lot of difficulties and struggles in his life which ended in the decision he finally made on May 20th 2011.

In order to honor him as a dear friend and great bass player we decided to rer-release "Malevolent Rapture" in his name.

Twan was always a person who liked the attention in the band but he never experienced LEGION OF THE DAMNED the fullest, with this release we would like to put him in the spotlight, but also the release is a nice remembrance for those he left behind and who meant the world to him: his daughter and son Nina and Joep Fleuren!

Legion Of The Damned - Winter 2011 / 2012

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LEGION OF THE DAMNED join "Full Of Hate" 2012

The FULL OF HATE tour will be devastating Europe in Feb/March 2012 - and LEGION OF THE DAMNED are a part of it!

They released the following statement:

"LEGION OF THE DAMNED recently faced a major turn in its line-up, guitarist Richard Ebisch, who I have been doing the band with for more than 15 years stopped his guitar duties.

But LEGION OF THE DAMNED has been an unstoppable force and we continue with a new member, stronger than ever!

And so it is for the upcoming tour, LEGION OF THE DAMNED will be back once again with Twan van Geel on guitar playing songs we have never played before + some old classics tunes as well.

Hitting the road again, with Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Misery Index and Suicidal Angels means LEGION OF THE DAMNED still belongs to the top of extreme metal!"

FULL OF HATE 2012
Cannibal Corpse & Behemoth
LEGION OF THE DAMNED
Misery Index
Suicidal Angels
+1 Special Guests to be announced soon

09.02.2012 DE Hamburg - Markthalle
10.02.2012 DE Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle
11.02.2012 DE Stuttgart - LKA Longhorn
12.02.2012 NL Enschede - Atak
13.02.2012 FR Paris - Bataclan
14.02.2012 DE Saarbrücken - Garage
15.02.2012 CH Pratteln - Z7
16.02.2012 IT Milan - Live Club
17.02.2012 AT Wien - Arena
18.02.2012 DE München - Backstage
19.02.2012 BE Antwerp - Trix
21.02.2012 IT Bologna - Estragon
22.02.2012 SK Bratislava - Majestic Music Club
23.02.2012 CZ Prague - KD Vltavska
24.02.2012 AT Linz - Posthof
25.02.2012 DE Geiselwind - Music Hall
27.02.2012 SE Stockholm - Munchenbryggeriet
28.02.2012 SE Gothenburg - Traedgarn
29.02.2012 DK Aarhus - Voxhall
01.03.2012 DE Berlin - Postbahnhof
02.03.2012 DE Leipzig - Hellraiser
03.03.2012 DE Gießen - Hessenhalle
04.03.2012 NL Tilburg - 013

LEGION OF THE DAMNED hit the charts and check in from tour

The Neckbreaker´s Ball Tour must be one of the strongest packages right now in metal biz, couldn´t ask for more! Kataklysm headlining with their new album „Heaven´s Venom“ and Legion Of The Damned with their brand new output „Descent Into Chaos“ really stand for quality and they prove it every single night on stage. Also, there are three more amazing bands to warm up for these two, Equilibrium, Manegarm and Goatgrinders Milking The Goatmachine! Now, Legion of the Damned check in from tour:


"On the road again with Legion of the damned is a fuckin' blast! One of the best atmospheres ever to date for a Legion of the Damned tour, this means maximum power. The fans have been crazy so far and we are definitely looking forward to all the other dates. Legion of the Damned have charted in the german charts on # 27, in Austria # 55, this is of course great news and we want to thank all the fans who made this happen! If you didn't get a ticket yet for the Neckbreakersball tour, you should get one and join us for a night of the sabbath!"


Check out the official Neckbreaker´s Ball trailer below

The new LEGION OF THE DAMNED album „Decent Into Chaos“ was released January 7 and is now available everywhere. Check out the new clip for „Hand of Darkness“ below.

KATAKLYSM have launched a new website especially created for the tour where you can see a new interview with the guys and catch some info about VIP backstage meet n greets, exclusive merchandise and much more! Checkwww.spreadthevenom.com

KATAKLYSM 

LEGION OF THE DAMNED

EQUILIBRIUM

MANEGARM

MILKING THE GOATMACHINE

This grandiose thunderstorm stops at nothing! If your head and neck are still not trained enough, you have to keep fit to survive this monstrous spectacular. See you in the wall of death...

Tourdats:

14.01. DE Geiselwind - Music Hall

15.01. DE Leipzig - Hellraiser

16.01. DE Berlin - K17

17.01. DK Aarhus - Voxhall

18.01. DE Hamburg - Markthalle

19.01. DE Hannover - Musikzentrum

20.01. DE Lingen - Alter Schlachthof

21.01. DE Bochum - Matrix

22.01. DE Stuttgart - LKA Longhorn

23.01. NL Haarlem - Patronaat

24.01. FR Strasbourg - Laiterie

25.01. FR Paris - Trabendo

26.01. CH Pratteln - Z7

27.01. AT Innsbruck - Hafen

28.01. AT Wien - Gasometer

29.01. AT Linz - Posthof

30.01. SK Bratislava - Majestic Music Club

31.01. AT Graz - PPC

01.02. DE Frankfurt - Batschkapp

02.02. DE Bad Arolsen - Outback

03.02. DE Saarbrücken - Garage

04.02. DE München - Backstage

05.02. BE Antwerpen - Hof Ter Loo

06.02. NL Tilburg - O13

Further info, news and ticket-shop here:

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Legion Of The Damned - Hand of Darkness (New Video 2010)

"Descent Into Chaos" track listing: 

01. Descent Into Chaos

02. Night Of The Sabbath

03. War In My Blood

04. Shrapnel Rain

05. Holy Blood, Holy War

06. Killzone

07. Lord Of The Files

08. Desolation Empire

09. Hand Of Darkness

10. Repossessed

11. Legion Of The Damned (feat. Peter Tägtgren)

Limited-edition cover (includes extra track and bonus DVD):

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Legion Of The Damned - DVD trailer 2011

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Legion of the Damned - Descent Into Chaos

Full-length, Massacre Records

January 7th, 2011

Recorded and mixed in Abyss Studios of Peter Tägtgren

1. Intro - Descent Into Chaos

2. Desolation Empire

3. Holy Blood, Holy War

4. War Is In My Blood

5. Night Of The Sabbath

6. The Hand Of Darkness

7. Lord Of The Flies

8. Killzone

9. Possessed Again

10. Shrapnel Rain

Legion of the Damned

Genre(s)

Death/Thrash Metal

Lyrical theme(s)

Rage, Death, War, Nuclear Doom

Origin Formed in Current label Status

Netherlands (Geldrop) 2005 Massacre Records Active

Current line-up

Maurice Swinkels - Vocals (Bestial Summoning, Bethlehem (Deu))

Richard Ebisch - Guitar (Inhume)

Harold Gielen - Bass (Inhume, Disgorge (Nld), Mangled (Nld), Charlie Adler)

Erik Fleuren - Drums

Former/past member(s)

Bass:

Twan Fleuren (Disinfest)

Additional notes

Formerly known as Occult (Nld).

Birth dates:

Maurice Swinkels (14th May, Venlo, the Netherlands)

Richard Ebisch (3rd August, Helden, the Netherlands)

Harold Gielen (20th April, Horst, the Netherlands)

Erik Fleuren (13th November, Helden, the Netherlands)

Discography

Malevolent Rapture Full-length, 2006

Sons of the Jackal Full-length, 2007

Feel the Blade Full-length, 2008

Cult of the Dead Full-length, 2008

Full of Hate Best of/Compilation, 2009

Slaughtering... Live album, 2010

Descent Into Chaos Full-length, 2011

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