Legion of the Damned announce new album ‘Slaves of the Shadow Realm’

LEGION OF THE DAMNED have announced a new album!

The new album, titled Slaves of the Shadow Realm, is the seventh effort from the Dutch death/thrashers and is scheduled to be released in January next year.

The upcoming album arrives after a five year wait since their last record, Ravenous Plague, and speaking about their upcoming record, vocalist Maurice Swinkels says, “with our 7th 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, Cult of the Dead, Feel the Blade, Ravenous Plague, Sons of the Jackal and Descent into Chaos. 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!”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming record. Both of which are available to view below:

Track List: 

01 The Widows 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

Slaves of the Shadow Realm is set for release on January 4th via Napalm Records.

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