| Immortal Legacy | ||||
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| Released | February 24, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Label | SPV | |||
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Immortal Legacy is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Hirax, released on February 24, 2014. It is the first album since the 1980s to feature a four-piece band. It is also the final album to feature Jorge Iacobellis and Lance and Steve Harrison. [1]
A music video was made for the song "Hellion Rising". [2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Black Smoke" | 4:35 |
| 2. | "Hellion Rising" | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Victims of the Dead" | 3:07 |
| 4. | "Thunder Roar, the Conquest, La boca de la bestia - The Mouth of the Beast" | 4:54 |
| 5. | "Earthshaker" (Instrumental) | 0:44 |
| 6. | "Tied to the Gallows Pole" | 4:05 |
| 7. | "Deceiver" | 3:42 |
| 8. | "Immortal Legacy" | 4:40 |
| 9. | "S.O.W." (Instrumental) | 0:57 |
| 10. | "Violence of Action" | 3:36 |
| 11. | "Atlantis (Journey to Atlantis)" (Instrumental) | 1:30 |
| 12. | "The World Will Burn" | 2:07 |
| Total length: | 38:02 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mephistopheles" | 5:16 |
| Total length: | 43:18 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mass Hysteria" | 3:45 |
| Total length: | 41:47 | |
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