Legions (album)

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Legions
Artillery - Legions.jpg
Studio album by
Released26 November 2013
RecordedMedley Studio, April–July 2013
Genre Thrash metal
Length55:19
Label Metal Blade Records
Producer Søren Andersen
Artillery chronology
My Blood
(2011)
Legions
(2013)
Penalty by Perception
(2016)

Legions is the seventh studio album by Danish thrash metal band Artillery, released on 26 November 2013 on Metal Blade Records. It is the first Artillery album to feature vocalist Michael Bastholm Dahl and drummer Josua Madsen. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Chill My Bones (Burn My Flesh)"6:06
2."God Feather"5:13
3."Legions"4:37
4."Wardrum Heartbeat"5:52
5."Global Flatline"6:57
6."Dies Irae"4:54
7."Anno Requiem"4:14
8."Enslaved to the Nether"5:28
9."Doctor Evil"5:53
10."Ethos of Wrath"6:05
Total length:55:19
Japanese Version Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
11."The Almighty" 
12."Eternal War" 
13."Bombfood" (Live 2013) 
14."Khomaniac" (Live 2013) 

[2]

Personnel

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