Khao's Legions
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2011 |
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| Label (s) | Century Media | |||
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14th |
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54 min 55 sec |
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Khaos Legions is the eighth album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy . It was released on May 30, 2011 by Century Media in Europe and a few days later in North America. It is the last album of the band with the singer Angela Gossow and the guitarist Christopher Amott .
production
The album was produced by Arch Enemy and Rickard Bengtsson . The latter has already worked with the band on the album Doomsday Machine . The recordings took place in the Sweet Spot Studio in Sweden.
publication
In an interview Angela Gossow announced that the album would be released on May 30, 2011 in Europe and on June 7 in North America. The cover was designed by artist Brent Elliott White, who already designed covers for Megadeth .
A single was released called Yesterday Is Dead and Gone . In addition, videos were produced for this song as well as for Bloodstained Cross , Under Black Flags We March and Cruelty Without Beauty .
Track list
The pieces were composed by Michael Amott, Christopher Amott, Daniel Erlandsson and Sharlee D'Angelo. The lyrics were written by Angela Gossow.
| Khaos Legions - Standard Edition | |||
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| No. | title | text | length |
| 1. | Khao's overture | Instrumental | 1:31 |
| 2. | Yesterday Is Dead and Gone | Angela Gossow | 4:22 |
| 3. | Bloodstained Cross | Angela Gossow | 4:49 |
| 4th | Under Black Flags We March | Angela Gossow | 4:41 |
| 5. | No Gods, No Masters | Angela Gossow | 4:14 |
| 6th | City of the Dead | Angela Gossow | 4:31 |
| 7th | Through the Eyes of a Raven | Angela Gossow | 5:09 |
| 8th. | Cruelty Without Beauty | Angela Gossow | 4:59 |
| 9. | We Are a Godless Entity | Instrumental | 1:34 |
| 10. | Cult of Chaos | Angela Gossow | 5:11 |
| 11. | Thorns in My Flesh | Angela Gossow | 4:55 |
| 12. | Turn to Dust | Instrumental | 0:39 |
| 13. | Vengeance Is Mine | Angela Gossow | 4:09 |
| 14th | Secrets | Angela Gossow | 4:05 |
| Overall length: | 54:55 | ||
| Khaos Legions - Japanese Version | ||||
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| No. | title | text | music | length |
| 15th | The zoo | Rudolf Schenker , Klaus Meine | Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine | 4:42 |
| 16. | Snow Bound | Acoustic | Michael Amott, Christopher Amott | 1:41 |
| Overall length: | 61:18 | |||
| Khaos Legions - Media Book Version | ||
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| No. | title | length |
| 15th | Warning | 2:45 |
| 16. | Wings of Tomorrow | 3:15 |
| 17th | The Oath | 4:14 |
| 18th | The Book of Heavy Metal | 4:17 |
| Overall length: | 69:26 | |
reception
In the first week around 6,000 units of the album were sold in the USA. It surpassed all of its predecessors.
The album was largely approved of by the press. Thorsten Zahn from Metal Hammer praised the mix of styles, which is evident in aggressive death metal pieces, instrumental pieces and rock sequences. Metal Injection's Jeremy Ulrey also praised the diversity of the songs. Vocally, however, this variation leaves a lot to be desired.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Angela Gossow: Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions studio report part 2. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on January 18, 2015 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Arch Enemy Frontwoman Talks New Album In First Part Of LOUD TV Interview. April 17, 2011, accessed January 18, 2015 .
- ^ Arch Enemy Announces "Khaos Legions" First Week Chart Position. (No longer available online.) June 17, 2011, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on January 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thorsten Zahn: Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions. In: Metal Hammer . Axel Springer SE , May 27, 2011, accessed on January 18, 2015 .
- ↑ Jeremy Ulrey: CD Review: ARCH ENEMY Khaos Legions. In: Metal Injection . Metal Injection , June 5, 2011, accessed January 18, 2015 .
