LEGION OF THE DAMNED: 'The Widow's Breed' Lyric Video

The official lyric video for “The Widow’s Breed”, a new song from the Dutch thrash/death/black metal outfit LEGION OF THE DAMNED, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming comeback album, “Slaves Of The Shadow Realm”, which will be released on January 4, 2019 via Napalm Records. The follow-up to 2014’s “Ravenous Plague” was produced by Andy Classen and merges the unadulterated fury of the early LEGION OF THE DAMNED years with the sophistication of a veteran band.

Vocalist Maurice Swinkels comments on the new record: “With our seventh 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!”

“Slaves Of The Shadow Realm” track listing:

01. The Widow’s 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