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Metalegion 3

Highlights on this issue range from features with some of the top acts of the metal scene, like Aura Noir, Memoriam, Destruction, Cannibal Corpse or Satyricon but also covering underground gems like Necros Christos, Ad Hominem, Black Altar, Undersave or the Serbian black metal flag beares The Stone to state just a few.

It also features an extensive 4 page feature with well-known logo designer Christophe Szpjadel where he explains in full everything that new bands should have in mind about logo designing, and a retrospective of his long career, highlighting obviously, the Emperor period.

Plus all sort of regular sections and a 78 minutes sampler CD featuring songs from bands that will satiate your headbanging needs

AURA NOIR
thrash metal has again taken an almost lead role in the metal scene, strangely even in countries where blackness was the primordial aspect… Norway might not be the first country referred to when talking about thrash, but during the years bands like Aura Noir, Nocturnal Breed, and even Darkthrone have channelled the fans’ attention towards a scene that was once grim and destructive

MEMORIAM
thinkers are a real threat in so-called developed societies, claims Karl Willetts

NECROS CHRISTOS
with their third album, Mors Dalos Ra, the founder member, casts his last spell

THE STONE
Serbians raise the flag of sinister black metal

ENDLESS
after years of solo strife, brutality is now served as duo

ABYSMAL GRIEF
fusing horror textures with doom-driven eerie melodies

VORACIOUS SCOURGE
with well known musicians makes for a killer newcomer

DESTRUCTION
Schmier unveils the difficulties of self-releasing

AD HOMINEM
militant black metal aiding the eradication of all

DRUKNROLL
blending a myriad of styles with a progressive edge

CHRISTOPHE SZPJADEL
Emperor’s logo designer reveals decades of experience

KYTERION
anonymous black metal act playing with a deadly feel

MACABRE DECAY
Swedish death metal with a touch of personality

CANNIBAL CORPSE
keeping on exploring what they do best, they never disappoint

CARDIAC ARREST
rotten US death metal that will leave a pestilential stench

BLACK ALTAR
when death is stared down with an auspicious smile

EXEKUTION
if the worst is simply the best no one can complain

UNDERSAVE
tales of mental rearrangement and labyrinthine death metal

EKPYROSIS
primal chaos restored after cyclical cosmic oblivion

SATYRICON
one of the resilient acts of the Norwegian black metal scene

SOLFERNUS
Root’s bass player resurrects long-time, put on hold, project