LEGION/SICK TERROR LP - AND MAN WILL BE THE HUNTED

Sick Terror, from Brazil, play scathing hardcore punk at a fast speed—blazing guitar and bass, scampering drums and agitated vocals, along with politically-oriented lyrics that paint a dark picture of life in their country—corrupt politicians, oppressive religion and police. Half a dozen of the songs are covers, from such bands as Olho Seco, Inocentes and No For An Answer. Legion dish out more thrash metal/hardcore cross-pollination nastiness. Not quite as well as on their album “Kiss The Goat,” but still pretty vicious and heavy-sounding. “Tragic Serenades” includes more Celtic Frost puns than you can shake a stick at. The cover art, with skeleton-headed vixens, will piss off the prudes.
-Suburban Voice

It's so nice when you KNOW you are going to love a record before you even take it out of the sleeve. Brasil's SICK TERROR are phenomenal brutal thrash. These songs pick up right where last year's CD left off, and on their side we get covers of songs by A_AO DIRETA, NO FOR AN ANSWER and NUCLEAR DEATH, along with originals (14 songs in all), that do not let up for even a second. I am so incredibly excited about seeing this band in Brazil this spring. Canada's LEGION666 are still metal, a fact that brings a smile to my face as the open E intro and the completely blown out recording start off their side of the record. Slow to fast and back again, total down tuned metal hardcore. Awesome stuff once again. And should I mention that there are naked skeleton girls on the cover? Yes, I should.
-MaximumRockNRoll

SICK TERROR from Brazil get things rolling with a get-up-and-go style early American sounding hardcore not unlike OUT COLD. Their lyrics are a jarring look at the underbelly of third world living with songs like "Your Funeral will be our party" and "Still Slaves". They throw in lots of covers paying homage to OLHO SECO, PERSONAL CHOICE, and NO FOR AN ANSWER to name a few. Upon listening to the whole side the mix of speed, sometimes at blinding speeds, left me with a VITAMIN X feel. It's incredible. LEGION666 drop some more of their brooding style metal-core. The overall sound is a little flatter and thinner sounding than "Kiss the Goat". Songs have better edits and mix together in a more unified fashion. And they deliver a great version of POISON IDEA's "A.A.". Lots of awesome things to this unlikely pairing.
-Equalizing X Distort

I've been in that fast punk rock mode lately and was sent a copy of this awesome split. SICK TERROR hail from Brazil and unleash a fury of fast and heavy punk numbers that make you pretend that you are doing stage dives using your couch. They provide with plenty, with fourteen songs that makes me apeshit for how good it sounds to my angry head. LEGION666 hail from Canada and give you a reason to head-bang. Double bass drums, intricate guitar riffing that sounds dark, tuned low, and vocals that sound so evil that the singer's crying from singing in such a low tone. Fans of death metal should check this out. Its mixture of old school speed metal, death metal, and crust makes this a nice, sinister representation of your dark side. Odd combination for these two bands but it can introduce a new fan to each other's scene. Don't be cheap, send out the $10 to get this!
-Razorcake

SICK TERROR (Brazil) spew forth intense thrash/hardcore punk while LEGION666 from Canada deal out Skuld-style crustcore. This works out to be a great pairup with a layout that can't help but be compared to early Pusmort releases... essential.
-Hardcore Holocaust

Ripping hardcore from Brazil's SICK TERROR, lots of snap and bite...sound American. Canada's LEGION are some crafty evil-doers, playing metalled-out hardcore with Scandi influences. This came out awhile ago but there must be copies left. Worth every satanic penny.
-Short Fast + Loud

Sick Terror has set up quite some name by now, with their fast raw thrashy Brazilian Hardcore. Of course, since they are a great band and nice people. After two EPs (Peste Catolica and Aborto Legal) this split LP shows up. It's not all new recordings. In fact it has all the songs on the Peste Catolica EP, plus 7 more. 14 Songs in total, from which 6 covers from Olho Seco, Lobotomia, Personal Choice, Acao Direta, Inocentes and No for an Answer. You better can look for this LP, than the Peste Catolica 7", since it has more songs, you don't have to flip over for the second part, and you get six songs in a row by Legion 666 on the B-side. Legion 666 is a Crust-metal band from Canada. Crust-metal? Yeah, a mix between Crust and Black/Death-Metal. Fast Crust parts are altered with slower metal-riffs, and grunting voice and also lyrics and artwork inspired by Black/Death-Metal bands. I did read in an interview they cover bands like Crude SS, Bathory and Sodom. On this release they cover A.A. by Poison Idea. The sound is not at its best and the voice is not at its best, but they know how to play good crusty riffs and overall it's a good listen. A good release in all.
- UPS #9

Schizophrenic Records bezeichnen diese Split LP als „God hating hardcore from Canada and Brasil“. Ich auch!! Ende der Kritik!!! Okay, ich will mal nicht so sein und schreibe noch das ein oder andere Sätzchen über dieses Kaliber von einem geteilten Album. LEGION 666 konnten mich bereits mit ihrer ’99er „Hell at last“ 7“ begeistern, aber ihre folgende ’01er „Kiss the goat“ CD ist eine dermaßen geniale Angelegenheit, die mich nicht nur schlichtweg um meinen versoffenen Verstand gebracht hat; nein, nein – dieser Berserker hat es auch gleich noch in meine Shitlist 2001 gebracht und da stehen wirklich nur astreine Klopper drin. Diese sechs Stücke, darunter auch „A.A.“ von POISON IDEA (das war auf deren unglaublicher ’84er „Record collectors are pretentious assholes“ Meister-LP) gehen zum Glück völlig erbarmungslos in die Richtung der „Kiss the goat“ CD und das heißt, dass dir hier zügiger, knallharter, extrem brachialer und schwer Black Metal beeinflusster Deaththrash mit einem komplett heiseren, gemeingefährlichen Frontgrowler sämtliche Gehirnwindungen glattzieht. Wahnsinn, selbst „A.A.“ klingt wie lupenreiner Blackthrash und obwohl ich mit diesem Stil normalerweise eigentlich nicht so viel anfangen kann, höre ich mir diesen Killer jetzt schon das achte (!!) mal hintereinander an, also kannst du sicher sein, dass LEGION 666 einfach nur noch abräumen!! Die Brasilianer von SICK TERROR haben letztes Jahr mit ihrer „Peste católica“ MCD ein hervorragendes Debüt hingelegt und ich war mächtig gespannt, ob die den hohen Standard ihres Erstlings halten könnten. Um es vorwegzunehmen: SICK TERROR haben es tatsächlich geschafft, aber das war auch nicht sonderlich schwierig, denn neben sämtlichen zehn Tracks der „Peste católica“ MCD gibt es hier „nur noch“ vier weitere Coversongs zu bestaunen. Schade eigentlich, denn ich hätte wirklich gerne neues Material von denen gehört. Egal, rein musikalisch gesehen möbeln sich SICK TERROR durch absolut geilen, rasend schnellen, knüppeligen Thrashcore mit entsprechendem Shouting und da die insgesamt sechs nachgespielten Stücke, die da wären „Campos de morte“ von OLHO SECO, „Só os mortos nao reclamam“ von LOBOTOMIA, „Trust yourself“ von PERSONAL CHOICE, „O novo grito“ von ACAO DIRETA, „Para morte nuclear“ der INOCENTES und „You laugh“ von NO FOR AN ANSWER komplett regeln, kann ich die „... and man will be the hunted“ Split LP auch wegen SICK TERROR bedenkenlos weiterempfehlen. Geiler Shit hier!!
-Eye Witness # 48

SICK TERROR still fast and angry HC from Brasil, but LEGION666 is my killer band! Great black metal HC from Canada. I love them – the best lyrics ever and the song…check this.
-Yellowdog Distro