LEGION666/BOMBSTRIKE - TEMPLE OF BLASPHEMY SPLIT 7"

A burly pair up for such a very small piece of wax, how do they fit it all on that very small 7”? BOMBSTRIKE return with more skullcrushing Swedish crust, much like SKITSYSTEM. LEGION666 are more metallic (with a name like that who would have guessed?) and the tracks rip even harder than their previous split with SICK TERROR. All and all a completely solid release and should be enjoyed at loud volumes.
-Maximumrocknroll

Now this is how a split 7” should look – as in you know what the bands are, and you can tell their names and which side is which and you don’t have to decide which one you’re going to have facing you cause both are on the “cover.” I’m already obsessed with Canadian LEGION666 who are a rad crusty punk metal band. Think VENOM, BATHORY with Scandi-punk and AMEBIX influences. They do a CRUDE S.S. cover here along with an original with the kind of epic dark lyrics that I’m a sucker for. Thick, heavy, and pummeling with an underlying crusty groove. This fucking rules. BOMBSTRIKE are from Sweden and play a bit more of the classic style of raging hardcore we’ve come to expect. Guitar driven, with a pummeling and galloping energy, gruff vocals, and those guitar patterns that just pull you along. This is a great split.
-Slug & Lettuce

Sweden’s best kept secrets, BOMBSTRIKE, deliver the goods again with a healthy dose of hasty, raw as well as ultimately thundering bulldozerthrash with a soloist who seems to eat rusty nails for breakfast. These two offensives are just mindboggling Northern European punk in the vein of TOTALITAR meets old DISFEAR and that being said, after their “Kaos och djavulskap” LP/CD (’02) plus the “Livets laga slocknar” 7” (’03), this powerhouse continues to leave me speechless! LEGION666 are the (!) embodiment when we’re talking about a perfectly executed mix of fierce metal and wicked crusty hardcore, full stop! Man, if you don’t believe me, go and check out the “Hell at last” 7”, the “…and man will be the hunted” split LP w/ SICK TERROR, the “Kiss the goat” CD, the “Yellow Dog Records compilation CDR one” CDR or the Toronto City omnibus LP and you’ll be a LEGION666 devotee within seconds, that’s a promise! Anyway, LEGION666 are dishing up a dark, cruel and completely downtuned, intense crustmetal with a singer who spits out gallons of venomous poison! Shit, both tracks, “Pessimistic skies” plus a CRUDE S.S. cover (Blue eyed devils), have the ability to turn whole capitals into ruins! Get this jewel, it would mean something to me!
-Warprayer #129

BOMBSTRIKE do Swedish fucking kang! They continue to amaze me with the same bulldozing brutality offered on the LP and past 7”. Stop waiting for the new SKITSYSTEM album and get this instead, you will not be sorry! LEGION666 are, as the name hints, very dark. Darker than BOMBSTRIKE, but with the same forcing crusty hardcore. I’m probably overusing the word here in the distro list, but this is still fucking b-r-u-t-a-l!
-Attackfanzine.net

Legion 666 start out side A with a killer their brutally heavy Swedish inspired crust. It starts out slow and crescendos into a burning spirits paced type track. Then there is a film out take about satan which leads into an incredible Crude SS cover. Asafoetida’s vocals sound particular evil with the echo effects on his vocals. This is the best Legion 666 material I have heard to date. The flipside has two originals by Sweden’s Bombstrike. Both tracks are a continuation of the TRAGEDY like crustie d-beat that was committed to on “Kaos och Djavulskap”. It makes sense that Legion 666 would do a split with a Swedish band. I prefer the Legion 666 side but that’s because I am more used to hearing these songs. Both bands are outstanding at what they do. (Schizophrenic Records / 17 West 4th Street / Hamilton, ON / L9C 3M2 / www.schizophrenicrex.com) – SP – Rank: 4/5
-Full Contact

Crude Swedish hardcore from BOMBSTRIKE on here with the opener sounding somewhat melodic ala the KONTROVERS album from awhile back. Track number two delivers more of what I expected: doomsday-ridden d-beat with a load of power to shoot at you. Canada’s LEGION 666 offer up much of the same with a heavy Swede-core influence and a CRUDE SS cover of “Blue Eyed Devils”.

- Short Fast and Loud #12