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Khaos Legions
Khaos Legions is the eighth studio album by Arch Enemy, the Swedish melodic death metal band, released in May 2011. It was their first set of brand new songs since Rise of the Tyrant, following a live CD/DVD recorded in Japan and The Root of All Evil, a collection of re-recorded older material. Four tracks got videos: "Yesterday Is Dead and Gone", "Bloodstained Cross", "Under Black Flags We March" and "Cruelty Without Beauty".
It also marks the end of an era. This was the last record with Angela Gossow on vocals before she moved into a business management role and Alissa White-Gluz took over in 2014, and the last with founding guitarist Christopher Amott, who left for the second time in 2012. It entered the Billboard 200 at number 78, the band's best showing there at that point, which makes it a handy snapshot of the line-up just before the changes.
Khaos Legions: tracklist and credits
14 tracks · 54:51Tracklist
- 1Khaos Overture (instrumental)Amott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson1:31
- 2Yesterday Is Dead and GoneAmott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson, Gossow4:21
- 3Bloodstained CrossAmott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson, Gossow4:49
- 4Under Black Flags We MarchAmott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson, Gossow4:41
- 5No Gods, No MastersAmott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson, Gossow4:17
- 6City of the DeadAmott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson, Gossow4:31
- 7Through the Eyes of a RavenAmott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson, Gossow5:09
- 8Cruelty Without BeautyAmott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson, Gossow4:59
- 9We Are a Godless Entity (instrumental)Amott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson1:34
- 10Cult of ChaosAmott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson, Gossow5:11
- 11Thorns in My FleshAmott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson, Gossow4:55
- 12Turn to Dust (instrumental)Amott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson0:39
- 13Vengeance Is MineAmott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson, Gossow4:09
- 14SecretsAmott, Amott, D’Angelo, Erlandsson, Gossow4:05
- Produced by
- Arch Enemy, Rickard Bengtsson
- Recorded at
- The Sweetspot Studio, Studio Landgren, Sweetspot Studio (Halmstad, Sweden), Studio Landgren 5.3 (Halmstad, Sweden)
- Recorded
- December 2010 – March 2011
- Mixed by
- Andy Sneap
- Engineered by
- Arch Enemy, Rickard Bengtsson, Staffan Karlsson
- Labels
- Shinigami Records, Century Media
- Length
- 54:51
Line-up
- Christopher Amott · guitar
- Michael Amott · guitar, background vocals
- Sharlee D’Angelo · bass guitar
- Daniel Erlandsson · drums (drum set)
- Staffan Karlsson · effects
- Per Wiberg · keyboard · guest
- Angela Gossow · vocals
- Mikkel Sandager · background vocals · guest
- Mats Johansson · analog synthesizer · guest
Singles
- “Yesterday Is Dead and Gone” · 22 April 2011
- “Bloodstained Cross” · 25 August 2011
- “Under Black Flags We March” · 29 April 2012
- “Cruelty Without Beauty” · 25 September 2012
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 2011-05-30 vs 2011-05-18 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 18 May 2011 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 30 May 2011 | |
| Wikidata | 2011 | |
| Deezer | 27 May 2011 | |
| US release | 7 June 2011 | earliest US date |
22 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | BR | Shinigami Records | 7898410006865 | other |
| 2011 | AR | Icarus Music | 5051099806320 | other |
| 2011 | TW | Magnum Music | 5051099806320 | other |
| 2011 | KR | Melodicpia | other | |
| 2011 | RU | Mazzar Records | other | |
| 2011 | MX | Century Media | 5051099806320 | other |
| 2011 | US | Century Media | 727701876320 | other |
| 18 May 2011 | JP | Trooper Entertainment | 4582352381014 | original |
| 27 May 2011 | DE | Century Media | 5051099806306 | other |
| 27 May 2011 | XW | Savage Messiah Music | 886443596719 | other |
| 30 May 2011 | DE | Century Media | 5051099806344 | other |
| 30 May 2011 | DE | Century Media | 5051099806320 | other |
| 30 May 2011 | DE | Century Media | 5051099806351 | other |
| 30 May 2011 | DE | Century Media | 5051099806351 | other |
| 30 May 2011 | DE | Century Media | 5051099806306 | other |
| 30 May 2011 | DE | Century Media | 5051099808614 | other |
| 7 June 2011 | US | Century Media | 727701878829 | other |
| 28 July 2023 | XE | Century Media | 196588145810 | other |
| 28 July 2023 | XE | Century Media | 196588145711 | other |
| 28 July 2023 | XE | Century Media | 196588145520 | other |
| 28 July 2023 | XE | Century Media | 196588145612 | other |
| 2025 | MX | Helvete Records | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 500×500 | upscaled |