{"id":81230,"date":"2020-01-31T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T00:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=81230"},"modified":"2023-07-31T19:43:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:43:48","slug":"news-berzerker-legion-release-debut-studio-album-obliterate-the-weak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-berzerker-legion-release-debut-studio-album-obliterate-the-weak\/","title":{"rendered":"BERZERKER LEGION Release Debut Studio Album \u2018Obliterate The Weak\u2019 (January 31st, 2020) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

BERZERKER LEGION Release Debut Studio Album \u2018Obliterate The Weak\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nJanuary 31st, 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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European death metal band Berzerker Legion issued debut full-length studio album Obliterate The Weak<\/em> in Europe on January 31st, 2020 through Listenable Records. The label has scheduled North American release for February 14th.<\/p>\n

Guitarist Alwin Zuur commented: \u201cDuring the recent years Tomas and I met each other at shows and festivals regularly. Much of our conversations were about music and styles. During these meetings we found out that we really had a lot of common musical interests.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic wise Obliterate The Weak<\/em> displays the perfect balance between brutality, melody and harmony. Being a fan of the early 90s Swedish Gothenburg style, with bands like At The Gates, Eucharist, A Canorous Quintet, as well as being a die-hard fan of brutal old school death metal style with bands like Bolt Thrower, Obituary, I have always wanted to write songs showing a mix of such different death metal genres. The great musical cooperation between Tomas and me has made Obliterate The Weak<\/em> a variously solid diverse album where you can expect 11 songs of violent pounding riffing in a massive wall of sound mixed with immense melodies and thrilling harmonies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vocalist Jonny Pettersson explained: \u201cThe lyrical concept is based around how religion is poisoning the world, and even after so many years of evolution, development, we still have huge parts of the world that believes in a fairytale, people who believe that this fairytale is worth going to war over, worth killing for and uses as an excuse for truly malevolent acts. These are weak minded sheep that will do anything in the name of whatever god they believe in. Obliterate The Weak<\/em> draws from the will to eradicate all forms of religion and tells a story of atrocities made in the name of a fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cover artwork duties fell to Adi Dechristianize.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Rise Of The Berzerkers\u2019
\n02. \u2018A World In Despair\u2019
\n03. \u2018I Am The Legion\u2019
\n04. \u2018Of Blood And Ash\u2019
\n05. \u2018Obliterate The Weak\u2019
\n06. \u2018The Falling Dawn\u2019
\n07. \u2018The King Of All Masters\u2019
\n08. \u2018Upon The Throne Of Mortem\u2019
\n09. \u2018A Lurking Evil\u2019
\n10. \u2018In The Name Of The Father\u2019
\n11. \u2018Death Euphoria\u2019 (CD exclusive bonus track)<\/p>\n

Berzerker Legion\u2019s line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Jonny Pettersson (vocals, Wombbath)
\nTomas Elofsson (guitars, Hypocrisy)
\nAlwin Zuur (guitars, Asphyx)
\nFredrik Isaksson (bass, Dark Funeral)
\nJames Stewart (drums, Vader)<\/p>\n

Directed by Felix B\u00e4ckstr\u00f6m, a music video was filmed for the title track. The clip can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Christel Janssen.<\/em><\/p>\n