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"The Silver Key” is heavier, faster, but at the same more epic and melodic than their previous works. In the past the band was very often balancing between Power Metal and Heavy Metal, but here, there’s no doubt that we are talking about pure Heavy Metal. First few minutes of new album make it obvious that we’re dealing with worshippers of Metal gods such as JUDAS PRIEST or IRON MAIDEN, as the album is full of epic and catchy vocal lines, twin guitar leads, ripping solos and all of this with massive, yet very dynamic rhythm section. The band had very unique approach to songwriting and production which was almost like a tribute to the mentioned classic acts, but except that CRYSTAL VIPER decided to show their love for the Metal culture and its current state, and incorporated in their songs several new elements, characteristic for other subgenres.

BERZERKER LEGION was founded in 2016 by guitarists Tomas Elofsson (Hypocrisy) and Alwin Zuur (Asphyx) with a vision to create death metal of the most belligerent quality, they recruited a line-up of solid well-known musicians consisting of James Stewart (Vader) on drums, Jonny Pettersson (Wombbath) on vocals and Fredrik Isaksson (Dark Funeral) on bass to complete the Legion.<br/><br/>Alwin Zuur (guitars/songwriter) comments: « During 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.<br/><br/>Music wise our debut album 'Obliterate the Weak' displays the perfect balance between brutality, melody and harmony. Being a fan of the early 90's 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.<br/><br/>With our new album "Chaos Will Reign" we have further developed ourselves in our typical musical mix of melody and brutality. "Chaos Will Reign" sounds more professional, complete, massive and powerful thanks to Jonas Kjellgren's production . It has become the logical successor, a huge step forward compared to our debut album "Obliterate the Weak".<br/><br/>Saying the album songs transpire massively produced invigorating heavy death metal is an understatement.<br/><br/>BERZERKER LEGION knock out with warlike triumphant, powerfully addictive harmonies that will turn them into an unstoppable beast in a live situation and on record.<br/><br/>BERZERKER LEGION line up :<br/>Jonny Pettersson - Vocals<br/>Tomas Elofsson - Guitars<br/>Alwin Zuur - Guitars<br/>James Stewart - Drums<br/>Fredrik Isaksson - Bass

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