Les Légions Noires
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| Les Légions Noires | |
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| Origin | France |
| Genre(s) | Black metal Dark ambient Ambient noise |
| Years active | 1987 – Present |
| Label(s) | Drakkar Productions Embassy Productions End All Life Productions Full Moon Productions Tragic Empire Records |
| Members | |
| Lord Aäkon Këëtrëh Lord Beleth'Rim Vordb Bathor Ecsed Worlok Drakksteim Wlad Drakksteim |
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| Former members | |
| Dark Wizzard of Silence Krissagrazabeth Lord Meyhna'ch Lord Ogvdreb Lord Urvdrem Mørdrëd |
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Les Légions Noires (also known as The Black Legions in English, or simply abbreviated to LLN) is a group of French underground black metal musicians and their bands. The bands involved limited their releases to very small numbers, and distributed them among friends and close workers. Because of this, Les Legions Noires' releases have become extremely obscure, expensive, and rare among collectors[citation needed].
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[edit] Overview
The Black Legions started out in 1987 when some of the members were still in high school, although no music was produced during this period.[citation needed] Later on the members started creating music and recruiting others with a similar mindset to join the circle. The group ended up making many releases and bands with the few members that came and went.[citation needed]
[edit] Bootlegs
The Black Legions are arguably the most bootlegged out of any black metal bands.[citation needed] Few releases circulating on eBay are considered valid, other than the ones that were pressed on approved labels such as Drakkar Productions, Embassy Productions and Tragic Empire Records.[citation needed] Many of the bootlegs are compilations or bear covers taken from the 1995 magazine The Black Plague - First Chapter (And Maybe Last One), a magazine pressed by Meyhna'ch featuring interviews with most of the members during that period of time.[citation needed] However, some labels such as End All Life Productions have re-released some of Mütiilation's recordings with the collaboration of Meyhna'ch.
[edit] Fakes and parodies
Some fans even tried to re-create some of the views and release them under the circle's banner, while bands such as Boreb, Lepetitgrëgorytvrezorkre, and Vorlevrunkzrevborposphinctre are single members parodying The Black Legions.[citation needed] Others have tried to re-create circles mimicking the ethos The Black Legions, and have occasionally been mistaken for actual LLN bands.[citation needed] MySpace has become a launching point for many of these groups.[citation needed] One example of this phenomenon is En Culteu Noirev, a group including bands such as Mortogtre and Black Plague, who actually created a Black Legions-style ersatz language for their band names and releases.[citation needed] Another group is Movretmakre Indvlrihbrost Anderkrasüp, which includes bands such as Trörkrvisätänsrökrëh, and The Hate Korp.[citation needed].
Many French bands have also been mislabeled as Black Legions for resemblance in their style and artwork.[citation needed] This is the case for many post-1995 Meyhna'ch bands such as Gestapo 666, Hell Militia and Malicious Secrets. Even the Finnish band Satanic Warmaster has the same problem, for using Black Legions-like symbols on his album covers and homepage.
[edit] Bands and projects
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| Project name | AäK | BLT | VRD | WOR | WLD | NFL | NAI | D.K. | MYH | KRS | ADS | Releases |
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| Aäkon Këëtrëh | ┿ | 3 demos | ||||||||||
| Amaka Hahina | ┿ | 3 demos, 1 cd | ||||||||||
| Belathuzur | (┿) | dr | 2 demos | |||||||||
| Belketre | ┿ | ┿ | 4 demos, 1 cd | |||||||||
| Black Murder | ┿ | ┿ | ┿ | 2 demos | ||||||||
| Brenoritvrezorkre | (vo,gt,dr) | ┿ | dr | 4 demos | ||||||||
| Dzlvarv | ┿ | 1 demo | ||||||||||
| Moëvöt | ┿ | ┿ | 7 demos | |||||||||
| Mogoutre | ┿ | ┿ | 1 demo | |||||||||
| Mütiilation | ┿ | (dr) | 1 cd, 1 ep | |||||||||
| Satanicum Tenebrae | all | 3 demos | ||||||||||
| Seviss | ┿ | 2 demos | ||||||||||
| Susvourtre | dr | vo,ba | 1 demo | |||||||||
| Torgeist | gt | gt,vo | ba | dr | 3 demos ,1 cd | |||||||
| Vermeth | all | 1 cd | ||||||||||
| Vagézaryavtre | ┿ | 1 demo | ||||||||||
| Vérmyapre Kommando | ba | gt,vo,dr | (dr) | 1 demo | ||||||||
| Vlad Tepes | ba,vo | vo,gt,dr | (dr) | (dr) | 10 demos, 2 cds | |||||||
| Vzaeurvbtre | ┿ | ┿ | 3 demos |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Metal-Archives Information about some of the LLN bands
- Drakkar Productions
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