Sons of the Jackal is a 2007 album by thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

/death metal

Death metal

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 band Legion of the Damned

Legion of the Damned (band)

Legion of the Damned is a thrash metal/death metal band from the Netherlands. The band was formed in 2004 following the demise of Occult and the departure of former singer Rachel Heyzer. Lyrically the band tend to focus on horror motifs, dark occult and religious themes and apocalyptic events...

. Lyrical themes on the album include horror motifs, the devastation of nuclear war and occult and religious ideas and actions. Unusually for a Western

Western culture

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 metal album some lyrics draw on Islamic eschatology

Eschatology

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 and history in places ("Alamut

Alamut

Alamut was a mountain fortress located in the South Caspian province of Daylam near the Rudbar region in Iran, approximately 100 kilometres from present-day Tehran, Iran...

 awake,
Hear its divine call, I am incarnate, The breath of Dajjal

Dajjal

al-Masih ad-Dajjal , is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology. He is to appear pretending to be Masih at a time in the future, before Yawm al-Qiyamah , directly comparable to the figures of the Antichrist and Armilus in Christian and Jewish eschatology, respectively.-Name: is a common Arabic word ...

" from "Atomicide") and make equal attacks of both Mohammed and Jesus Christ ("I tear out the eyes of Jesus, As he hangs upon the cross, I blind the face of Mohammed, And throw his body to the boards" from "Ten Horns Arise"). The song Son of the Jackal is a reference to the Anti-Christ character of Damien

Damien Thorn

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 in the Omen

The Omen

An original score for the film, including the movie's theme song Ave Satani, was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, for which he received the only Oscar of his long career. The score features a strong choral segment, with a foreboding Latin chant...

 horror movies, who was born in such a manner. Sons of the Jackal peaked at #54 on the German albums chart.

Track listing

1. "Son of the Jackal" - 3:52
2. "Undead Stillborn" - 3:59
3. "Avenging Archangel" - 3:28
4. "Death Is My Master (Slay for Kali
   Kali
   ' , also known as ' , is the Hindu goddess associated with power, shakti. The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Kali means "the black one". Since Shiva is called Kāla - the eternal time, Kālī, his consort, also means "Time" or "Death" . Hence, Kāli is...
   
   )" - 5:09
5. "Sepulchral Ghoul" - 4:19
6. "Seven Heads They Slumber" - 1:59
7. "Infernal Wrath" - 4:07
8. "Atomicide" - 3:18
9. "Ten Horns Arise" - 3:31
10. "Diabolist" - 3:40

Personnel

• Maurice Swinkels – vocals
  Singing
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• Richard Ebisch – guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Harold Gielen – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Erik Fleuren – drums
  Drum kit
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External links

• Official website
• Legion of the Damned at Massacre Records
  Massacre Records
  Massacre Records is an independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany.The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. The label is specialized on bands of the harder varieties of metal...