Artist: Legion
   Title: Legion
   Label: Z Records  

This year Z records has released the new Eden album and also the D’ercole release, both great hard rock albums, but not one to take miss a full advantage of the array of talent appearing on both releases, Mr. A has put together D’ercole vocalist Phil Vincent and Eden guitarist Vince O’Regan, along with Dianno’s Gavin Cooper on bass and fellow Dianno member Steve Hopgood on drums, for what has to be one of the finest albums to come out of Z Records stable for many a year.

Legion is hard rock at its finest, with Vincent sounding like a young Kip Winger and O’Regan doing what he does best on the six string, while Cooper and Hopgood lay down a solid rhythm section that whole Legion sound is built upon.

The album gets off to a fantastic start with ‘Leave Me Alone’, with O’Regan coming out of the corner swinging while Vincent powers out a great hard rock vocal.  The tempo and feel of the album is pure Hard Rock gold from beginning to end as the album continues to impress with the excellent ‘Trouble’.  This is old school rock at its finest, big riffs from O’Regan, a thunderous back beat all interwoven with Vincent’s fine vocals.

The tempo is brought down just a touch with ‘Caught In The Madness’.  The guitars on this one are so meaty they'll make a vegetarian weep, then it's back to the riff spewn Hard Rock with the superb ‘Coming For You’ and one of personal favourites off the album the stirring ‘Someday’.

It's all guns blazing once more with the stunning ‘Never Be The Same’.  This one really hits hard and fast as O’Regan lights up the fret board big style on this one.  Another of my favourites off the album has to be the multi-layered ‘Where Were You’, where Vincent really shines vocally, but it’s Hopgood and Cooper that really beef up this one with some excellent bass and drum work.

On ‘Too Late’ O’Regan lays down the big chunky riffs while Vincent wails like he was born to do, again very Wingeresque.  The tempo is brought back down a touch once more with the melodic ‘Deceiver’ before being brought back up with the hard edged ‘All The Way’.

The album boasts a European bonus track in ‘Damage Done’, which rounds off a great Hard Rock album and one that will make the Hard Rock community sit up and take notice for sure.  As I said before, this is one of the best albums to come out of Z Records for a long time and with the band signed up for a five album deal I can't wait for next album.  Definitely one to watch out for.

1. Leave Me Alone
2. Trouble
3. Caught In The Madness
4. Coming For You
5. Someday
6. Never Be The Same
7. Where Were You
8. Too Late
9. Deceiver
10. All The Way
11. Damage Done (European bonus track)

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