| Khaos Legions | ||||
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| Released | 30 May 2011[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 2010 – March 2011 | |||
| Studio | Sweetspot Studio (Halmstad, Sweden) Studio Landgren 5.3 (Halmstad, Sweden) | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 54:55 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Arch Enemy, Rickard Bengtsson | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Jukebox:Metal | [4] |
| Metalholic | 9/10[5] |
| Thrash Hits | [6] |
| Thrash Magazine | 8.1/10[7] |
Khaos Legions is the eighth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. It was released on May 30, 2011, by Century Media. The record marks a return to new, original material, after releasing the Tyrants of the Rising Sun - Live in Japan live CD/DVD (2008) and The Root of All Evil (2009) which consisted of a selection of re-recorded songs from the band's back catalog. It is the band's ninth album counting the compilation.
Khaos Legions debuted at number 78 on the Billboard 200, selling around 6,000 copies. This surpasses both Doomsday Machine and Rise of the Tyrant, making it the band's highest-charting effort so far.[8]
The album's single is "Yesterday Is Dead and Gone", and music videos have been released for "Yesterday Is Dead and Gone", "Bloodstained Cross", "Under Black Flags We March" and "Cruelty Without Beauty". This would be the band's last album with founding member and guitarist Christopher Amott before he parted ways with the band for the second time in March 2012 to be replaced by former Arsis guitarist Nick Cordle. It is also the last album with singer Angela Gossow before she stepped down as vocalist in March 2014 to be succeeded by the Agonist singer Alissa White-Gluz, and Gossow switched to be the band's business manager.
- ^ "Arch Enemy - Free song download [Ended]". centurymedia.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ "Khaos Legions by Arch Enemy". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ Freeman, Phil. Arch Enemy: Khaos Legions at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ "Jukebox:Metal review". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "CD Review: ARCH ENEMY ~ Khaos Legions : Metalholic". Metalholic.co. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Album: Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions". Thrash Hits. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Album: Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions". Thrash Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ "Arch Enemy Announces "Khaos Legions" First Week Chart Position". SMNnews.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2011.