LEGEND is an Icelandic dark electronic rock band, an Icelandic duo,
having this as an electronic side project of their more well-known country/rock band Esja.
They use synths, skilled vocals for a very diverse sound.
Five years after Icelandic electronic-rock duo LEGEND released their debut album ‘Fearless’,
they are back with their second record ‘Midnight Champion’.
The dark synth style, new wave, introspective (post)-rock, dancefloor and elevator music to a
riffing metal-oriented track that’s on Midnight Champion.
Verdict: a half good album and more to come because there working on a new album
Good songs:
Cryptid
Frostbite
Time to Suffer
Adrift
Captive
Midnight Champion
Weak songs:
Scars
Liquid Rust
Gravestone
Children of the Element
nice quote from a interview with the leadsinger Krummi:
Lyrically “Midnight Champion” comes across as a sequel to “Fearless”, a continuation of that man’s story.
In “Fearless” his mind was dark and he lived out his impulses, but with just a hint of recognition and regret that he behaved the way he did (“I’m falling at your feet / And I’m praying in your name / I’m a sinner but there’s no one else to blame…” ). The opening track of “Midnight Champion”, “Cryptid”, introduces the female element that he seems to recognize as his salvation, though one he’s not worthy of, and the album feels like his struggle to become a better man, culminating with the closing song “Children of the Elements”. Do you see these two albums fitting together as part of a sort of narrative?
It´s interesting that you think it´s a mans journey and not a females journey. Or is it a journey at all? Of course everybody perceives a musical album differently. That´s why art is always interesting and an important element in our lives even if you don´t want it to be. Fearless is about the search and the journey and the things you learn on the way. MC*is about the death and resurrection. Doing the unthinkable to reach a level of immortality and truth. The rebirth. The new record is the perfect soundtrack for the world we live in today. Sinful, wicked and black hearted but also thoughtful, high minded.
