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was mixed at The Mixing Lab by Gene Eugene and Bob Moon, and additional engineering was done by Drew
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Christian book stores throughout the United States in the summer of 1993, only weeks after its release. The song's lyrics deal with apocalyptical themes about the rise of the Beast with a gothic horror approach. Because of the controversy surrounding "Legion" in particular,
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is still not distributed in the United States as of today. As a statement to this, since 1993 whenever the band has performed live, Eric
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rated the album a full ten-out-of-ten as they could not find a mediocre song on the album. In 2005,
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575:Dean Forsyth – bass
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