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Legion
The year 1994 brings for the city of Seini în maramures, under the line-up:
Rudolf Stander-voc., Otto Ulman-guit., Csaba Szolosy-bass and Ciprian Tarta -drums,
the first to adopt the power-metal sound. Between ‘97-’98, there is co-opted a second
guitar player in the person of Alex Papp (ex. Protest) and în '98, after Ciprian Tarta left
for the USA, his place is taken by Cosmin Cadar (ex. Protest), an extremely technique
drummer with a peculiar balance.
The period ‘95-’97 brings out 4 demos which were very wellcome by the specialized
mass-media and which “pushed” the
legionaries to the tops of the metal charts:
Vox
Pop Rock
Top 95- 5th place
Panoramic
R-TV
Top
96- 2nd place
Vox
Pop Rock
Top 96- 1st-3rd places
Radio
Sonic Cluj
Top 96-2nd place
Panoramic
RR-Tv
Top 97-3rd place
After having taken part to many festivals and concerts where the band got different
prizes, in 1999, Legion reaches their biggest success: that of signing a contract with
Promusic Prod from Cluj Napoca, for the first two products.An important contribution to
this success brought Poli Noveli, the bass player of Dirty Shirt, who replaced S. Csaba
between ‘97-’98 while
he was taken in the army.
In November ’99 the band finishes the first official material which is called “Marfă”.
It was recorded in Glas Transilvan Studio,
being mastered by Oliver Vegh.
Legion, the most interesting brutal power-metal group in the country, released the album
“Marfă” on the 13th of December '99, at Cluj-N., in a concert together with FUNERAL C.
and OBLIVION. The product was also released in Dej, Baia-Mare and Satu-Mare. As a
consequence of this success, Petre Magdin invited the group at the national television
sets to shoot the best 6 pieces of the album “Marfă” for his night show.
The album “Marfă” includes 10 tracks shaped in a brutal progressive power style
and it represents an insight into the world of
money, drugs and alcohol.
Discography: ____________________________________________
The Black List Demo
’95 – 6 tracks
Hang On
Demo ’96 --7 tracks
Live
Demo ’96 --7 tracks
Legion
4
Demo ’97 --6 tracks
Honours list: ____________________________________________
Young Rock for Young
‘95 Piatra Neamt 4th
place
Samus
Rock
‘95-‘96 Satu- Mare 3rd
place
Constelaţii Rock
‘96 R.Valcea special prize
Samus Rock
’96 Satu- Mare 1st
place
Posada Rock
’97 Campulung Muscel
2 place
Posada
Rock
'97
Satu Mare 2nd place
Posada
Rock
'97
Campulung
Muscel 2nd place
Posada
Rock
’98 Campulung Muscel AMI prize
Top T '99 Buzau 2 place
Present lineup:
Rudolf
Stander “
Rudi”– voce
Otto
Ulman – chitara
Csaba Szölösy-
bass
Cosmin
Cadar - tobe
