Legion in Popular Culture - in Music

In Music

• The band Testament calls its fans the Testament Legions, which is also in the URL of their official site.
• The Greek band Rotting Christ has a song on its album "Genesis" entitled "Under The Name of Legion"
• The black metal band Marduk wrote a song entitled "Legion" using the line "My name is legion, for we are many in here"
• The quote 'My name is Legion' and two lines later 'We are many' is used in the song 'Ghost in the Firewall' by Progressive Rock band Arena.
• "My Name is Legion" is a song by Electric Hellfire Club from the album "Witness The Millennium". There is a line stating, "My name is Legion: for I'm many".
• The death metal band Arch Enemy made a song called "Nemesis" with the line "We are legion, Voice of anarchy This is revolution Creating new disorder"
• In a Black Sabbath song called "I" appears a line, "I am Legion, strength in numbers a lie, the number is one"
• The Demons & Wizards song "Crimson King" contains the line, "I am Legion." This song is actually about Stephen King's Dark Tower where Randall Flagg is one of the villains.
• Legion is the name of a song by Theatre of Hate
• Legion is also the name of a song by Gothic Metal band Saviour Machine
• Drum & Bass musician Breakage released a song entitled 'The 9th Hand' on Planet Mu in 2006 which contained the sample, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
• "Mi nombre es Legión" ("My name is Legion", in Spanish) is a song by Spanish band Siniestro Total, written for the soundtrack of El día de la bestia (The Day of The Beast), a movie by director Álex de la Iglesia. Its opening line says "My name is Legion/for we are many, we are multitude".
• The Severed Heads song Legion opens with the line "My name is Legion."
• Legion is also the name of the second release by Death Metal band Deicide.
• A hardstyle song by Hellraiser & The Engineer, was titled "Legion (For We Are Many)"
• The HammerFall song "Legion" from the Album No Sacrifice, No Victory contains the line "My name is Legion, for we are many", including the intro where it's spoken with a deep demon voice.
• Marian Gold's song "Missionary," from his United album, contains the lyrics, "I'm not the one you're listening to, while I sit here in front of you/ My name is Legion, don't you know?," apparently as a description of a crusading psychiatrist possessed by a spirit of cruelty and domination.
• Legion is also a name of the song by Flёur. It uses the word "legion" as a metaphor of a person that is obsessed about somebody and stalks it everywhere.
• "Ich bin viele" (German for I'm many) is a song by Eisregen. The refrain says: "Denn ich bin viele... Mein Name ist Legion" which is German for "for I'm many... my name is Legion"
• "Der Fuerst der Finsternis" is a song by the German musical project E Nomine. Two lines state: "Mein Name ist Legion, denn wir sind viele" which is German for "My name is legion, for we are many".
• House and techno artist Felix da Housecat in 1996 released the single "Legion for we are many" under his alias Aphrohead.
• The Mountain Goats recorded a song on the 2004 album We Shall All Be Healed titled "Pigs That Ran Straightaway Into the Water, Triumph Of," a reference to the biblical story of Legion.
• The phrase 'I am Legion for we are many' is also used in Warren of Snares, a song by post-hardcore band Fall of Efrafa.
• All That Remains's album For We Are Many can be seen as a reference to Legion.
• The phrase 'My name is Legion, for we are many' is used as the chorus for the song 'The Black Wind' by Metalcore band The Nuclear Option
• In The Mars Volta's song "Metatron" there is one verse in which appears: " "I am Legion, said the pen" ".