After the untimely passing of Skull frontman Eric Wagner (Trouble), one of doom metal’s most notable and esteemed singers and songwriters, bassist and bandleader Ron Holzner (Trouble) contemplated long and hard on whether it would be possible to carry on. An idea was born after nine months and a lot of soul-searching.
“I’m not in this boat alone” recalls Holzner, “I decided I want to honor the memory of Eric by still playing some of the songs that he crafted, and ones that (guitarist) Lothar (Keller) and I wrote with him in The Skull. I want his spirit to become eternal through his words and melody.
And I also want to play many songs from the catalogs of everyone involved, all of whom have lost someone close and special that we have spent much time making and playing music with over the years.”
Alongside Holzner and Keller on a slate of upcoming singles and debut LP “All Good Things” (out Sept 13th ’24), and appearing at this show are drummer Henry Vasquez (The Skull, Saint Vitus, Blood Of The Sun), vocalists Karl Agell (Corrosion Of Conformity, Blind, Leadfoot, Lie Heavy), Scott Reagers (Saint Vitus), and recent recruit, guitarist Scott Little (Leadfoot, Blind). LEGIONS OF DOOM has come to exist with an all-star lineup of some of Doom’s most prestigious figureheads, here to share their ultimate heavy truth, taking the genre from what is known into uncharted territories with hope and patience.
