Formed in 1992 in the Netherlands, death metal and thrash band Occult was
founded by vocalist Maurice Swinkels, drummer Erik Fleuren, guitarist Leon
Pennings, and bassist Sjors Tuithof. They issued their debut album, Prepare to
Meet Thy Doom, in 1994, and followed that up with a series of albums including
The Enemy Within (1996), Of Flesh and Blood (1999), Rage to Revenge (2001), and
Elegy for the Weak (2003). The group had gone through several line-up changes
and, in 2005, they changed their name to Legion of the Damned and released their
first album under that name, Malevolent ...