Listen up, you riff-hungry animals! The legendary drummer, guitarist, and all-around rock warrior Brian Tichy has cooked up a fresh Los Angeles-based heavy rock monster. This band didn’t just form – it exploded over the past year, slamming down 12 tracks that are nothing but loud guitars, massive drums, big greasy riffs, killer grooves, aggressive vocals, and a vibe like you’re flying through a goddamn tornado at full throttle!

Tichy started this thing as a fun, organic jam... but it quickly turned into a full-blown obsession. The man poured every ounce of his blood, sweat, and monster talent into serving the songs right. No filler. No poser crap. Just pure, uncompromising heavy music.

Their first punch to the face is the single and video “Get It Right” – out now on Deko Entertainment. Tichy nails it: “It’s simple, it’s basic power, and it drives home that heavy guitar riff like the old-school bands that raised us. Perfect way to kick off the party!”

And the video? It’s a steroids-fueled basement house party – raw, in-your-face, sweaty, and alive. You’ve got Tichy ripping it up front and center, joined by beast-mode drummer Shane Hawkins (yeah, Taylor Hawkins’ kid – the kid’s got the fire in his veins) and bassist Brent Woods. These three look like they’re having the time of their lives while absolutely destroying.

This whole project is about one thing: serving the song, the groove, and the raw power. No trendy garbage, no overproduced junk – just real rock ‘n’ roll that hits you in the chest and makes you wanna bang your head and raise a fist.

The full album is coming later this year and if the first single is any indication, it’s gonna be a brutal, groove-heavy monster. Led By Vultures isn’t here to play nice – they’re here to remind everyone what real heavy rock sounds like.

Crank “Get It Right” immediately. If it doesn’t make you feel alive, check your pulse – you might already be dead.

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Lex Legion is a brand new band comprised of old friends with incredible heavy metal pedigree. Comprising of four-fifths of the classic late 1980s King Diamond line-up – drummer Mikkey Dee, guitarists Pete Blakk and Andy La Rocque, and bassist Hal Patino – the group is infused with the jaw-dropping vocals of Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind). And let's not overlook that their members also boast Motörhead, Scorpions, and Death on its collective resumes. 

Lex Legion's eponymous debut album is a single-minded, future-facing throwback of world class hard rock/metal distinguished by tasteful, less-is-more arrangements, virtuoso musicianship, and relentless melody and harmony. 

"Lex Legion is totally written the way we thought in the '80s," said Mikkey Dee. "We wrote what we wanted, and if you liked it, that was a great bonus. If you didn't like it, that was fine with us, too!" 

Lex Legion was formed by Blakk and Dee, and completed by Patino, alongside La Rocque (a King Diamond constant since 1985, who also played on Death's seminal 'Individual Thought Patterns'), and finally, Rue.

This is music for hard rock/metal fans, but also with a freshness and sense of excitement that only a debut album can capture. Lex Legion's members find themselves more musically accomplished than ever before, but now free of the egos of youth; and with friendship that comes with careers spanning more than forty years. 

Despite their impressive resumes (Dee is also a Grammy winner and both La Rocque and Hal Patino are nominees) and busy individual schedules, Lex Legion is a serious passion project that's been gestating for a quarter century, until the time was right. 

Lex Legion's self-titled debut will be released by MNRK Music Group in June of 2026, with possible touring beginning the following year. And the band states its case within the first few seconds of its album opener and first single "Sleep Eternally," which drops on March 31st. 

"It has elements of everything on the album," said La Rocque. "The right tempo and the right kind of vocals, starting out like a fist in your face!" Rue's soaring pipes and ominous harmonies are framed by Dee's unmistakable powerhouse drumming, imaginative leads from both guitarists, Patino's melodic basslines, and shifts of pace and tempo that will satiate fans of more progressive sub genres. 

The second track and follow-up single "Gypsy Tears" (which arrives in May) seals the deal – eerie, rapturous, otherworldly, propulsive and evocative, but also, straight-up driving, melodic metal. 

"This is totally unique. No one is writing this kind of music and there's a big hole for us to fill," Blakk concluded. "Welcome to our new journey of friendship and hard rock!"

LEX LEGION LINEUP: 

Nils K. Rue - vocals 
Pete Blakk - guitar 
Andy La Rocque - guitar 
Mikkey Dee - drums 
Hal Patino - bass 

'LEX LEGION' TRACK LISTING:

1) Sleep Eternally 3.56 
2) Gypsy Tears 3.57 
3) When The Stars Align 3.52 
4) (I Am) The Resurrected 4.27 
5) Lost Inside 3.33 
6) Dreams of Darkness 4.28 
7) Saviours 4.03 
8) Life Eternal 3.25 
9) Far Away 2.58