Destruction - All Hell Breaks Loose (2000)

 

  Destruction is a German thrash metal band, were formed as Knight of Demon in 1982, inspired by Iron Maiden, Mercyful Fate, Motörhead and Venom. The original line-up featured guitarist Mike Sifringer, vocalist and bassist Schmier, and drummer Tommy Sandmann. They soon changed their name to Destruction and released a demo titled Bestial Invasion of Hell in 1984. After this the group signed with Steamhammer Records and released an EP titled Sentence of Death later that year.

Destruction released their first full-length album titled Infernal Overkill in 1985, followed by Eternal Devastation in 1986. The trio then added a second guitarist, Harry Wilkens, and released the EP Mad Butcher (1987), the full-length album Release from Agony in 1988, then a live recording Live Without Sense in 1989, and Cracked Brain in 1990.

They are often credited as one of the "Big Four" of the German thrash metal scene, the others being Kreator, Sodom and Tankard. In addition to helping pioneer black metal by containing several elements of what was to become the genre, Destruction was part of the second wave of thrash metal in the late 1980s, along with American bands Testament, Sacred Reich, Death Angel and Dark Angel. For most of the 1990s, the band was not signed to a record label and was forced to self-produce their albums until they signed a contract with Nuclear Blast in the early 2000s.

 

NB 494-9

 

-Tracklist:

All Hell Breaks Loose
1-01 Intro     0:43
1-02 The Final Curtain     4:26
1-03 Machinery Of Lies     3:41
1-04 Tears Of Blood     4:03
1-05 Devastation Of Your Soul     4:09
1-06 The Butcher Strikes Back     3:07
1-07 World Domination Of Pain     4:05
1-08 X-treme Measures     4:53
1-09 All Hell Breaks Loose     5:40
1-10 Total Desaster 2000     3:07
1-11 Visual Prostitution     3:50
1-12 Kingdom Of Damnation     3:37

Bestial Invasion Of Hell
2-01 Mad Butcher     3:43
2-02 Total Desaster     3:27
2-03 Antichrist     3:40
2-04 Frontbeast     1:55
2-05 Satan's Vengeance     2:52
2-06 Tormentor     4:12

-Line up:

• Mike Sifringer : Guitars
• Schmier : Bass, Vocals
• Sven Vormann : Drums

 Label: Nuclear Blast.

 CD2 is the Bestial Invasion of Hell demo in its entirety.

 Sticker reads:
SPECIAL EDITION incl. the legendary BESTIAL INVASION FROM HELL demo on seperate CD!

 

 "Total Desaster 2000" is a rerecording of the song that originally appeared on the Bestial Invasion of Hell demo and then the Sentence of Death EP.

Recorded during December 1999 at Abyss Studios, Parlby, Sweden.
Produced by Peter Tägtgren & Destruction.
Recorded by Peter Tägtgren & Destruction.
Mastered at Klangstudio Leyh, Sandhausen, Germany in January 2000.
All songs by Destruction (Schirmer / Sifringer), except "Total Desaster" written by Schirmer / Sifringer / Sandmann.
"Total Desaster" is published by Edition Jumar Music.