02/21/2016 01:15

Destruction

Destruction: new album 'Under Attack' out in May

Iconic thrash metal band Destruction's 14th full-length album 'Under Attack' will be released on May 13th, 2016, via Nuclear Blast Records. It will be out on CD and 12" double vinyl.

Track listing:
1. Under Attack
2. Generation Nevermore
3. Dethroned
4. Getting Used to the Evil
5. Pathogenic
6. Elegant Pigs
7. Second to None
8. Stand up for What You Deliver
09. Conductor of the Void
10. Stigmatized
Bonus:
11. Black Metal (Venom cover, feat. Alex [Krisiun])
12. Thrash Attack

Band leader Schmier states: "We really took our time for this album. After the summer festivals we went into the studio every couple of weeks to record brand new songs and ideas in between all the touring activities. We took several studio sessions instead of one long one, to keep the ideas fresh and have time later before the mix to change bits and pieces that we did not like! Maybe this was the most effective writing we did in the last years!

"Due the fact we had more time in between the albums there was a lot of musical output and creativity but also less pressure. From my point of view you can definitely hear the crispiness in the songwriting and the kick ass attitude we brought from the shows into the studio. The 'on tour into the studio on tour mode' was so effective that I wanna keep this method for the future!

"How does the new record sound? For sure not like a band that is in its 33 years of existence: Efficient aggression: FAST - CATCHY - ORIGINAL!"

The band commented about the cover artwork by Gyula Havancsák (Hungarian artist): "I had the vision of the exploding earth with the Destruction skull as continents before we even had the title. Never has the earth and every individual been so Under Attack: whether it's environmental issues, wars or politics and media madness, we just destroy everything that we love! The cover brings together the classical concepts of the band's history and fits in well with the discography... but unfortunately it also represents the current state of the world today!"

(source: Nuclear Blast Records)