12/01/2006 16:41

Destruction

Destruction: 'Thrash Anthems'

Germany's legendary thrashers Destruction will release a bunch of old songs under the title 'Thrash Anthems'. The 13 songs are re-recorded and re-arranged, so this is not another "best of". Release date is 19th January 2007.
Recorded at House Of Music Studio (Germany) and Little Creek Studio (Switzerland) with almost the same team as on the 'Inventor of Evil' recording session, featuring our live sound engineers Gerd Krenz, Franky Winkelmann and Gurd/Poltergeist mastermind VO Pulver.

The tracks will be mixed by one of the best Metal Producers in europe: Jacob Hansen, the danish producer/Invocator singer and guitarist.

Vokillist/bassist Schmier coments: "The intension of this album was to give the old classics - many of them still being a big part of our live program - some fresh energy and the aggressive production of today, without losing the "old school" atmosphere.

Some of the old recordings have a rather poor sound and we didn't wanna do another "best of" album with those (old recordings) cause it has been done before and won't be exicting at all. But after more than 17 years it was time for another "best of album"!

This album will feature 13 classics of the pre-reunion era (1984-1990). Some of those songs we haven't played in ages, and the fans have been demanding them in our live set for a long time too.

From the dark/punky/thrashy early days to the later technical periods featuring songs from the albums 'Release from Agony' and 'Cracked Brain' [a song that was never before released with Schmiers vocals!]."

As a special bonus there will be two brand new songs on this 70 minutes plus masterpiece, 'Deposition (Your Heads Will Roll)' and 'Profanity', which the band wrote after returning from their North America tour.

Tracklisting:

Deposition (Your Heads Will Roll)
Invincible Force
Release from Agony
Mad Butcher
Sign of Fear
Death Trap
Life Without Sense
Total Desaster
Bestial Invasion
Reject Emotions
Tormentor
Unconscious Ruins
Curse the Gods
Cracked Brain
Profanity

(source: the official Destruction website)