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| 3.5 great | Eggnog Addict | September 26th 23 |
quiet but nevertheless the thrash shines thru
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| 4.0 excellent | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 3.5 great | remi | April 24th 20 |
fantastic outing from a set of musicians whose proficiency is probably overlooked. amazing guitar rwork throughout the runtime, sometimes leaning neoclassical
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | February 17th 20 |
Enormous improvement on their prior sound. Finally it actually sounds fat. The prod is fuller and darker, the riffs are thicker and more prevalent, it feels brutal. The record even evokes early Death at times, no wonder I like it more. Now this is still not fantastic. There are still wankery solos all over the place - although some are occasionally good -, the vox still often feel outdated or like little girl squeals, and some tracks are just not on par with the rest. But lord is it better, and you can tell from the first few seconds of 2 after the very nice intro track on 1, beginning with a riff that in itself hits harder than anything they've released before. 2 is one of the best Destruction tracks I've heard tbh. 3 is a bit early Deathy. 4 has the kind of intro that also makes this record superior with actual track construction, displays how much their riffage has improved, and has parts that are honestly jammy. 5 is quite fat and perhaps the most consistent track here. The end of album falters a bit (tbf I had to pause), 6 reminding more of the prior album, 7 having a nice fast aggressive first half but a terrible solo covering the second, and 8 having a cool riff at min 2 followed immediately by the worst solo on the record and a weird conclusion. So yeah this won't stay in my library, but at least it had the potential to. 3.35
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| 4.5 superb | Resident Metalhead Piranha | April 3rd 17 |
How can you make Destruction's winning formula even better than it already is? Add lively production values, a second guitarist, and a more technical direction in the songwriting. Anyone can choose between their first three records as their favorite, but they undoubtedly are at their creative peak here. The wonderful production job creates a thicker sound thanks to the highly audible bass and having a second guitarist, and the songs are as good as ever ("Sign of Fear," "Survive To Die," and the title track come to mind). Release From Agony is further proof on why they were one of the greatest thrash acts of the 80's.
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| 4.5 superb | ThrashK | February 6th 12 |
With no doubt a great Destruction release. It's got a pretty good deal of variety, 7 nearly
equal songs, a nice intro plus a heavy, yet not a perfect production.
Where Destruction does win hard, is uniqueness: You can easily recognize Schmier's psychotic
vocal delivery, he sounds like a madman that accidentally managed to escape from a
madhouse. Add there a bit odd but fitting production, with even pretty audible bass.
The album really has got a creepy atmosphere that won't give up until the funny ending of
Survive to Die. A few really good examples would be the solo section of the title
track or the song Sign of Fear.
If I missed something on here, it would be the furious guitar attack of Infernal Overkill.
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| 4.0 excellent | Inveigh | February 24th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | phylyps | November 19th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Coast | July 9th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Bren80 | January 31st 23 |
| 4.5 superb | kildare | September 28th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Risodo | August 10th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | alamo | August 5th 22 |
| 3.5 great | qt | July 28th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mitch | July 25th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | FunJan | May 12th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Elynna | April 12th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerrad | January 17th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | RoxSta | November 20th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | November 3rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brabiz | January 1st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Panucci | September 5th 20 |
| 3.5 great | SuzyC | April 13th 20 |
| 3.5 great | vegaa | January 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ziopsis | December 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | zackseb | October 7th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | gk1979 | August 22nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Jeejee | August 13th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | blou52 | May 2nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Apathya | February 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | JKoppe | January 21st 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Domenic | December 4th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kasper | July 16th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Flave | February 12th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | ElSomni | February 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | lorr | July 31st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | jpjpablo | December 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | November 29th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Brumas | November 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | GxTxK | October 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scoob | July 18th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Ryan P STAFF | April 11th 16 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | March 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | trve | March 1st 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Pegana | November 26th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tasty | October 21st 15 |
| 3.0 good | Rodrigo | September 11th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | "Tab" | April 28th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Aion | March 8th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Abraxas | February 21st 15 |
| 3.5 great | Lassie | January 31st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | fuzzbutt | December 30th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Jwar375 | October 6th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | jseijo | August 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Surtur | July 27th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | zdebo3 | March 30th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Geadom | February 5th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | tbsprut | December 21st 13 |
| 3.5 great | Den | September 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Smial | September 3rd 13 |
| 3.5 great | joomisy | September 3rd 13 |
| 3.5 great | rompho | April 7th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | kual21 | April 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Emim | December 1st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | zenin | October 5th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | sagu | September 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nagrarok | September 2nd 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Whisper | August 14th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZedO | June 2nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thor | April 27th 12 |
| 3.5 great | amp112 | April 7th 12 |
| 3.5 great | seifer | August 24th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Zool | August 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | vdop | August 17th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Tib | August 15th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Totes | July 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ev0ken | June 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Edwin | October 5th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | gambs | September 16th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | miltos | September 5th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | KILL | December 14th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | aeuk | November 16th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | bigguy69 | September 13th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Set | September 12th 09 |
| 3.5 great | met65 | October 12th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | beans | April 16th 08 |
| 3.0 good | s7mon | March 6th 08 |
| 2.5 average | jk2two | September 5th 07 |
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