Destruction
Formed in 1982 in Weil am Rhein, Destruction are one of the foundational "three kings" of Teutonic thrash metal alongside Kreator and Sodom, their early recordings — including the 1984 EP Sentence of Death and the ferocious 1985 debut Infernal Overkill — establishing a savage, riff-driven extremity that was among the most aggressive music in Europe at the time. Anchored for decades by vocalist and bassist Schmier and guitarist Mike Sifringer, the band's catalog spans over fifteen studio albums, and their reunion in 1999 after a period of hiatus restored them to an active and prolific presence in the global thrash metal scene.
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Destruction Discography
6 tracks
- 1 Intro (Sentence Of Death) 1:16
- 2 Total Desaster 4:13
- 3 Black Mass 3:59
- 4 Mad Butcher 3:30
- 5 Satan's Vengeance 3:16
- 6 Devil's Soldiers 3:25
8 tracks
- 1 Invincible Force 4:19
- 2 Death Trap 5:49
- 3 The Ritual 5:11
- 4 Tormentor 5:06
- 5 Bestial Invasion 4:36
- 6 Thrash Attack 2:55
- 7 Antichrist 3:44
- 8 Black Death 7:41
7 tracks
- 1 Curse The Gods 6:01
- 2 Confound Games 4:29
- 3 Life Without Sense 6:24
- 4 United By Hatred 5:03
- 5 Eternal Ban 3:41
- 6 Upcoming Devastation 4:06
- 7 Confused Mind 6:06
4 tracks
- 1 Mad Butcher - 1986 Version 4:59
- 2 The Damned 3:54
- 3 Reject Emotions 6:44
- 4 The Last Judgement 3:11
8 tracks
- 1 Beyond Eternity 1:11
- 2 Release From Agony 4:43
- 3 Dissatisfied Existence 4:30
- 4 Sign Of Fear 6:46
- 5 Unconscious Ruins 4:27
- 6 Incriminated 5:22
- 7 Our Oppression 4:49
- 8 Survive To Die 5:31
11 tracks
- 1 Curse The Gods - Live 5:46
- 2 Unconscious Ruins - Live 4:40
- 3 Thrash Attack - Live 3:02
- 4 Invincible Force - Live 4:10
- 5 Dissatisfied Existence - Live 4:43
- 6 Reject Emotions - Live 6:29
- 7 Eternal Ban - Live 5:47
- 8 Mad Butcher - Live 5:02
- 9 Life Without Sense - Live 7:31
- 10 Release From Agony - Live 4:52
- 11 Bestial Invasion - Live 5:26
9 tracks
- 1 Cracked Brain 3:36
- 2 Frustrated 3:32
- 3 S E D 3:31
- 4 Time Must End 5:56
- 5 My Sharona 3:09
- 6 Rippin' You Off Blind 5:28
- 7 Die A Day Before You're Born 4:20
- 8 No Need To Justify 4:48
- 9 When Your Mind Was Free 4:39
12 tracks
- 1 Intro 0:43
- 2 The Final Curtain 4:26
- 3 Machinery of Lies 3:41
- 4 Tears of Blood 4:03
- 5 Devastation of Your Soul 4:09
- 6 The Butcher Strikes Back 3:07
- 7 World Domination of Pain 4:05
- 8 Extreme Measures 4:53
- 9 All Hell Breaks Loose 5:40
- 10 Total Desaster 3:07
- 11 Visual Prostitution 3:50
- 12 Kingdom of Damnation 3:36
11 tracks
- 1 Days of Confusion 0:49
- 2 Thrash Till Death 4:23
- 3 Nailed to the Cross 3:46
- 4 Dictators of Cruelty 4:31
- 5 Bullets from Hell 5:06
- 6 Strangulated Pride 3:27
- 7 Meet Your Destiny 4:02
- 8 Creations of the Underworld 3:54
- 9 Godfather of Slander 4:09
- 10 Let Your Mind Rot 4:15
- 11 The Heretic 3:41
10 tracks
- 1 The Ravenous Beast 3:09
- 2 Metal Discharge 3:26
- 3 Rippin' the Flash Appart 5:01
- 4 Fear of the Moment 3:34
- 5 Mortal Remains 4:11
- 6 Desecrators of the New Age 3:42
- 7 Historical Force Feed 3:36
- 8 Savage Symphony of Terror 3:51
- 9 Made to Be Broken 3:45
- 10 Vandetta 4:52
12 tracks
- 1 Soul Collector 4:46
- 2 The Defiance Will Remain 4:15
- 3 The Alliance Of Hellhoundz 5:20
- 4 No Mans Land 4:31
- 5 The Calm Before The Storm 4:59
- 6 The Chosen Ones 5:05
- 7 Dealer Of Hostility 4:17
- 8 Under Surveillance 3:38
- 9 Seeds Of Hate 6:11
- 10 Twist Of Fate 2:55
- 11 Killing Machine 3:30
- 12 Memories Of Nothingness 1:00
15 tracks
- 1 Bestial Invasion 4:37
- 2 Profanity 5:57
- 3 Release From Agony 4:35
- 4 Mad Butcher 3:45
- 5 Reject Emotions 5:52
- 6 Death Trap 4:52
- 7 Cracked Brain 3:44
- 8 Life Without Sense 6:21
- 9 Total Desaster 3:26
- 10 Deposition (Your Heads Will Roll) 5:11
- 11 Invincible Force 3:45
- 12 Sign Of Fear 6:35
- 13 Tormentor 3:56
- 14 Unconscious Ruins 4:17
- 15 Curse The Gods 5:15
10 tracks
- 1 Devolution 5:28
- 2 Elevator To Hell 5:38
- 3 Vicious Circle – The 7 Deadly Sins 4:41
- 4 Offenders Of The Throne 4:16
- 5 Last Desperate Scream 3:58
- 6 Urge The Greed Of Gain 4:41
- 7 The Violation Of Morality 4:36
- 8 Inner Indulgence 4:45
- 9 Odyssey Of Frustration 5:28
- 10 No One Shall Survive 4:26
22 tracks
- 1 The Butcher Strikes Back - Live in Wacken 4:11
- 2 Curse The Gods - Live in Wacken 5:54
- 3 Nailed To The Cross - Live in Wacken 3:48
- 4 Mad Butcher - Live in Wacken 4:22
- 5 The Alliance Of Hellhoundz - Live in Wacken 6:42
- 6 Devolution - Live in Tokyo 5:50
- 7 Eternal Ban - Live in Tokyo 3:29
- 8 Urge The Greed Of Gain - Live in Tokyo 4:38
- 9 Thrash Till Death - Live in Tokyo 5:06
- 10 Metal Discharge - Live in Tokyo 4:23
- 11 The Damned - Live in Tokyo 2:01
- 12 Cracked Brain - Live in Tokyo 1:57
- 13 Soul Collector - Live in Wacken 4:39
- 14 Death Trap - Live in Wacken 2:13
- 15 Unconscious Ruins - Live in Wacken 3:25
- 16 Life Without Sense - Live in Wacken 7:21
- 17 The 7 Deadly Sins - Live in Tokyo 4:56
- 18 The Antichrist - Live in Wacken 2:52
- 19 Reject Emotions - Live in Wacken 2:26
- 20 Thrash Till Death - Live in Wacken 6:37
- 21 Total Desaster - Live in Wacken 4:12
- 22 Bestial Invasion - Live in Wacken 6:48
14 tracks
- 1 The Price 3:39
- 2 Hate Is My Fuel 4:24
- 3 Armageddonizer 4:09
- 4 Devil's Advocate 4:18
- 5 Day of Reckoning 3:58
- 6 Sorcerer of Black Magic 4:25
- 7 Misfit 4:26
- 8 The Demon Is God 5:11
- 9 Church of Disgust 4:05
- 10 Destroyer or Creator 3:09
- 11 Sheep of the Regime 4:59
- 12 Stand up and Shout (Bonus Track) 3:17
- 13 The Price - Demo Version 3:28
- 14 Day of Reckoning - Demo Version 4:07
13 tracks
- 1 Exordium 1:02
- 2 Cyanide 3:23
- 3 Spiritual Genocide 3:39
- 4 Renegades 4:01
- 5 City of Doom 4:01
- 6 No Signs of Repentance 3:24
- 7 To Dust You Will Decay 4:21
- 8 Legacy of the Past (Guest Version) 4:50
- 9 Carnivore 4:28
- 10 Riot Squad 4:12
- 11 Under Violent Sledge 4:09
- 12 Princess of the Night 3:51
- 13 Carnivore (Guest Version) 4:28
12 tracks
- 1 Under Attack 6:13
- 2 Generation Nevermore 4:04
- 3 Dethroned 4:50
- 4 Getting Used to the Evil 6:08
- 5 Pathogenic 4:27
- 6 Elegant Pigs 3:40
- 7 Second to None 5:11
- 8 Stand up for What You Deliver 4:20
- 9 Conductor of the Void 4:33
- 10 Stigmatized 4:12
- 11 Black Metal 3:14
- 12 Thrash Attack 2:58
12 tracks
- 1 Confused Mind 5:50
- 2 Black Mass 3:59
- 3 Frontbeast 2:01
- 4 Dissatisfied Existence 4:34
- 5 United by Hatred 4:36
- 6 The Ritual 4:40
- 7 Black Death 6:39
- 8 Antichrist 3:11
- 9 Confound Games 4:51
- 10 Rippin' You off Blind 5:30
- 11 Satan's Vengeance 3:22
- 12 Holiday in Cambodia 4:06
11 tracks
- 1 Born to Perish 5:20
- 2 Inspired by Death 4:16
- 3 Betrayal 4:05
- 4 Rotten 4:49
- 5 Filthy Wealth 4:01
- 6 Butchered for Life 6:43
- 7 Tyrants of the Netherworld 3:40
- 8 We Breed Evil 5:16
- 9 Fatal Flight 17 4:27
- 10 Ratcatcher 4:02
- 11 Hellbound 3:38
6 tracks
- 1 Mad Butcher 3:43
- 2 Total Desaster 3:27
- 3 Antichrist 3:37
- 4 Frontbeast 1:55
- 5 Satan's Vengeance 2:51
- 6 Tormentor 4:12
10 tracks
- 1 Curse the Gods - Live in Germany 6:57
- 2 Nailed to the Cross - Live in Germany 4:28
- 3 Born to Perish - Live in Germany 5:33
- 4 Mad Butcher - Live in Germany 4:58
- 5 Life Without Sense - Live in Germany 8:00
- 6 Betrayal - Live in Germany 4:09
- 7 Total Desaster - Live in Germany 4:22
- 8 The Butcher Strikes Back - Live in Germany 3:30
- 9 Thrash Till Death - Live in Germany 5:02
- 10 Bestial Invasion - Live in Germany 6:07
22 tracks
- 1 Born to Perish - Live 6:36
- 1 Release from Agony - Live 5:49
- 2 Death Trap - Live 5:54
- 2 Life Without Sense - Live 5:14
- 3 Nailed to the Cross - Live 3:47
- 3 Antichrist - Live 3:38
- 4 Armageddonizer - Live 4:17
- 4 Invincible Force - Live 2:44
- 5 Tormentor - Live 4:27
- 5 Under Attack - Live 7:01
- 6 Rotten - Live 5:09
- 6 Bestial Invasion - Live 5:12
- 7 Mad Butcher - Live 5:40
- 7 The Butcher Strikes Back - Live 3:50
- 8 Reject Emotions - Live 5:59
- 8 Curse the Gods - Live 7:43
- 9 Thrash Till Death - Live 6:32
- 9 Total Desaster - Live 6:52
- 10 Betrayal - Live 4:14
- 11 Sign of Fear - Live 6:34
- 12 Damir’s Shred - Live 1:46
- 13 Inspired by Death - Live 4:33
1 track
- 1 Diabolical 4:09
13 tracks
- 1 Under the Spell 1:13
- 2 Diabolical 4:09
- 3 No Faith in Humanity 4:17
- 4 Repent Your Sins 4:08
- 5 Hope Dies Last 3:34
- 6 The Last of a Dying Breed 4:09
- 7 State of Apathy 3:45
- 8 Tormented Soul 4:45
- 9 Servant of the Beast 3:49
- 10 The Lonely Wolf 3:54
- 11 Ghost from the Past 3:04
- 12 Whorefication 3:59
- 13 City Baby Attacked by Rats 2:29
3 tracks
- 1 Repent Your Sins 4:08
- 2 No Faith in Humanity 4:17
- 3 Diabolical 4:09
2 tracks
- 1 No Faith in Humanity 4:17
- 2 Diabolical 4:09
12 tracks
- 1 Bestial Invasion - 1999 Demo 4:51
- 2 The Butcher Strikes Back - 1999 Demo 3:18
- 3 World Domination Of Pain - 1999 Demo 4:08
- 4 Shellshock 2:15
- 5 We Are The Road Crew 2:27
- 6 The Alliance Of Hellhoundz - Schmier Only 5:21
- 7 Machinery Of Lies - Live 3:59
- 8 Bullets From Hell - Live 4:57
- 9 Tears Of Blood - Live 4:18
- 10 Invincible Force - Live 4:24
- 11 Bestial Wacken Incident 3:10
- 12 Bestial Invasion - Live 5:58
12 tracks
- 1 Birth Of Malice 1:00
- 2 Destruction 5:22
- 3 Cyber Warfare 4:24
- 4 No Kings - No Masters 4:10
- 5 Scumbag Human Race 4:16
- 6 God Of Gore 4:10
- 7 A.N.G.S.T. 5:08
- 8 Dealer Of Death 4:55
- 9 Evil Never Sleeps 4:28
- 10 Chains Of Sorrow 4:12
- 11 Greed 4:59
- 12 Fast As A Shark 3:28
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