Destruction - All Hell Breaks Loose

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Free Music Review: Praise Thee Oh Masters!
Hit: 5 Stars

I had to set aside my initial opinion and settle down a bit because after my first listen I was completely blown away by All Hell Breaks Loose. Perhaps it was my excitement over the band's reformation. Whatever the case, I bathed in this album's ferocity many times over before coming to a conclusive opinion, that being that this thing shreds! Not perfect mind you, but DESTRUCTION come roaring back out of the depths of oblivion with startling power and aggression. I never envisioned the band would take an even more aggressive angle than they'd left off with over 10 years ago but here it all is and one gets the impression that Schmier and Mike saved up all their anger and discontent over all these years and packed it into one disc. With the album beginning much like Release From Agony with it's cushy melodic intro, you are warned not to be lulled into a sense of complacency because seconds later the album goes off like a one megaton blast as "The Final Curtain" explodes in a fury of Thrash Metal dominance. My first reaction was one of 'Oh hell yes!' as the band tore up the atmosphere with a classic riff that would have sounded just as great on Infernal Overkill. DESTRUCTION have kept the base components of their 1980's style and added a coating of modern sound and finesse, partly due to Peter Tagtgren's production work, which not surprisingly, has some HYPOCRISY filters in the guitars. The songs on this album have more in common with those found on 1986's Eternal Devastation than any other DESTRUCTION release, although there are times when I'm reminded of the band's 1985 debut full-length release. 'Gutsy' is a word I would use to describe this affair as one pummeling track runs into the next. The band get off best on on tracks like the aforementioned opener, "Machinery Of Lies", "The Butcher Strikes Back", the title track and a patently awesome re-recorded version of the classic "Total Desaster", now renamed to "Total Desaster 2000". Hearing that song again and how much improved and blistering it is on this album got my blood pressure soaring! It's tasty Thrash all album long and I'd be a fool not to mention how much better Schmier's new shrieking style sounds. He's essentially disked the higher pitched yelps he was so well-known for and gone with a far more serious and angered tone. As always, Mike's guitar playing is topnotch and new drummer Sven Vormann handles the drum duties like a true maniac.

All Hell Breaks Loose is a fantastic way to for the band to resurrect their careers and I only hope they'll stick around for a few more years if this is a precursor for what we can expect from them here on out. 10 years was worth the wait and I personally rejoice in the return of one of the great legends of Thrash Metal. DESTRUCTION, we praise thee oh masters! Welcome back!

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