Metal Discharge
| Metal Discharge | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 22 September 2003[1] | |||
| Studio | Little Creek Studio, Gelterkinden, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 39:12 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Destruction, V.O. Pulver | |||
| Destruction chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Exclaim! | not favorable[3] |
| Rock Hard | 9.5/10[4] |
Metal Discharge is the eighth full-length album by German thrash metal band Destruction, released on September 22, 2003.
It was the first Destruction album to feature drummer Marc "Speedy" Reign of Morgoth.[5][6]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Schirmer and Sifringer, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Ravenous Beast" | 3:09 | |
| 2. | "Metal Discharge" | 3:26 | |
| 3. | "Rippin' the Flesh Apart" | 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" | Destruction | 3:45 |
| 10. | "Vendetta" | 4:51 | |
| Total length: | 39:12 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Killers" (Iron Maiden cover) | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Whiplash" (Metallica cover) | 3:32 |
| 3. | "U.S.A." ("Fuck the U.S.A.", The Exploited cover) | 3:08 |
| 4. | "Bestial Invasion" (Demo version 1999) | 4:49 |
| 5. | "The Butcher Strikes Back" (Demo version 1999) | 3:15 |
| 6. | "Nailed to the Cross" (Demo 2001) | 3:48 |
| 7. | "Metal Discharge" (Demo 2003) | 3:27 |
| Total length: | 26:51 | |
Personnel
[edit]Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[7]
- Destruction
- Schmier – bass, lead vocals
- Mike Sifringer – guitars
- Marc Reign – drums, backing vocals
- Additional musicians
- V.O. Pulver – guitar solo on "The Ravenous Beast", backing vocals
- Andre Grieder – backing vocals
- Inga Pulver – backing vocals
- Franky Winkelmann – backing vocals
- "Tschibu" – backing vocals
- Production
- V.O. Pulver – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
- Destruction – production
- Frank Winkelmann – engineering, mixing
References
[edit]- ^ Staff writer(s). "Metal Discharge by DESTRUCTION – info and shop at Nuclear Blast – Nuclear Blast". www.nuclearblast.de. Nuclear Blast. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ Metal Discharge at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Ayers, Chris. "Destruction Metal Discharge". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Pöpperl-Berenda, Robert. "RH #197". Rock Hard. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ "Metal Discharge by DESTRUCTION – info and shop at Nuclear Blast – Nuclear Blast".
- ^ "Destruction – Metal Discharge". Discogs.
- ^ Metal Discharge (liner notes). Destruction. Nuclear Blast. 2003.
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