DESASTER · The Arts Of Destruction | CD+DVD

CD in Digipak with DVD. Limited edition.

Background information about 'The Arts Of Destruction'

There are albums that simply crush you from the very first second, and "The Arts Of Destruction" is precisely one of those. Desaster, the blackened thrash metal war machine from Germany, have never been ones for half measures, but this 2012 release is a particularly vicious slab of hellfire. From the opening salvo of "The Art Of Destruction" itself, the band tears through nine tracks of razor-sharp riffing, d-beat fury, and that unmistakable grim atmosphere that only the Koblenz crew can conjure.

What makes this album so special is how effortlessly it balances pure, untamed aggression with a dark, almost occult sense of melody. Tracks like "Endless Hate" and "Possessed By The Night" are relentless assaults, while "The Preacher" showcases the band's ability to slow things down to a crushing, doomy crawl without losing an ounce of intensity. The production is raw but punchy – every snare hit cuts like a blade, every guitar riff feels like a sledgehammer to the chest. Vocalist Sataniac delivers one of his most venomous performances, spitting bile and fire with every syllable. This is not background music. This is a ritual. This is war.

For fans of:
Destruction, Sodom, Bathory, Kreator, Nifelheim, Aura Noir

Track listing

CD:

1. Intro
2. The Art Of Destruction
3. Lacerate (With Rays Of Doom)
4. The Splendour Of The Idols
5. Phantom Funeral
6. Queens Of Sodomy
7. At Hell's Horizons
8. Troops Of Heathens, Graves Of Saints
9. Possessed And Defiled
10. Beyond Your Grace
11. Outro

DVD:

1. Satan's Soldiers Syndicate
2. Devil's Sword
3. Porter Of Hellgate
4. Infernal
5. Tyrants Of The Netherworld
6. Sacrilege
7. Divine Blasphemies
8. Splendour Of The Idols
9. Teutonic Steel
10. Hellbangers
11. Metalized Blood
12. Cross Me Fool
13. Profanation
14. Nighthawk
15. Troops Of Heathens
16. Darkness And Eifel
17. Nekropolis Karthago

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