DESTRUCTION · Release from Agony | PICTURE LP

Picture vinyl in 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, printed inner sleeve, insert, poster, A5 promo photo. Limited to 550 individually numbered copies.

Background information about 'Release from Agony'

If there is one band that took thrash metal and turned it into a snarling, feral beast, it's Destruction. And Release from Agony is where the German trio stopped being a promising young force and became an absolute monster. Released in 1987, this is the moment where the band's trademark razor-wire riffing collided with a darker, more technical edge, and the result still sounds like a freight train made of broken glass.

What hits you first is the sheer velocity. Schmier's vocals had grown from the primitive bark of the early days into this venomous, almost theatrical snarl, and the guitar work of Mike Sifringer and Harry Wilkens weaves these intricate, spiraling leads that never lose the raw, punk-damaged energy at the core. The rhythm section is a war machine, all double-kick thunder and galloping bass that refuses to let you breathe. Tracks like the title cut and the relentless opener showcase a band pushing their own boundaries without ever losing that primitive, basement-level aggression.

This commemorative edition, celebrating 40 years of unlimited thrash, is a collector's dream. Mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony, it keeps the original 1987 sound intact, warts and all, and presses it onto picture vinyl with a 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, printed inner sleeve, insert, poster and an A5 promo photo. For anyone who worships at the altar of German thrash, this is essential, a document of a band at the absolute peak of their powers.

For fans of:
Kreator, Sodom, Tankard, Holy Moses, Exumer

Other Versions

BONE/DOUBLEMINT LP · Sold out SLIPCASE CD · 15,99 € BLACK LP · 29,99 € MIXED SPLATTER LP · 29,99 € BLACK LP · 21,99 €

Track listing

A1. Beyond Eternity
A2. Release from Agony
A3. Dissatisfied Existence
A4. Sign of Fear
A5. Unconscious Ruins
B1. Incriminated
B2. Our Oppression
B3. Survive to Die
B4. Reject Emotions

Manufacturer: High Roller Records, Bertolt-Brecht-Str. 1a, 08412 Werdau, Germany, Contact: www.hrrecords.de