2. Destruction - The Antichrist
Track List: 1. Days Of Confusion 2. Thrash 'Til Death 3. Nailed To The Cross 4. Dictators Of Cruelty 5. Bullets From Hell 6. Strangulated Pride 7. Meet Your Destiny 8. Creations Of The Underworld 9. Godfather Of Slander 10. Let Your Mind Rot 11. The Heretic 12. Curse the Gods (Bonus Track)
Stand Out Track: Dictators Of Cruelty, great title, catchy-as-hell chorus and a momentum that doesn't release its cast iron grip until the final note is struck. Where this came from, nobody knows! Neither a comeback album nor return to form, this is simply an album where Destruction got everything right. This album has so many crushing, coruscating riffs, you may involuntary orgasm and is a pure distillation of Destruction's 80's output updated for a modern world. Ably backed up by a thumping production job courtesy of death metal legend Peter TÃĪgtgren (Hypocrisy/Bloodbath/Pain), The Antichrist proves to be 42 exhilarating minutes of devastation set to music. Its not often you find an album with absolutely no filler (even the re-recorded bonus track of classic Curse The Gods is worthy) and the band have arguably used this album as a template for each subsequent release, albeit with diminishing returns. Progressing their defiantly clinical germanic sound, Dictators of Cruelty, Thrash 'til Death and The Heretic are stand out tracks amidst a sea of quality. If you enjoyed Destruction in the 80's, you will love this!