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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Destruction - Born To Perish + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Rls Date..2020-04-26 Encoder......LAME 3.100 ║ │
│║ Genre.....Thrash Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year......2019 Khz/Bitrate..44.1 / VBR kbps ║ │
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│║ Ripper....Anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Source....CD Covers.......Yes ║ │
│║ Url..http://www.destruction.de ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Destruction ║ │
│║ Album : Born To Perish ║ │
│║ Label : Ward ║ │
│║ Cat.No : GQCS 90736] ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ It's amazing to think that we're already nearing two ║ │
│║ decades of the Destruction 'reunion' period, that is to say ║ │
│║ the new material being produced after The Least Successful ║ │
│║ Human Cannonball debacle, with the two main members of the ║ │
│║ band getting back on the same page and deciding to kick the ║ │
│║ world's ass ad infinitum, while other aged thrashers seem ║ │
│║ almost lazy in comparison to such an endless parade of ║ │
│║ productivity. That isn't to say that, musically speaking, ║ │
│║ they've been the envy of the genre since the new ║ │
│║ millennium. They peaked this new, furious thrashing attack ║ │
│║ and its production style back in 2001 on The Antichrist, ║ │
│║ and since that point have been sort of replicating that ║ │
│║ record with only minor variations in personnel, studio ║ │
│║ mixing and songwriting quality, even going so far as to put ║ │
│║ out two collections of re-recorded early material that ║ │
│║ sounds similar with the new era's material. ║ │
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│║ To be fair, all of these newer records have passed muster ║ │
│║ to the degree that they provide the anger, energy and ║ │
│║ Schmier's irresistible snarls their audience might seek. ║ │
│║ They never really shot any blanks, the sonic spunk ║ │
│║ concentration just receded for about 15 years. None of them ║ │
│║ were duds for me, but neither were they as exceptional as ║ │
│║ listening through The Antichrist again, or their earlier ║ │
│║ run of records throughout the 80s, which still feel more ║ │
│║ fresh and alluring than much of this ironclad, post ║ │
│║ industrial apocalyptic thrashing phase. Spiritual Genocide ║ │
│║ was my favorite of the later lot, and I was in the minority ║ │
│║ there, but it felt like it had the most outside influence ║ │
│║ going into it, perhaps a few shades of Schmier's beloved ║ │
│║ side project Headhunter. But I'm happy to say that Born to ║ │
│║ Perish is consistently firing off some of their strongest ║ │
│║ material in the last 18 years. Sure, it's not reinventing ║ │
│║ anything they haven't already been releasing over these ║ │
│║ last couple decades, but I feel it just has the best ║ │
│║ balance of memorable riffs, dynamics and musicianship of ║ │
│║ the lot. Whereas a bunch of the last 5-6 albums could all ║ │
│║ be thrown in a blender, with their track lists mixed up and ║ │
│║ you wouldn't always know the difference, here I find a lot ║ │
│║ more replay value. ║ │
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│║ Now a four-piece, the performances here are all ║ │
│║ exceptional. Mike's rhythm guitars still sound like beefy ║ │
│║ razors cutting down the opposition on a rusted landscape, ║ │
│║ with Swiss string-slinger Damir Eskic peppering on a bunch ║ │
│║ of spry and searing leads that add some character to the ║ │
│║ proceedings, a glaze of electric atmosphere, rather than ║ │
│║ just feeling obligatory. Even when they some cleaner bits ║ │
│║ like the intro to "Butchered for Life", they flow rather ║ │
│║ well and don't get upstaged once the distortion is cranked ║ │
│║ on. The bass lines are fat and potent, occasionally ║ │
│║ disappearing into Mike's power picking vortex but given ║ │
│║ some parts where they can stand alone. Skin-bashing legend ║ │
│║ Randy Black of Annihilator and Primal Fear makes his debut ║ │
│║ behind the Germans' kit, and he makes it sound effortless ║ │
│║ as he just rifles away, though I couldn't say I felt much ║ │
│║ of a difference from Vaaver's beats, but then again that's ║ │
│║ probably a good thing. There is no interruption of service ║ │
│║ on this album, if you've been enjoying the riff styles and ║ │
│║ general level of competence and professionalism that the ║ │
│║ band has maintained since All Hell Breaks Loose, then it's ║ │
│║ all par for the course. ║ │
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│║ All of the songs are decent if not outright fun, and while ║ │
│║ many of the rhythm guitar riffs can feel like they're ║ │
│║ paraphrased or disassembled and reassembled from older ║ │
│║ material, Damir's airier guitars actually go a long way in ║ │
│║ helping them feel slightly renewed. "Betrayal", "Rotten", ║ │
│║ "We Breed Evil" and "Fatal Flight 17" are probably some of ║ │
│║ those I was most magnetized towards, but they're not a ║ │
│║ whole lot more potent than their neighbors, so this is an ║ │
│║ album I have no problem sitting straight through for 50 ║ │
│║ minutes when I'm in the mood. The cover of Tygers of Pan ║ │
│║ Tang's "Hellbound" is appreciated, keeping its original ║ │
│║ heavy metal spirit, but given a little more thrust as its ║ │
│║ transformed just enough into the Destruction canon to earn ║ │
│║ its existence away from the original. Then again, Schmier ║ │
│║ is no newcomer to the style, having taken part in Panzer ║ │
│║ and Headhunter to great success. Overall, this was a very ║ │
│║ fun surprise to fuel me through the mid-to-late summer ║ │
│║ weeks, I wouldn't say it was some exceptional thrash album, ║ │
│║ but it's easily proof that the Germans' music still has ║ │
│║ some value to it nearly four decades into their career, ║ │
│║ much like their formidable peers Kreator and Sodom. ║ │
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│║ -autothrall ║ │
│║ http://www.fromthedustreturned.com ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 1. Born To Perish 5:20 │
│ 2. Inspired By Death 4:16 │
│ 3. Betrayal 4:05 │
│ 4. Rotten 4:49 │
│ 5. Filthy Wealth 4:01 │
│ 6. Butchered For Life 6:43 │
│ 7. Tyrants Of The Netherwold 3:41 │
│ 8. We Breed Evil 5:16 │
│ 9. Fatal Flight 17 4:27 │
│ 10. Ratcatcher 4:02 │
│ 11. Fire Down Under 2:49 │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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