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Artist......: Destructor
Album.......: Tales of Glory
Year........: 2026
Genre.......: Thrash Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: Shadow Kingdom Records
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (16bit)
Quality.....: 1046kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 10 tracks
Playtime....: 00:38:53
Size........: 292.5 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-06-21
S.Date......: 2026-06-19
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/mxmcbqs2q9a4d
01. Tales of Glory 1:28
02. Shadow Magic 4:23
03. Harbinger of Death 5:19
04. Wolves at Your Door 3:08
05. Death Screams 5:11
06. Fall to Your Knees 3:01
07. Never Take Me Alive 4:35
08. Answers in Blood 3:44
09. Rise to the Call 4:32
10. Victorious Warrior 3:32
Hailing from the steel town of Cleveland, Ohio,
DESTRUCTOR began their saga in 1984. Their debut album,
1985's Maximum Destruction, would soon become an
underground classic, spreading their signature
power-thrash overseas with a license to a then-young
Roadrunner Records, and even garner the interest of
Island Records back home. But tragedy would strike on
New Year's Day 1988, when bassist Dave Holocaust was
murdered by a complete stranger in the early morning
hours; thereafter, the major label would pass on the
record deal, and DESTRUCTOR struggled to stay the course
for the next few years, eventually calling it quits in
1992.
Still, interest in the band continued to grow after
their dissolution, and DESTRUCTOR would reunite in 1999.
After new member Jamie Boulder, AKA Athenar of Midnight,
joined in 2002, the band would record the album Sonic
Bullet. Blasting their way into the future with the
following releases Forever in Leather, EP Storm of
Steel, Back in Bondage, and Decibel Casualties,
DESTRUCTOR would find new life breathed into the band's
fanbase worldwide. They'd eventually sign a new record
deal in 2022 with longtime fans SHADOW KINGDOM,
resulting in the release of high-point Blood, Bone, and
Fire the next year.
Impossibly, DESTRUCTOR are set to eclipse that feat with
their forthcoming sixth full-length, Tales of Glory.
Whereas its not-inconsiderable predecessor aesthetically
slotted next to their classic debut album, Tales of
Glory displays DESTRUCTOR at their most epic:
widescreen, HUGE, and just as powerful as ever. That the
10-song / 39-minute record seems more expansive than its
compact runtime suggests is a testament to the band
firing on all songwriting cylinders here.
"When we started writing for this next record, we worked
as a team to write the best songs we could," reveals
founding vocalist Dave Overkill. "This process included
past members Nick Annihilator and Jamie Boulder /
Athenar. Jamie approached me and asked if we could write
some music together for old times' sake. [Guitarist]
Mark Hellhound contributed two killer songs and co-wrote
a third song with Jamie and me. [Bassist] Tim Hammer,
who debuted a song on Blood, Bone, and Fire, contributed
two songs for Tales of Glory, as well. And Matt
Flammable came up with some of the best drum parts of
his career."
It's not without good reason that Tales of Glory is
titled as such: these songs take DESTRUCTOR's
power-thrash closer to more traditional heavy metal as a
whole, even dipping into anthemic speed metal, with a
view toward making the experience as heroic and HEAVY as
possible. With Dave Overkill giving perhaps the
performance of his life, DESTRUCTOR succeed in keeping
their signature sound whilst expanding its horizons -
ones with all guns blazing and swords raised aloft!
"As I started writing lyrics for the album," Overkill
continues, "I realized there was something cohesive
about the flow. I wouldn't say Tales of Glory is a
concept record, but my vision of it being a book of old
telling some stories was the best way to present this
new album." Thus, Tales of Glory is 100% DESTRUCTOR, and
100% mandatory for all true metallers!