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artist: Destructor
title: Tales of Glory
year: 2026
genre: Thrash Metal
type: Album
label: Shadow Kingdom Records
language: English
rel. date: 2026-06-19
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:38:53
size: 89.1 MiB / 10 tracks
rip date: 2026-06-21
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/mxmcbqs2q9a4d
tracklist:
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
release notes:
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!