DESTRUCTION Under Attack (2016) CD

Destruction have been at it since 1982, and after four decades of Teutonic thrash they still sound like they'd happily tear the roof off any venue they walk into.

The German trio, alongside Kreator and Sodom, form the unholy trinity of German thrash metal, and Under Attack is a 2016 reminder that they never really went anywhere. Schmier's bass and vocals are still corrosive, the riffs still land like a freight train, and the whole thing sits comfortably in the dark, relentless tradition of Eternal Devastation and Release from Agony without just recycling past glories. If you're building a thrash collection worth taking seriously, there's a Destruction-shaped gap in it right now.

Full-length album on CD. Released 2016. Artist origin: Germany. Genre: Thrash Metal.

Fans of: Kreator, Sodom, Tankard, Venom, Coroner.