So.. Destruction. A band that is consistent. But are they consistently good?

DakotaRogers wrote:

Never could get into these guys, and I definitely don't find them to be in any way consistent. Like most other thrash metal bands, you can't go wrong with their first 4 releases. As for modern Destruction, "The Antichrist," and "Day of Reckoning" are the only 2 albums worth a damn.

Oh, be sure to check out "Release from Agony." Schmier does his best impressions of Cow from "Cow and Chicken."

I quite like their 1980s catalog, but I always found Mad Butcher to be a pretty overrated EP; two pseudo-thrash metal songs, an OK Plasmatics cover, and a slightly inferior re-recording of the original "Mad Butcher" song.

Release from Agony is probably much better than Eternal Devastation -- in a way that it feels more like a focused Destruction album. There are also a few proto-death metal elements thrown in.

I have acquired some Destruction albums during the last few years and I have found most of their songs to be quite enjoyable. I was lucky to catch them live a few days ago and even meet them. Great guys and the live set they played was excellent. After such good experience, i couldn't but regain interest in their music. Today, i ordered release from agony and cracked brain .

"Cracked Brain" is excellent IMHO! Great musicianship and catchy.

Because a label recently re-released it I gave The Least Successful Human Cannonball a listen to see if it was worth picking up.

It sucks! Really really sucks!!!!

The 90's was a very strange time in metal!

Boris2008 wrote:

Because a label recently re-released it I gave The Least Successful Human Cannonball a listen to see if it was worth picking up.

It sucks! Really really sucks!!!!  

The 90's was a very strange time in metal!

Yeah man i agree about the 90's.

Temple of Blood wrote:

"Cracked Brain" is excellent IMHO!  Great musicianship and catchy.

I'm bidding on a copy of this on EBay.

Boris2008 wrote:

Because a label recently re-released it I gave The Least Successful Human Cannonball a listen to see if it was worth picking up.

It sucks! Really really sucks!!!!  

The 90's was a very strange time in metal!

I've read nothing but horrible reviews of this. I'd still probably pick it up just put of morbid curiosity.

All I have are Eternal Devastation which was very good, and Inventor Of Evil which was not as good, but pretty good.

I lost out on that copy of Cracked Brain. I'll just have to try again.

007 wrote:

I lost out on that copy of Cracked Brain. I'll just have to try again.

I've had the same thing with the vinyl. I've bid on it a few times but always miss out.

I just ordered Release from Agony and Cracked Brain.