Album
Inventor of Evil
Inventor of Evil is the ninth studio album by the German thrash metal band Destruction. It came out on 22 August 2005 through Icarus Music, with a US release following on 25 October that year.
It arrived in the band's second run of records, after the 1980s albums Infernal Overkill, Eternal Devastation and Release From Agony, and the later returns of All Hell Breaks Loose, The Antichrist and Metal Discharge. Next in line was Thrash Anthems in 2007. For anyone tracing how Destruction rebuilt their career in the 2000s, this record is a useful stop between Metal Discharge and the albums that followed.
Inventor of Evil: tracklist and credits
12 tracks · 50:34Tracklist
- 1Soul CollectorSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:47
- 2The Defiance Will RemainSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:16
- 3The Alliance of HellhoundzSchmier and Mike Sifringer5:20
- 4No Mans LandSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:31
- 5The Calm Before the StormSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:59
- 6The Chosen OnesSchmier and Mike Sifringer5:06
- 7Dealer of HostilitySchmier and Mike Sifringer4:17
- 8Under SurveillanceSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:39
- 9Seeds of HateSchmier and Mike Sifringer6:12
- 10Twist of FateSchmier and Mike Sifringer2:56
- 11Killing MachineSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:31
- 12Memories of NothingnessSchmier and Mike Sifringer1:01
- Produced by
- Destruction
- Recorded at
- House of Music (Germany, Little Greek Studios, Switzerland), Little Creek Studio
- Mixed by
- Peter Tägtgren
- Mixed at
- The Abyss
- Engineered by
- Daniel Langer, V.O. Pulver, Peter Tägtgren, Franky Winkelmann
- Artwork
- Gyula Havancsák
- Photography
- Katja Piolka, Dirk Schelpmeier
- Labels
- Icarus Music, AFM
- Length
- 50:34
Line-up
- Markus Reincke · drums (drum set)
- Schmier · bass guitar, lead vocals
- Mike Sifringer · guitar
- Ferdy Doernberg · guitar · guest
- V.O. Pulver · guitar · guest
- Harry Heinrich Wilkens · guitar · guest
- Biff Byford · lead vocals · guest
- Paul Di’Anno · lead vocals · guest
- Messiah Marcolin · lead vocals, vocals · guest
- Mark Osegueda · lead vocals · guest
- Doro Pesch · lead vocals · guest
- Shagrath · lead vocals · guest
- Björn Strid · lead vocals · guest
- Peter Tägtgren · lead vocals · guest
- Peter “Peavy” Wagner · lead vocals · guest
- André Grieder · vocals · guest
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 22 August 2005 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 22 August 2005 | |
| Wikidata | 2005 | |
| US release | 25 October 2005 | earliest US date |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | AR | Icarus Music | 5099752006823 | other |
| 22 August 2005 | DE | AFM Records | 5099752006892 | original |
| 22 August 2005 | DE | AFM Records | 5099752006823 | original |
| 24 August 2005 | JP | METAL FRONTIER | 4988003314521 | other |
| 25 October 2005 | US | Candlelight Records USA | 803341182622 | other |
| 21 June 2011 | DE | High Roller Records | 8717903483978 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| coverartarchive | 1563×1443 | rejected |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |