Metal Discharge
Metal Discharge is the eighth studio album by the German thrash metal band Destruction, released on 22 September 2003 through Nuclear Blast. It arrived two years after The Antichrist and sits in the stretch of the band's story that followed their return with The Least Successful Human Cannonball in 1998 and All Hell Breaks Loose in 2000.
The record is notable for introducing drummer Marc "Speedy" Reign, previously of Morgoth, to the Destruction line-up. It was the first of their albums to feature him behind the kit. For anyone tracing the band's later run, which continued with Inventor of Evil in 2005, this is the place where that chapter takes shape, and a good one to hear if you like your thrash fast and straightforward.
Metal Discharge: tracklist and credits
17 tracks · 1:06:06Tracklist
- 1The Ravenous BeastSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:10
- 2Metal DischargeSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:27
- 3Rippin’ the Flesh ApartSchmier and Mike Sifringer5:02
- 4Fear of the MomentSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:34
- 5Mortal RemainsSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:11
- 6Desecrators of the New AgeSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:42
- 7Historical Force FeedSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:36
- 8Savage Symphony of TerrorSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:51
- 9Made to Be BrokenReincke, Schmier, Sifringer3:45
- 10VendettaSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:55
- 11KillersSteve Harris and Paul Di’Anno4:53
- 12WhiplashJames Hetfield and Lars Ulrich3:32
- 13Fuck the U.S.A.Buchan, Duncan, McCormack3:08
- 14Bestial Invasion (demo version ’99)Schmier, Sifringer, Sandmann4:49
- 15The Butcher Strikes Back (demo version ’99)Schmier, Sifringer, Vormann3:15
- 16Nailed to the Cross (demo 2001)Schmier, Sifringer, Vormann3:48
- 17Metal Discharge (demo 2003)Schmier and Mike Sifringer3:28
- Produced by
- Destruction, V.O. Pulver, Peter Tägtgren
- Executive producer
- Markus Staiger
- Recorded at
- Little Creek Studio (Gelterkinden, Switzerland), The Abyss
- Recorded
- December 1999
- Mixed by
- V.O. Pulver, Franky Winkelmann
- Engineered by
- V.O. Pulver, Franky Winkelmann
- Label
- Nuclear Blast
- Length
- 1:06:06
Line-up
- Markus Reincke · drums (drum set), background vocals
- Schmier · bass guitar, lead vocals
- Mike Sifringer · guitar
- Sven Vormann · drums (drum set) · guest
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Released the same week
Also released on 22 September
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 22 September 2003 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 22 September 2003 | |
| Wikidata | 2003 | |
| US release | 21 October 2003 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 2003 | earliest UK or European date |
7 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | XE | Nuclear Blast | 727361117009 | other |
| 2003 | RU | Irond | other | |
| 22 September 2003 | DE | Nuclear Blast | 727361117023 | original |
| 26 September 2003 | JP | METAL FRONTIER | 4988003291228 | other |
| 21 October 2003 | US | Nuclear Blast | 727361117023 | other |
| 2007 | AR | Icarus Music | 727361117016 | other |
| 26 April 2010 | PL | Metal Mind Productions | 5907785035980 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 1394x1394, upscaled to 1500 (x1.08)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1394×1394 | upscaled: major: best source 1394x1394, upscaled to 1500 (x1.08) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |