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 · 1:06:06

Tracklist

  1. 1The Ravenous BeastSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:10
  2. 2Metal DischargeSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:27
  3. 3Rippin’ the Flesh ApartSchmier and Mike Sifringer5:02
  4. 4Fear of the MomentSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:34
  5. 5Mortal RemainsSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:11
  6. 6Desecrators of the New AgeSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:42
  7. 7Historical Force FeedSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:36
  8. 8Savage Symphony of TerrorSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:51
  9. 9Made to Be BrokenReincke, Schmier, Sifringer3:45
  10. 10VendettaSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:55
  11. 11KillersSteve Harris and Paul Di’Anno4:53
  12. 12WhiplashJames Hetfield and Lars Ulrich3:32
  13. 13Fuck the U.S.A.Buchan, Duncan, McCormack3:08
  14. 14Bestial Invasion (demo version ’99)Schmier, Sifringer, Sandmann4:49
  15. 15The Butcher Strikes Back (demo version ’99)Schmier, Sifringer, Vormann3:15
  16. 16Nailed to the Cross (demo 2001)Schmier, Sifringer, Vormann3:48
  17. 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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26 September 2003JPMETAL FRONTIER4988003291228other
21 October 2003USNuclear Blast727361117023other
2007ARIcarus Music727361117016other
26 April 2010PLMetal Mind Productions5907785035980other
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