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Under Attack
Under Attack is Destruction's thirteenth studio album, released on 13 May 2016 through Nuclear Blast. It is a thrash metal record from the German band, who had been making albums since Infernal Overkill in 1985.
It arrived four years after Spiritual Genocide and was followed by Thrash Anthems II in 2017. For anyone tracing the band's story through the 2010s, it sits in the middle of a steady run of releases that carried their 1980s thrash approach well into the modern era.
Under Attack: tracklist, credits and charts
12 tracks · 53:50Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1Under AttackSchmier and Mike Sifringer6:13
- 2Generation NevermoreSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:04
- 3DethronedSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:50
- 4Getting Used to the EvilSchmier and Mike Sifringer6:08
- 5PathogenicSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:27
- 6Elegant PigsSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:40
- Disc 2
- 1Second to NoneSchmier and Mike Sifringer5:11
- 2Stand Up for What You DeliverSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:20
- 3Conductor of the VoidSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:33
- 4StigmatizedSchmier and Mike Sifringer4:12
- 5Black MetalBray, Dunn, Lant3:14
- 6Thrash AttackSchmier, Sifringer, Sandmann2:58
- Produced by
- Destruction
- Recorded at
- Gernhart Studio, Little Creek Studio
- Recorded
- 2015–2016
- Mixed by
- V.O. Pulver
- Mixed at
- Little Creek Studio
- Engineered by
- Martin Buchwalter, V.O. Pulver
- Label
- Nuclear Blast
- Length
- 53:50
Line-up
- Schmier · bass guitar, lead vocals
- Mike Sifringer · guitar
- Vaaver · membranophone
- Alex Camargo · lead vocals · guest
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| German Albums · 2016 | 68 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2016 | 85 |
| Swiss Albums · 2016 | 90 |
| Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 2016 | 145 |
From MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Only what the sources record is shown.
26.6
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
307
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4.2k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
619
Deezer fans (all editions)
Released the same week
Also released on 13 May
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1987
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1989
Live – Without Sense
1989
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1994
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1995
The Least Successful Human Cannonball
1998
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2000
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2005
Thrash Anthems
2007
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2008
The Curse of the Antichrist – Live in Agony
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2011
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 13 May 2016 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 13 May 2016 | |
| Wikidata | 13 May 2016 | |
| Deezer | 13 May 2016 |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2016 | — | Nuclear Blast | 727361329327 | original |
| 13 May 2016 | — | Nuclear Blast | 727361329372 | original |
| 13 May 2016 | DE | Nuclear Blast | 727361329303 | original |
| 13 May 2016 | — | Nuclear Blast | 727361329310 | original |
| 13 May 2016 | JP | Chaos Reigns | 4562387200429 | original |
| 13 May 2016 | XW | Nuclear Blast | 727361329365 | original |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · native: native 3000x3000
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 3000×3000 | native: native 3000x3000 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |