Destruction may be one of the progenitors of the German thrash metal movement of the 1980s, but Metal Discharge -- an awful title that unwittingly and humorously implies a particularly painful symptom of some unnamed, fictional disease -- the group's third album since re-forming in 2000, sounds painfully dated and disappointingly one-dimensional.
Sure, the toothy riffs come appropriately fast and furious throughout -- always one of Destruction's strong points -- but every song is a borderline-annoying buzz of double-time tempos, relentlessly busy guitar work, and tunelessly barked vocals (backed by gangland-style chants, usually reiterating the song title in a deluge of eyeball-rolling obviousness).
Point being, these hyper-thrash polkas get tiresome over the course of 40 minutes, regardless of the professionalism of their presentation, and the poker-faced delivery of multiple clichés during cheesy cuts such as "Rippin' the Flesh Apart" and "Historical Force Feed" (?) borders on nonsensical.
Destruction has certainly built an impenetrable fortress of riffs here, but attempting any kind of siege on Metal Discharge (snicker) seems silly, and a bit pointless.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ravenous BeastDestruction, Schirmer | Destruction | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 2 | Metal DischargeDestruction, Schirmer | Destruction | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | Rippin' the Flesh ApartDestruction, Schirmer | Destruction | Play | 05:01 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 4 | Fear of the MomentDestruction, Schirmer | Destruction | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | Mortal RemainsDestruction, Schirmer | Destruction | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 6 | Desecrators of the New AgeDestruction, Schirmer | Destruction | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | Historical Force FeedDestruction, Schirmer | Destruction | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 8 | Savage Symphony of TerrorDestruction, Schirmer | Destruction | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | VendettaDestruction, Schirmer | Destruction | Play | 04:54 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 10 | Nade Te Be Broken | Destruction | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 11 | Killers (Iron Maiden cover) Bonus | Destruction | Play | 04:52 | 11 MB | 37 MB |
| 12 | Whiplash (Metallica cover) Bonus | Destruction | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 13 | U.S.A. (The Exploited cover) Bonus | Destruction | Play | 03:08 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 14 | Bestial Invasion (demo 1999) Bonus | Destruction | Play | 04:48 | 11 MB | 37 MB |
| 15 | The Butcher Strikes Back (demo 1999) Bonus | Destruction | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 16 | Nailed To The Cross (demo 2001) Bonus | Destruction | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 17 | Metal Discharge (demo 2003) Bonus | Destruction | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| 66 mins | 151 MB | |||||
| 66 mins | 488 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauro "Tschibu" Casciero | Vocals (Background) |
| 2 | Destruction | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 3 | Andre "Gnäderrr" Grieder | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Philipp Lederer | Picture |
| 5 | The Nursery Rhyme-Choir From Hell-Terkinden | Vocals (Background) |
| 6 | Inga Pulver | Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | V.O. Pulver | Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Vocals (Background) |
| 8 | Marc Reign | Drums, Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Schirmer | Composer |
| 10 | Marco Schirmer | Cover Layout, Design, Picture |
| 11 | Schmier | Bass, Vocals |
| 12 | The Smokin' Twins | Engineer, Mastering, Mixing |
| 13 | Markus Staiger | Executive Producer |
| 14 | V.O. | Producer, Soloist |
| 15 | Franky Winkelmann | Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Vocals (Background) |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |