Destruction släpper sitt nya album Under Attack den 13 maj via Nuclear Blast. Omslaget är designat av artisten Gyula som tidigare jobbat med bland andra Annihilator, Grave Digger, Stratovarius och Tankard.
Bandets frontman, Schmier, kommentarer omslaget: ”I had the vision of the exploding earth with the Destruction skull as continents before we even had the title.
”Never has the earth and every individual been so under attack: whether it’s environmental issues, wars or politics and media madness, we just destroy everything that we love!
”The cover brings together the classical concepts of the band’s history and fits in well with the discography… but, unfortunately, it also represents the current state of the world today!”
Om Under Attack säger han: ”We really took our time for this album. After the summer festivals, we went into the studio every couple of weeks to record brand new songs and ideas in between all the touring activities. We took several studio sessions instead of one long one, to keep the ideas fresh and have time later before the mix to change bits and pieces that we did not like. Maybe this was the most effective writing we did in the last years! Due the fact we had more time in between the albums, there was a lot of musical output and creativity, but also less pressure. From my point of view, you can definitely hear the crispiness in the songwriting and the kick-ass attitude we brought from the shows into the studio. The ’on tour into the studio on tour mode’ was so effective that I wanna keep this method for the future!
”How does the new record sound? For sure not like a band that is in its 33 years of existence: Efficient aggression: FAST — CATCHY — ORIGINAL!”
Låtlista Under Attack:
1. Under Attack
2. Generation Nevermore
3. Dethroned
4. Getting Used To The Evil
5. Pathogenic
6. Elegant Pigs
7. Second To None
8. Stand Up For What You Deliver
9. Conductor Of The Void
10. Stigmatized
Bonus:
11. Black Metal (feat. Alex Camargo från Krisiun)
12. Thrash Attack