DESTRUCTION
- Inventor of Evil
AFM Records
This a strong release by thrash metal veterans Destruction. Solid, quality riffs are featured on this whole release. It's amped up in intensity and the vocals have a sort of echo to them to make the atmosphere more surreal. It actually suits the music quite well. Not as strong of a release than The Antichrist, but it's still pretty darn good. One thing they could've cut out are the leads (Mike's). It's just too sloppy and he's never been good in that department so it's better that they have guest musicians filling that slot though now they're a 4-piece. Mike did great with the songwriting and the main riffs to songs but always lagged on leads. Harry was SUPERIOR.
I enjoyed this whole release! I would've scored it higher if (as I
mentioned) the leads were taken out.
They did make a great comeback which I didn't think would happen after
Cracked Brain. I'm glad they did
return! All Hell Breaks Loose was a
killer comeback and I overplayed it (haha).
It's hit or miss with Destruction though. Most of their early stuff I like with the
exception of course their bad production quality (Sentence of Death and Eternal
Devastation/Mad Butcher). Infernal
Overkill hit home with me though. Their
newer stuff a lot of it sounds similar to previous releases. That's the one beef I have with the
band. They need to come back with their
creative juices.
Fortunately, it was a good production on here and the
riffs were pretty good. It was deserving
of a "B" rating. There are
quite a few guests on the vocal department (not that Schmier needs it) but it
adds some variety to the release. And to
correct I do think there are only a few guests for lead guitar. Overall, the thrash metal community stays
strong with bands like Destruction setting the standard to this generation of
bands putting out music in this genre.
Destruction was one of the founding bands in the early 80's who really
put forth a lot of original releases in that era of thrash metal. But now, they seem to blend in with a lot of
other bands. Inventor of Evil has a
touch of the new and old work.
Production wise this release was done well! I believe they were on a budget that allowed
this and spent some time in recording this.
The riffs are fresh and nostalgic.
I believe Schmier was strong on the vocals and Mike did well on the
rhythm guitar. The fact that he's not
with the band any longer makes me sad.
He was the founding guitarist to the band and I guess he wasn't feeling
it anymore. Band members commented on
his departure that they (Schmier) were sad to see him go after all these
years. But they also commented in saying
that he was in poor health. At
least he sounds great on here!
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