Destruction "All Hell Breaks Loose"

All Hell Breaks Loose is the sixth studio album by German thrash metal band Destruction, released on 25 April 2000 by Nuclear Blast. It was the first official album released since Cracked Brain in 1990, and the first with Schmier returning to vocals and bass since Release from Agony in 1988. It also marks the return of the band to a three-piece lineup.

The album also includes a cover of Metallica song "Whiplash".

Although All Hell Breaks Loose is considered to be a return to form for Destruction, it still retains some of the groove metal influences from the band's 90s releases from their Neo-Destruction period.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Schirmer and Sifringer, except where noted.

1. "Intro" 0:43
2. "The Final Curtain" 4:26
3. "Machinery of Lies" 3:42
4. "Tears of Blood" 4:03
5. "Devastation of Your Soul" 4:10
6. "The Butcher Strikes Back" 3:08
7. "World Domination of Pain" 4:05
8. "X-Treme Measures" 4:54
9. "All Hell Breaks Loose" 5:40
10. "Total Desaster 2000" Schirmer, Sifringer, Sandmann 3:07
11. "Visual Prostitution" 3:51
12. "Kingdom of Damnation" 3:37
13. "Whiplash" (Metallica cover) Hetfield, Ulrich 3:31

Total length: 45:28

"Total Desaster 2000" is a rerecording of the song that originally appeared on the Bestial Invasion of Hell demo and then the Sentence of Death EP.

Recording information:

Recorded during December 1999 at Abyss Studios, Parlby, Sweden.

Produced by Peter Tägtgren & Destruction.

Recorded by Peter Tägtgren & Destruction.

Mastered at Klangstudio Leyh, Sandhausen, Germany in January 2000.

All songs by Destruction (Schirmer / Sifringer), except "Total Desaster" written by Schirmer / Sifringer / Sandmann.

"Total Desaster" is published by Edition Jumar Music.