Destructor-Forever in leather

Auburn records

2007

So many bands from the 1980’s seem to come back at one time or another and in one form or another. Cleveland’s Destructor released their debut “Maximum Destruction” way back in 1985 and it was energetic although rough early thrash style album. The band broke up for some time and then reformed with three quarters of the “Maximum Destruction” line-up as Jamie Boulder took over on bass for Dave Holocaust who died back in 1988. The band released “Sonic Bullet” in 2003 plus a split album with Nunslaughter and an EP this year. Now we get “Forever in leather” and as the title suggests the lyrics are mainly cheese about being metal and that sort of dribble we have all heard many times over. They also make the mistake of trying to wear the same leather vests and outfits they were wearing twenty some years ago. They look silly, but that doesn’t matter because when it came to the music these guys really brought. Its old style thrash, but severely tight with layers of heaviness and numerous off the cuff solos all over the place. There is a track or two towards the end where they slow down more than I wish they had, but that’s very minor. The vocals work well and everything sounds very sharp as the bands tears their way through these songs. It’s very mid-1980’s sounding, but not to the point where it sounds dated because they have a fire behind them that sounds very real. That last point is what too many of the younger thrash bands of today seem to be lacking. Another thing that so many of the younger thrash bands I have heard this year are trying so hard to sound like Slayer, Kreator, Exodus or whoever that they never define themselves. Destructor sound like well Destructor and they continue to build on that sound they started on their debut 22 years earlier. That’s exactly what they have done, improved upon what they started and they managed to create one of the better thrash albums done in recent years.



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