Destruction - Destruction (1994)^{Release ID: 3003}

I guess I'll just have to give up on the idea of Teutonic thrash act Destruction going for the artistic route again for a few releases.  I mean, this 1994 EPreally offers nothing new in anyway, shape or form save one tiny little insignificant detail: they decided to jump on the groove metal hype train, as if that would make their music any better.  They were already devolving back into the generic thrash band that ironically made them a key figure of the small Teutonic thrash act before they started focusing on real songwriting with Mad Butcher.  This groove metal album is a short little 21 minutes, so it doesn't have the disadvantage of overlength that even a 40 minute album like their previous venture, Cracked Brain, did.  But now with the groove aspect so deeply implemented, they spend less time on rhythm and writing and more time on breakdowns and repetition just because they figured it to be the "cool thing."  In other words, they sold out and lost their depth.  The last track is the best one for being a bit weird and creepy, but it's still repetitive in this way even for three minutes.  What an unbelievable disappointment...

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