Review by Rexorcist for Destruction - Live Without Sense (1989)

Right from the start, Destruction boasts of of their most well-produced and best sounding albums so far.  If I had to rank them, I'd say this is second-best, with the first being Release from Agony, the one that got me thinking, "these guys CAN be a great band," especially after starting with so many samey and generic pieces.  The production captures the full extent of the raw power in which they're able to ply.  Not a single not is left to drown in the arena.  I honestly didn't think Destruction would be even able to afford that.  Thing is, even though the studio album right before that, the aforementioned Release from Agony, greatly impressed, I was a bit worried about them taking so many tracks from the samey era and lumping them together.  And unfortunately, that's what I got.  While the production adds a lot more power to each song, it's a pretty damn samey album.  They likely only took the title track from my favorite of their albums because it was one of the closest to sounding like all the rest.  They're largely all sharing the same BPM which really pisses me off.  So while the energy and production are fantastic, they rely on their generic sound through and through, neglecting the improvements in writing that they so obviously intentionally made throughout the last couple releases.

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