Destruction: Eternal Devastation

Music CD The second album from Destruction, released in 1986, bears the beautiful title "Eternal Devastation". With this release, the band moved away from their earlier, more black-metal style towards a cleaner form of thrash. Aiming for a more technical sound, they created an album that sounded much more mature; still fast for a 12-inch, but with greater tempo changes and – by Destruction's standards – progressive elements. "Eternal Devastation" was recorded in April 1986 under somewhat obscure circumstances. Schmier recalls: "We recorded in a small studio in the tiny Bavarian town of Hilpoltstein – I have no idea who came up with the idea. We were left there alone with the producer."