From Blabbermouth:
“The Curse Of The Antichrist – Live In Agony”, the new double live album from German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION, will be released in North America on October 13. The CD will be issued in Europe on September 25 via AFM Records.
The limited digipack edition of the album will feature the following track listing:
01. The Butcher Strikes Back
02. Curse The Gods
03. Mad Butcher
04. The Alliance Of Hellhoundz
05. D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
06. Eternal Ban
07. Urge The Greed Of Gain
08. Thrash Till Death
09. Metal Discharge
10. The Damned
11. Cracked Brain
12. Soulcollector
13. Death Trap
14. Unconscious Ruins
15. Life Without Sense
16. The 7 Deadly Sins
17. The Antichrist
18. Thrash Till Death
19. Reject Emotions (three drumkits Wacken Inferno version)
20. Total Desaster
21. Bestial Invasion
I know a lot of people don’t like live albums, but I’ve never had any problems with them. As a matter of fact, some of my favorite CDs are live albums. Granted, there are a ton of studio manipulated live albums out there, but there are also plenty of legit, well-recorded ones, too. Plus, they’re kind of like greatest hits packages with newer recorded versions of the songs. But, this is supposed to be a “Cover Up” feature, so let’s talk about the cover.
Since Destruction made their triumphant return in 2000 with All Hell Breaks Loose, they’ve been showing off some kick ass, modern looking cover art. Five of their last eight covers featured some variation of the cracked skull theme, but 2005’s Inventor of Evil saw the return of the Mad Butcher (murdering a crowd member in the art above), for all intents and purposes, Destruction’s evil mascot (like Iron Maiden’s Eddie).
By taking what would be an adequate, but centered composition, and turning it on an angle, you get a more dynamic, interesting cover. Even the font choice and placement of the title is handled deftly, placing the emphasis on the right words and shrinking the articles. This is one of those images that would be worthy of staring at for hours in the enlarged LP format.
