Destruction - Infernal Overkill

Really underrated album - Bestial Invasion is one of their best songs

This one surpasses even 'Eternal Devastation' for me, their best album I think. Every track is memorable and there is definitely no filler.

Great album

A little patchy and some sloppy and boring drum work but the riffs are cool.

Cool riffs and nothing else.

Destruction's debut album certainly shows that the band were quite eccentric and full of adrenaline when it came to playing music. No song on here really disappoints, and even though I still personally think that the vocals needed some work to be just as effective as the rhythm section (And before anyone asks, I KNOW that the band are from Germany), it remains solid and consistent throughout. A personal highlight for me is definitely 'Tormentor' or 'Bestial invasion'. The former has some wicked drum work throughout alongside those excellent riffs, whereas the latter is written to perfection.

I like more the production on this album than Eternal Devastation, which was the reason I didn't enjoy it as it should be.

Lots of energy, talented guitarist, this and Eternal Devastation were pretty good especially and mostly in the riff department, downhill after that.

A really Good Album and cool guitar solos! "The Ritual" is very very good
The only thing that i dont really like is that in most of the songs they play the same guitar riffs over and over again..

Written by MichaelAngeloT on 07.08.2014 at 14:48

The only thing that i dont really like is that in most of the songs they play the same guitar riffs over and over again..

Ditto.

To be honest, I also don't like these vocals that much, they're not bad but kinda weak and sound bored.

Gosh what a lame and overated band even in 80's sucked, I don't get how they can go so high ?

For the love of thrash I tortured my ears waiting and hoping that this will burst into life somehow. The production is so bad and what is annoying is that if you strain you can hear some quality riffing and solos buried in this mud like in "unconscious mind". Damn it! I am trying to enjoy my thrash not concentrate like I am reading theoretical physics.

Highlights: When it ends

' Very Good ' for its time

For me their best album. It surpasses Eternal Devastation.
It is, considering the time, already a quite technical approach, with interesting song structures and riffing -- no filler songs.
And it is fast as hell. Enjoyable debut.
The vocals drag it down a bit, but hell, this is 80s German thrash metal, guys.

The best album of Destruction and the best album of the whole thrash metal for me ! If this is 1985 the production was excellent, riffs are strong and energetic , even played like in a trance - the recent live album Live Attack reminds a bit the old glory, but life performances 30 years later sound weaker and chaotic comparing to crazy passion and energy of this album. The best tracks ? Almost all for me 10/10 ! But the best are Death Trap, Invincible Force, Antichrist, Black Death , Tormentor, The Ritual ;-) so almost the whole album. Destruction never repeated such a good production - the next highlight was live album - Live Without Sense - for me also the best live thrash metal album of all times. Metallica , Slayer ? phi !
I think they were very tallented but unfortunately next productions were mistakes - Eternal was still acceptable, but already somehow much weaker in the production, Release From Agony is the worst produced thrash album of all time; In this respect all the killers from this album are the great highlights of first years off thrash metal . Destruction in 1985 was much better than Slayer or Kreator and I still love Infernal Overkill (writing this wearing the t-shirt of Infernal Overkill ;-)))

There is some bizarre rhythm problems with this album. I'm not sure what is going on, but I think the drummer keeps messing up in particular beats. His kicks are way off. However the songs are fast, and the record is muddy so the mistakes get lost among the noise. Vocals are bland, but fits the songs. Overall a fun album though, most of the songs are enjoyable, and the album has character thanks to its unique sound. I only wish solos were more interesting, I'm not a guitarist but most of the solos sound the same to me.

It's been about 3 years since I last heard it. my first impression. I didn't like it at all. and if I listen to it again, I really hope that this opinion changes, because I seriously don't like it, just remembering it doesn't make me want to listen to it

Top 100 album!

Best Destruction record - didn´t choce my nick by asking ChatGPT.

Out of the teutonic thrash trio (a dumb name, btw), the only band that sounded tight and professional in the early phase was Destruction. Sodom were too amateurish, spastic and primitive while Kreator was not tight enough, too atonal at times and melodically clumsy in their early phase, later selling out to power metal. Destruction on the other hand released two perfect albums, this one and the follow up that contain numerous classic thrash anthems. The one that stands out the most here is Bestial Invasion.

The entire album was re-recorded on Thrash Anthems I (2007) and Thrash Anthems II (2017), with a better sound and superior drumming, but occasionally with some flawed melody changes. I recommend listening to the original first and then to the re-recorded versions. The original is just far better, despite not having a squeaky clean production or very thick guitar sound where you can't discern the riffs from one-another.