Destruction announce new album ‘Birth Of Malice’

DESTRUCTION have announced a new album!

Titled Birth Of Malice, the upcoming album from the veteran German thrash metal band is the follow-up to 2022’s Diabolical, and is scheduled to be released in March next year, via Napalm Records.

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Destruction. The new song is the third single to be released from the upcoming album, following on from their cover of ACCEPT‘s Fast As A Shark and No Kings – No Masters.

Speaking about the new song, the band shares, “the crushing song Destruction is the perfect opener for this album: it builds a bridge between our old school sound and riffing, including song title phrases from classic DESTRUCTION tracks and more shredding & melodic twin lead guitars, that will pinch your brain with its razorsharp leads! The message ‘we are destruction’ unites us with our fans worldwide and manifests the bond we have together! I see this track in the tradition of a cult song like Curse The Gods in the way it is composed – a thrash metal rollercoaster ride galore!”

Continuing to speak about the new song’s accompanying music video, bassist/vocalist Schmier shares, “we filmed this clip in Sao Paulo Brazil, one of the top-notch capitals of metal around the globe and a city that means a lot to us as a band. We played here for the first time in 1989 and have returned countless times for amazing concerts, festivals, visits… I feel at home here. Many friends live in this crazy town. I got my first tattoo, the Release From Agony album cover, in São Paulo. We met SEPULTURA here the first time and the fans are simply mind-blowing!

We wanted to catch the energy of a DESTRUCTION show and appreciate the faithful fans that breathe thrash metal to the core. Without them we are nothing, the lyrics of this song honor and acknowledge our supporters, they are our backbone, they are DESTRUCTION!”

Watch the official music video for Destruction here: 

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List: 

1. Birth Of Malice
2. Destruction
3. Cyber Warfare
4. No Kings – No Masters
5. Scumbag Human Race
6. God Of Gore
7. A.N.G.S.T.
8. Dealer Of Death
9. Evil Never Sleeps
10. Chains Of Sorrow
11. Greed
12. Fast As A Shark

Birth Of Malice is set for release on March 7th via Napalm Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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