Release from Agony

Release from Agony is the third studio album by German thrash metal band Destruction, released on December 1, 1987 by Steamhammer/SPV in mainly Europe, and in 1988 by Profile/Rock Hotel Records in North America. This was their last studio album to feature bassist and lead vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer until he rejoined the band in 1999.

Release from Agony
Studio album by Destruction
Released	1 December 1987
Recorded	September 1987
Studio	Karo Studio, Münster, West Germany
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	37:20
Label	Steamhammer/SPV
Producer	Kalle Trapp
Destruction chronology
Mad Butcher (1987) Release from Agony (1987) Live Without Sense (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rock Hard	9.0/10[2]

Metal Hammer included the album cover on their list of "50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever".^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Beyond Eternity"	1:11
2.	"Release from Agony"	4:44
3.	"Dissatisfied Existence"	4:30
4.	"Sign of Fear"	6:46
5.	"Unconscious Ruins"	4:27
6.	"Incriminated"	5:22
7.	"Our Oppression"	4:49
8.	"Survive to Die"	5:31
Total length:		37:20

All tracks are written by Destruction.

Personnel

Destruction

• Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer – bass, vocals
• Mike Sifringer – guitars
• Harry Wilkens – guitars
• Oliver "Olli" Kaiser – drums

Production

• Kalle Trapp – production, recording, engineering, mixing
• Joachim Luetke – cover art