Sentence of Death

This article is about the EP by Destruction. For the episode of Doctor Who, see The Keys of Marinus. For the topic, see capital punishment. For similar, see death sentence (disambiguation).

Sentence of Death is an EP and the debut release by German thrash metal band Destruction, released on 10 November 1984 by Steamhammer Records.^[4]

Sentence of Death
EP by Destruction
Released	10 November 1984
Recorded	September 1984 at Caet Studio, Berlin, Germany
Genre	Thrash metal black metal
Length	19:33
Label	SPV/Steamhammer (Germany) Metal Blade (US)
Producer	Wolfgang Eichholz
Destruction chronology
Sentence of Death (1984) Infernal Overkill (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Kerrang!	[1]
Metal Forces	8/10[2]
Rock Hard	8/10[3]

The album is cited as an influential thrash metal album with black metal influences, which has been dubbed "black thrash".^[5] A 1985 review by Metal Forces described the album as having "some of the best lead-work ever heard in black metal".^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	1:14
2.	"Total Desaster"	4:06
3.	"Black Mass"	4:00
4.	"Mad Butcher"	3:31
5.	"Satan's Vengeance"	3:16
6.	"Devil's Soldiers"	3:26
Total length:		19:33

Personnel

Destruction

• Schmier – bass, vocals
• Mike Sifringer – guitars
• Thomas "Tommy" Sandmann – drums

Production

• Wolfgang Eichholz – production
• Horst Müller – engineering